A querist asks, In Romans 8:28, Does the phrase all things necessarily refer to every single event that transpires in a Christians life?<\/p>\n
By looking at the rest of this chapter in context, the logical answer is “No<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n Looking at the context of Romans 8:28-39, allow me to suggest the following interpretation:<\/p>\n Note that the phrase, “all things<\/strong>” in Romans 8:28 is repeated again in Romans 8:37 (“these things”), and is inclusive of the list found in Romans 8:35,38,39.<\/p>\n God will work out all of our trials, persecutions, and afflictions (those things that are not pleasant) for “good” (our benefit) “if<\/strong>” we “love God” (Romans 8:28), and remain in “the love of God which is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:39; cf. Matthew 10:22; Mark 13:13; Revelation 2:10).<\/p>\n The fact that we cannot “see<\/strong>” the good in persecutions, trials and tribulations, doesnt mean there is not good in them<\/strong> (cf. Romans 5:1-5; James 1:2-3; James 1:12; 1 Peter 1:3-7; 1 Peter 4:12-16). Those things that we perceive as not being good<\/strong> or beneficial, are brought about for our good<\/strong> by Gods providence (Note 2 Corinthians 7:4-7; cf. 2 Corinthians 4:8-18, and Pauls example in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10).<\/p>\n The key word in Romans 8:35 and Romans 8:39, is the word “separate<\/strong>.” None of the entities listed in Romans 8:35, Romans 8:38 and the first part of Romans 8:39 can separate us from “the love of Christ” (Romans 8:35) or “the love of God (Romans 8:39).<\/p>\n Only we have the power <\/strong>(see Isaiah 59:1-2 and note the word separated in vs. 2) to “separate” ourselves from the “love of Christ” (Romans 8:35) and “the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39) nothing else can<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Related Article and Commentary:<\/strong><\/p>\n A querist asks, In Romans 8:28, Does the phrase all things necessarily refer to every single event that transpires in a Christians life? By looking at the rest of this chapter in context, the logical answer is “No.” Looking at the context of Romans 8:28-39, allow me to suggest the following interpretation: Note that the … Continue reading “The Phrase “All Things” In Romans 8:28 – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/ul>\n
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