The Lord’s Supper Romans 8:32 WC McCarter
Meditation Homecoming
2014
“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?”
“Son”
is unique. He is God’s “own Son.” God the Father did not spare His unique,
one-of-a-kind Son but delivered Him up.
The
second point to highlight is the fact that Christ was delivered up for us
all. Paul points us to the cross, and he
says that the cross was for us all.
Christ did not die for only a few.
He did not die for only the wealthy or only the poor; only the white or
only the black; only the people you like or only the people for which you
approve. No, Christ died for us all, all
of humanity. There will be in heaven
people from every nation, tribe, and tongue.
Now,
here’s the deal. If God was willing to
give us the best, if He was willing to give us the greatest, if God held
nothing back to secure our salvation, why would He not also freely give us all
things? And I do not think that we can
limit the “all things.” Here, the
apostle means to say that God the Father will give us everything we need
(because of our union with Christ) to make it through this world and into the
next age.
The
cross is the guarantee of God’s continued blessings. The Lord’s Supper is a meal celebrating God’s
promises, remembering that He gave His best, the Lord Jesus Christ, and that He
is faithful to His word to redeem us, save us from the wrath to come, and
welcome us into His heavenly kingdom.