ALL THINGS AND THE CROSS

ALL THINGS AND THE CROSS

“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?” Rom. 8:32

All things are from an unstraitened Lord. The gracious provision of the Cross. The Cross flings light out unto our future and cares for all possible needs and contingencies that arise. These 4 questions which surround this verse are at the last of this chapter, the chapter of final triumph. The chapter which begins with "no condemnation" and ends with "no separation." These are the questions which arise with every person who reads the opening and ending verse of this chapter. These are questions of limitation which comes from our own consciousness. A speck amidst immensity. Is there something out there that could ultimately stop the flow of God's grace towards me a sinner. This verse is an answer to just one of the four questions. It has two parts, the first historic "He that spared not His own Son," and the second which is a logical conclusion, "Shall not He freely give us all things?" God gave the best He had and that something included all. When He gave His Son He really gave it all. Colossians says it this way "Who is the Image of the Invisible God, the first born of all creation; for in Him were all things created . . . and He is before all things, and in Him all things consist." All 4 questions might be answered with a calm, quiet assurance. A man at the Cross challenges all attack, all accusation, all condemnation, all separation, and ends in the glorious declaration that none can be against, none dare accuse, that none can condemn, that none can separate. The better question is Who can unite me? The answer is none can unite me if I reject the Cross of His dear Son. Shall He not give us all things- pardon, peace, purity, and power, all His promises.