Romans 8:33

New International Version (NIV)

Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

For meditation

Worry and fear are two powerful instruments in the enemy’s toolbox, and he uses them effectively against the ignorant believer. The two are natural emotions, and so everyone experiences them sometimes. What defeats believers is when we put ourselves in harm’s way by choosing to be uninformed about our Savior and what He has bequeathed to us in salvation. When you don’t know your authority, somebody will use it against you. That’s what the enemy does with the ignorant believer. 

The sad thing is that ignorance is a choice. We choose not to know about something if we don’t inform ourselves about it, for whatever reason. We choose to be ignorant about Jesus and the riches of our inheritance in Him when we neglect the reading of our Bibles to know Him intimately. It’s like being excited about a will but failing to examine the details of the inheritance. A neighbor could sell you your property.

Romans 8:33-34 shatters every fear of condemnation and rejection of the believer before God. It assures us of our solid position and security in Christ. Check these out.

1. In Christ Jesus, God has given the believer the right standing before Him. So, who can accuse those He has saved (Romans. 8:33)? 
2. God, who judges the sinner, has taken our place on the Cross and paid the penalty for our sins in full (Rm. 3:25; 5:8; 8:1). So, who can condemn us before God?
3. Our Advocate, Jesus Christ (1 Jn. 2:1), sits in the seat of honor and intercedes for us (Rm. 8:34). So, where is the condemnation?
4. Why then do we worry so much about the accusations of people (Rm. 3:25)?
5. Is the blood of Jesus so cheap to be wasted because of one sin a believer commits? Is God so untruthful (Jn. 3:16; 6:39-40)? Where is His faithfulness (2 Tim. 2:13)?

I pray you will be sure of God’s faithfulness to His Word and His grace that will carry you into His eternal presence. The enemy cannot deal with such an attitude because it neutralizes his trusted weapons of worry and fear.

Just keep short accounts with God (1 Jn. 1:9), trusting in Christ’s finished work for you and receive His peace. 

Shalom