He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
—Romans 8:32
Having asked, “If God is for us, who can be against us?”, Paul now gives the proof. How do you know God is really for you? Look at the cross. “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all.” Here is the second of Paul’s great questions, and the promise behind it is this: for the believer, there is no limitation to God’s generosity.
Sit with that phrase, “did not spare his own Son.” God spared Abraham’s son Isaac at the last moment, providing a ram in the thicket. But God did not spare His own Son. There was no last-minute reprieve at Calvary, no ram in the thicket for Jesus, because Jesus was the ram in the thicket. He was the substitute, and He drank the cup to the very last drop.
Think about what was in that cup. The accumulated sin of the world. The full wrath and judgment of a holy God against that sin. Jesus took it all, our place, our judgment, our condemnation, and His love drank every bitter drop until the cup was empty. And now, for everyone who is in Christ, that cup of wrath is empty. There is nothing left in it for you.
Here’s how Paul reasons, and it’s airtight. If God already gave you the most costly, precious gift imaginable, His own Son, then how could He possibly withhold the lesser gifts you need? “How will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” It’s an argument from the greater to the lesser. The hard part is done. If God didn’t spare His Son to save you, He’s not going to suddenly turn stingy with everything else.
That word “graciously” is rich, it’s built on the word for grace. He keeps pouring out grace upon grace, giving and giving more.
And this is exactly why your salvation cannot be lost. From beginning to end, it’s grace. God will never cancel you or disown you, because the whole thing rests on what He freely gave, not on what you earned. If your salvation depended on you, you could lose it. Because it depends on the Son He did not spare, it is secure.
So, whatever you’re facing, whatever you need today, lift your eyes to the cross and reason the way Paul reasons. If God loved you enough to give up His own Son for you, will He really abandon you now over something smaller? Will He fail to provide, to sustain, to keep you to the end?
He gave you the greatest gift at the highest cost. Trust Him for everything else. There is no limit to the generosity of a God who did not spare His own Son for you.
GOD DID NOT SPARE HIS OWN SON FOR YOU, SO TRUST HIM TO GRACIOUSLY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED.
