"IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?"

1. Introduction Romans 8:28-39
2. Old Testament examples
1. Job Job 1:1-2:10, 42:10-17
2. Samson Judges 13:1-5
1. separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite):—Nazarite (by a false alliteration with Nazareth), separate(-d), vine undressed.
2. a primitive root; to hold aloof, i.e. (intransitivey) abstain (from food and drink, from impurity, and even from divine worship (i.e. apostatize)); specifically, to set apart (to sacred purposes), i.e. devote:—consecrate, separate(-ing, self).
3. Judges 14:1-6
4. Judges 15:9-20
5. Judges 16:4-31
3. New Testament examples
1. Stephen Acts 6:8 and 15, 7:51-60
2. Cornelius Acts 10:1-11:18
4. Those that do not continue in gods will
1. Simon the sorcer Acts 8:5-24
2. James 5:13-20
   James 5.13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
   James 5.14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
   James 5.15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
   James 5.16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
   James 5.17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
   James 5.18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
   James 5.19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
   James 5.20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
3. Phil. 4:4-13
   Phil. 4.4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
   Phil. 4.5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
   Phil. 4.6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
   Phil. 4.7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
   Phil. 4.8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
   Phil. 4.9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
   Phil. 4.10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
   Phil. 4.11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
   Phil. 4.12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
   Phil. 4.13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
5. Conclusion
1. I Peter 3:8-14
   I Pet. 3.8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
   I Pet. 3.9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
   I Pet. 3.10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
   I Pet. 3.11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
   I Pet. 3.12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
   I Pet. 3.13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
   I Pet. 3.14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
2. Heb 11:1-40
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