Sunday John Piper on Romans 8--If God Is For Us---Who Can Be Against Us?

MORRISSEY ON MARK 1:40-45: JESUS HEALS A LEPER PIPER continues his series on Romans in the 8th chapter:  Romans 8:31-32:

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31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

Psalm 35, below, a psalm of David,  goes well with Piper's expository teaching.  It is found in today's readings at One Year Bible blog linked on my sidebar:


1 Contend, Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me. 

2 Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid. 

3 Brandish spear and javelin[a] against those who pursue me. Say to me, “I am your salvation.” 

4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay. 

5 May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away;

6 may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them. 

7 Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me, 

8 may ruin overtake them by surprise— may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin. 

9 Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and delight in his salvation. 

10 My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them....