If he, under no duress from anyone but by his own free choice based upon his own overwhelming love,

chose to give his son as a sacrifice and not spare his son to redeem us.

Paul says, how in the world could you ever imagine that he would not do something less to hold on to us?

Welcome to Grace To You with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

There was a time when you could find many lenders offering no money down mortgages.

The house you wanted may have been free at the beginning but soon after you had to pay and pay a lot to keep it.

Sadly, a good many people hold a similar view of salvation, thinking that God makes salvation absolutely free in the beginning but then you have to keep doing good works in order to keep your salvation.

It says though the free gift of eternal life really isn't free at all. So what encouragement would you have for someone you know who may have that mindset?

Today on Grace To You, John MacArthur returns to Romans 8 for answers, continuing his timely study guaranteed for eternity.

And with today's lesson, here's John.

Any classical presentation or argumentation of theology must anticipate its objections.

For example, very often when you read a theology or you read a commentary, you will find that the writer will present his view.

And then he will present the opposing views, anticipate what they are and rebut them.

Now that's just classical technique in presenting an airtight argument.

And that is exactly what Paul does in the final verses of Romans 8.

He anticipates the objections that could come and answers them all.

Now once you notice verse 32, he that spared not his own son but delivered him up for us all.

Will he not also with him give us the rest?

If he would do that to save us, we'll only do whatever it takes less than that to keep us.

And would you notice verse 32 again?

He spared not and this is a beautiful thing, his own son, Idios in the Greek, not just his son, but his own son.

Why put that in there? Because it emphasizes the peculiar intimate, private possession in which the father held the son.

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