He Gives Freely To All!
"He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered
Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also
freely give us all things?"
Romans 8: 32
In J. I. Packer’s book, Knowing God, he wrote about Romans 8:32,
saying, “The meaning of ‘he will give us all things’ can be put thus:
one day we shall see that nothing—literally nothing—which
could
have increased our eternal happiness has been denied us, and
that
nothing, literally nothing, that could have reduced that
happiness has
been left with us. What higher assurance do we want than
that?”
When we become Christians, God brings joy into our life,
the joy of knowing that He has given us His Son, and
through Him everything else we need or will ever need.
If Jesus Christ would give His own life for you, will He not also
give you everything you need for life, godliness, happiness, joy,
and eternal safety? The loss of joy is occasioned by unbelief.
But the presence of joy is the natural consequence of knowing
that Romans 8:32 is a living reality for us every day. Through
Jesus Christ, God has given us everything.
"You will never need more than he can supply,
and what he supplies, both materially and
spiritually, will always be enough."
J. I. Packer, Knowing God
