ROMANS 8:28-39
“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD” (Ps.112:7).
“But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil” (Pr.1:33).

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(8:34) Jesus Christ, Work of—Salvation: Christ does not condemn the believer. This is the fifth assurance of deliver-
ance. Note how direct and forceful the question is: “Who is he that condemneth?” It is Christ; only Christ can condemn
us for our sin and shame. But the glorious news is that Christ does not condemn us. On the contrary, the very opposite is true.
Christ does four wonderful things for us.
1. Christ has died for us. Christ is our glorious Savior. When we honestly come to Him, He does not condemn us for
our sin and shame; He forgives us. He is able to forgive us because He died for us.
⇒ Our sins are a shame, for sin is rebellion against God. Sin acts against God, fights and struggles against
God. Sin goes against all that God stands for. Sin is insurrection against God; it is the crime of high treason
against God. Sin is the most terrible act that can be done against God.
Therefore, we deserve to be condemned by God and put to death for sin. But we do not have to face condemnation. Christ
has already paid the penalty for sin. Christ has already been condemned and executed for our transgression against God. This
is the glorious love of Christ. He has already died for us: in our place, in our stead, as our substitute. Therefore when we sin-
cerely come to Christ, He does not condemn us; He loves us and forgives our sin and shame. This is the very purpose of His
death—to free us from sin, from its penalty and condemnation.

“For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly” (Ro.5:6).
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”
(Ro.5:8).
“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more,
being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life” (Ro.5:10).
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should
live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Pt.2:24).
“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to
God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit” (1 Pt.3:18).
“And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin” (1 Jn.3:5).
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD
hath laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Is.53:6).

2. Christ has risen from the dead for us. Christ is our risen Lord. His resurrection does two marvelous things for the be-
liever.
a. The resurrection of the Lord proves that God was perfectly satisfied with the death of Jesus Christ. What
Christ did—His dying for our sins—was acceptable to God; therefore, God has accepted Jesus’ death for us.
God has approved His dying for us. God’s divine justice was perfectly satisfied with Christ dying for us. This
is clearly seen in the resurrection of Jesus Christ: if God had not been satisfied, He would have left Jesus in
the grave. But thank God, God was satisfied, so He raised up Jesus to live forever as the Sovereign Savior
of the world.

“And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by
the resurrection from the dead” (Ro.1:4).
“Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification”
(Ro.4:25).
“Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness
by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that
he hath raised him from the dead” (Acts 17:31).
“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins” (1 Cor.15:17).

b. The resurrection of the Lord gives the believer a new life, making the believer a new creature and a new
man (see note, pt.2—Ro.6:3-5 for discussion).

“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised
up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life”
(Ro.6:4).
“For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through
Jesus Christ our Lord” (Ro.6:10-11).
“For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of
Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh” (2 Cor.4:11).
“And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto them-
selves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again....Therefore if any man be in Chr-
ist, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2
Cor.5:15, 17).
“[That you may know] what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who be-
lieve, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he
raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places”
(Eph.1:19-20).
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