Romans – The Play Part 8, Ep 2

Now, He’s not troubled. He is not insecure about this outcome. No matter how down in the dumps you get, this is His perspective of what is going on. So, He called you. And having called you, He noticed that there were a few problems. Oh yes, by the way, I had forgotten. And so, He justified you, putting you back into the place that you were when He imagined you before you were born, and the place where He predestined you to be. He therefore returned you to that highest state. He justified you. And whom He justified, He will also glorify.

No! He gave up on you. He gave up on you, your utter chronic insecurity, and He said, “Forget the day I’m going to justify or glorify Camille.  I have glorified her.” He finished it all and put you with His Son. “Gene, I’m dragging around my flesh.” No, actually, you are not. You have been separated in the eyes of God from your flesh. And Camille, He has already implanted the glorified body. And in His eyes, that glorified body is right where it ought to be. And you have been glorified.

“Well, Gene, I don’t feel glorified.” At this point, I have to throw up my hands to you and to me and say, yes, we are still weak, but the fact remains, you have been glorified. And at this, saints, there’s nothing left to do. There is nothing more to be accomplished. You have been glorified. I want to hear you say it: I have been glorified. Say it. I have been glorified. In Him, you also He glorified. Say it. I am glorified. Oh, this crowd over here is not as strong as that crowd over there. I am glorified. Your spirit needs to hear that. So does your soul. It doesn’t really matter about your flesh. You, He also glorified. And here it comes, like a mighty ocean coming back to that trial. He took us out of the good deeds. He took us out of the law. He took us out of sin. He took us out of death. He took us away from Adam’s race and put us into the race of His sons. He took us and put us upon the throne where death once reigned. He has also adopted us as sons. He has made us one with Jesus Christ. He has sanctified us. He has also imagined us. He has predestined us. He has called us. And He has justified us. And He has glorified us. He did all of that because He was for you. You! Me! And when He could do nothing else, He also glorified you. What shall we say to these things?

If God is for us, who is against us? Nobody. Say it. Nobody. Nobody that matters. You know, He didn’t say, “Who’s against us?” That would have been a terrible thing to ask. He said, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Is God for you? All right, then, who can be against you?

When I was a young, new Christian, I had someone who believed you could fall from grace. And I said, “What about this passage?” And he said, “Well, it lists everything, but it doesn’t list you.” But you know something? That’s not true. And you just notice here in a minute, that’s not true. It lists everything, including you.

Brothers and sisters, let’s go back to it: What shall we say then? If God is for us, who is against us? Tell me. Nobody. Nobody, or nobody that matters. It doesn’t matter. Well, either way, take it. All right. And now he comes to this climactic word. How much did He care for you? How much was He on your side? How little can be said against you? God took His own Son. And because He was for you, even His own Son, He did not spare for your sake, just for you. He delivered Him up to be crucified, to do all of these things for you. Will He not then freely give you all things? Yes or no? Say it. Yes, He will give you all things.

That’s not correct. He has given you all things. He’s given it all to you. He’s given you Romans 1 through 8. That’s what He’s given you. There’s nothing left to give. Will He not therefore give you all things and give it to you freely?

Alright. Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? For God alone is the one who justifies. Tell me, dear saints, now talk to me. Who will condemn you? Say it. I want to hear you talking about it. Who can condemn you? Why can they not condemn you? For condemnation itself has died. In sin, condemnation has died. Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, but rather—no—He was raised from the dead, who at this moment is at the right hand of God. And He—who God did not spare for you because He was for you, that all things would work together for you because you love Him—this One who went through all of this, on top of everything else, not only is God pulling for you, but the Son is pulling for you. Tomorrow, He will pull for you. No, say it: right now, He is pulling for you.

And Gene Edwards, the next time you pull a big one and you’re about to come in here and speak, God is for you, and He’s worked out everything in the universe that was bad and turned it to good for your sake. And the Holy Spirit will groan and pray inside of you. And Jesus Christ—whom God spared not for me—is going to step in and intercede for me in that moment. Praise the Lord. Joni, does this help you a little bit? You’re encouraged. Joni, you have to be a little bit more than encouraged.

Alright. I have not yet finished. Who sits at the right hand of God and who intercedes for us? Who, then, is going to separate you from the love of God? Come on, talk to me. Who will separate you from the love of God? It cannot be done. I’m going to ask you again: Who can separate you from the love of God? Well, say it to me then. Nothing. Nothing. Say it. Nothing. All right. Then let’s look at what can or cannot. Will you join with me? He sits at the right hand of God and intercedes for us. That is the last thing that we hear.

Who then shall separate us from the love of God? Shall getting down in the dumps separate you from the love of God? No. Do you feel separated from the love of God when you get down in the dumps? Be honest. This is the same travail, the tribulation that you were going through earlier. But shall tribulation separate you from the love of God? No. No matter how you feel about yourself, you are not at that moment, in any way, shape, form, or manner, separated from the love of God.

Well then, shall stress separate you from the love of God? Do you get under stress? Does it feel good? Does it feel bad? You lose your house. You lose your job. You lose your reputation. You lose your health. You lose your wife’s blessings. You lose your husband’s niceness. You lose your money. You lose all of these things. Does that separate you from the love of God? No. Say it. No! Will persecution separate you from the love of God? Will the way people think about you separate you from the love of God? Everybody doesn’t like you, Roy. Nobody likes you. Does that separate you from the love of God?