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“If God is for us” (10)       [Romans 8:35-39]                      Look at Romans 8:36-37: “Just as it is written, ‘FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.’   But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.”   Here, “it is written” refers to the Apostle Paul’s quoting of the words recorded in Psalms 44:22 – “But for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”   And “we” in Romans 8:36 refers to three things in context: (1) God’s elect (v. 33), (2) Those whom God justifies (v. 33), and (3) Those whom Christ Jesus at the right hand of God intercedes (v. 34).   When the Apostle Paul wrote to the saints in the Roman Church that this “we” who are being put to death all day long, “all day” refers to a whole day, but ultimately to a ...

We who have been released from the law         [Romans 7:5-6]                        Look at Romans 7:5-6: “For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.   But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.”   The word “we” appears 5 times in Romans 7:5-6.   But “we” in verse 5 and “we” in verse 6 are completely different.   “We” in verse 5 is “we” before regeneration, and “we” in verse 6 is “we” after regeneration.   Here, the “we” before the regeneration is the unbelievers “we” before believing in Jesus, and the “we” after the regeneration is the believer “we” after believing in Jesus.       ...

We who died with Christ       [Romans 6:1-14]                        Look at Romans 6:5a – “For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, ….”   “His death” here refers to the death of Jesus Christ.   Why did the sinless Jesus die?   Look at Romans 5:10a – “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, ….”   The purpose of the death of Jesus, who was sinless, was that we might be reconciled to God.   Look at 1 John 4:10 – “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”   The purpose why God loved us, who were His enemies, and sent His Son Jesus Christ as the propitiation was to make atonement for our sins.   If we look again at Romans 6:5a, the Bible says, “For if we have become united with Him in the liken...