If God Be For Us Who Can Be Against Us

If God be for Us Who can be Against Us.

By

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

OPENING: - When you look at the news, read the paper or just look at what is going on in the world around us you must like Marvin Gaye wonder “What’s Going On”. Now that I am approaching the age of Retirement, Social Security, and Medicare I find myself watching the news and listening to what is being said and done in our legislative entities. I find when I turn on my television it mostly goes directly to CNN or one of the news channels because I am always tunning in to see what is going on.

I will be on the computer or my phone and read the headlines of events that are happening around the world. I find myself getting upset often at the seemingly irrational logic of some of the political decisions that are being made. Then we see prices of eggs reaching 8 dollars a dozen, gas prices steadily climbing, the electric company, DTE here in Michigan, raising the rates of electricity during prime hours between 3 pm – 7 pm, then we have an ice storm 2 weeks later and over 500K people are without power some for over 6 days and I must ask what’s going on seems like everything is against us.

Interest rates keep rising talking about this is how they are combating inflation yet people are struggling more and more to keep a roof over their head and food on the table. People have to determine are they going to pay the electric bill or get their medication filled. I was talking with a friend who is a diabetic and they were telling me that the cost of their diabetic medication is astronomical reaching into the thousands per month.

Still, we are struggling with the effects of a pandemic 3 years later. Unrealistic, immoral, and outrageous laws being made by our legal system. We find ourselves being called hate mongers and threatened with your freedom for standing on morals and the Word of God. Republicans against Democrats, Democrats against Republicans, nation against nation, racial tension, police brutality, genocide, and utter disrespect for any and everything Holy is running rampant.

Road rage, mass shootings, it’s not safe even going to the grocery store or gas station the world has turned upside down.

In life all these things and many more are against, but I am determined to stand on the Unadulterated Word of God and believe If God be for us who can be against.

PRAYER: -

SCRIPTURE: - Romans 8:31 “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us”.

Romans 8 is an awesome wealth of spiritual truth. The first four verses Paul deals with condemnation and how we are delivered from condemnation in Christ Jesus. He says Ten very powerful words. The number Ten means Divine Order. Ten is viewed as a complete and perfect numeral, as is 3, 7 and 12. It is made up of the number 4, which represents the physical creation, and the number 6, which symbolizes man. As such, the meaning of 10 is one of testimony, law, responsibility and the completeness of order. There is a word called Minyan which means in Jewish traditions that 10 people must be present to have a meeting. There are 10 commandments, there were 10 plagues that hit Egypt expressing Divine Order. The phrase “God said” appears 10 times in Genesis 1, which is a testimony of His creative power. Our tithe is a 10th of our earnings and is a testimony of our faith in the Lord.

Paul says there is No condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after Spirit. Listen, this is not saying there will be no accusation against us because that will happen. Just speak the truth of the Word of God and the world accuses you of being a hatemonger, but accusation is thrown out, and the indictment squashed because we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous One. He does not say, there is no cross, no affliction, no hard times, no disappointments, or no displeasure because there will be these things but no condemnation. There may even be times when we are chastened of the Lord, but not condemned with the world. There is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after Spirit.

What are you saying Bishop. There will be things in this life that will come against you but as long as we walk after the Spirit we don’t have to worry because vengeance is mine saith the Lord and He will repay saith the Lord.