Romans 8:28-39
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined TO BE CONFORMED TO the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, THESE HE ALSO JUSTIFIED; and whom He justified, these He also glorified."
"What then shall WE say to these things? If God is for us (it is understood that He is showing the way in/through this justification), who can be against us? He (the Father) who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things (in this justification that works in all those who believe it, to be multiplied through each soul moved accordingly)."
Please read verses 33-36.
Yet IN ALL THESE THINGS we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. We don't evade as it comes, but listen as He shows us how to turn away from our confidence in the flesh. He refines us to Himself in this furnace. Job, Isaiah, Peter are examples.
So, what shall WE say to these things? Amen, so be it! "Arm yourselves also with same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin."(1 Peter 4:1,2) The Father, now through His Son (made head of all things to the church) knows where our fleshly confidence lies and will allow that which serves to remove it! He freely gives us those things that served to glorify Jesus Christ, not sparing His brethren the chastening that makes His sons!
The Father, through His Son Jesus Christ, does not want to spare you that which works for righteousness! It is He who justifies! Trust and be sealed in it!
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