God Gives -- We Need to Be Persuaded

"What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8: 31-32)

God did not have to be moved to send His Son:

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5: 8)

This takes time for us to accept.

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Romans 8: 1)

This translation is inaccurate. A proper translation reads:

"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8: 1, NASB)

The King James Translators could not believe that salvation and sanctification are as simple as being "in Christ".

Paul spoke of his concern with the Corinthians:

"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." (2 Corinthians 11: 3)

The battle is in our minds, then:

"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

"And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled." (2 Corinthians 10: 4-6)

Our minds, then, need to be renewed to the truth of who we are in Christ:

"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." (Romans 12: 2)

We do this through God's Word, which sets us free (John 8: 32), being skilled in righteousness (Hebrews 5: 12), which we have been made in Christ (2 Corinthians 5: 21)

For this reason, Paul wrote "I am persuaded" -- God has indeed given us all things, starting with His beloved Son (John 3: 16). The challenge is to ask God to open our eyes to believe and receive (Ephesians 1: 17-19)