This study is designed to encourage those struggling with life to understand that the Christian life a process of growth into likeness of the character of Jesus Christ. This growth involves pushing through tough times but these are used for God and our good to put on display the love and graciousness of God. The result is the fulfillment of His promise of a glorious eternal inheritance worthy of all that we have to endure for the sake of Christ.

1. A Study of Romans 8:31-39
by Samuel E. Ward
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Part 3

2. God’s Still Workin’ on Me – Review
I. Everybody Ought to Know That God Is Working in His People, v. 28.
II. Everybody Ought to Know How God Is Working in His People, vv.29-30.
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3. We can discern the degree of God's commitment
to His work in us and the certainty of its
completion in the answers to certain questions
found in our text...
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4. Q. What shall we say in response to all this [i.e.,
The comprehensiveness of God's plan for us]?,
v. 33
A. If God be for us, who can be against us?,
v. 33.
He will graciously give us all things, v. 32.
1. He did not spare his own Son, did he?
2. Indeed, he gave him up for us all.
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5. Q. Who will bring any charge against those whom
God has chosen? v. 31a.
A. Who can? It is God who justifies, v. 31b.
Q. Who is he that condemns? v. 34a.
A. No one can because Christ Jesus is at the right
hand of God interceding for us. His death and
resurrection guarantees our acquittal. v. 34b.
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6. Q. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
v. 35a
A. No one! v. 35
Q. What shall separate us from the love of
Christ? v. 35b
A. Nothing! v. 35
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7. 1. Not trouble
2. Not hardship
3. Not persecution
4. Not famine
5. Not nakedness
6. Not danger
7. Not sword
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8. A. Our suffering has been factored into the plan
from the beginning, v. 36.
The quote is from Psalm 44:22. What God did for
Israel, He will do for His Church.
As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day
long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
If my suffering is for God’s sake, then for God’s sake
He will make it work for both His and my good.
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9. B. We Are More than Conquerors in All These
Things, v. 37.
We are not conquerors on our own, but in
Christ because of His love for us.
C. Therefore, When Bad Things Happen to Good
People in Service to the Lord, the Love of God
Guarantees Victory ,
vv. 37-39.
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10. Romans 8:37-39 (NIV2011) 37 No, in all these
things we are more than conquerors through him
who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither
death nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future, nor any
powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor
anything else in all creation, will be able to
separate us from the love of God that is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
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11. My struggles are not meant to be an opportunity to
prove how strong I am, but rather, how faithful and
strong God is on my behalf against anything and
anyone that might try to steal my inheritance in
Christ.
“When You Can’t See His Hand, Trust His Heart”
by Babbie Mason
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWk8DRwDYDc
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