What Then Shall We Say?—Part 1

The two questions put to us in Romans 8:31 are so important and overflow with so much encouragement, that I will take a few days to explore them.  The first thing to notice is that one of the most profitable things we can do is to ask questions about what we read.  This is a great help in applying biblical truth to our lives.  Examples of this abound in Scripture, and the apostle Paul was particularly adept at using questions to lead his readers to the desired conclusions.  So, to help us apply the blessed truths that he has presented in earlier chapters, and particulalry in the preceding verses, 8:28-30, Paul asks two questions in 8:31.  For any biblical truth to have its proper effect on us, we must respond to it in faith with our whole hearts.  This involves three things.  First, we must clearly understand what is taught in the passage, so that we accept it with sound belief.  Second, this foundation of certainty must be followed by serious consideration on the greatness and importance of what is taught, so that we rightly value it.  Third, in order for this truth to operate in our lives, we must see how it applies to each of us individually.  The most important truths in the Bible will have no effect on us until we receive them in this complete way.  More tomorrow.