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Matthew Henry Commentary |
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Romans 8:32
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?
More particularly observe these thoughts:.
I. We have supplies ready in all our wants (v. 32): He that spared, etc. Who can be against us, to strip us, to deprive us of our comforts? Who can cut off our streams, while we have a fountain to go to?
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.) Observe what God has done for us, on which our hopes are built: He spared not His own Son. When He was to undertake our salvation, the Father was willing to part with Him, did not think Him too precious a gift to bestow for the salvation of poor souls; now we may know that He loves us, in that He hath not withheld His Son, His own Son, His only Son, from us, as He said of Abraham, (Genesis 22:12 And He said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me).(b.) If nothing less will save man, rather than man shall perish let him go, though it were out of his bosom. Thus did He deliver Him up for us all, that is, for all the elect; for us all, not only for our good, but in our stead, as a sacrifice of atonement to be a propitiation for sin. When He had undertaken it, He did not spare Him. Though He was His own Son, yet, being made sin for us, it pleased the Lord to bruise Him. Ouk epheisato — He did not abate Him a farthing of that great debt, but charged it home. Awake, O sword. He did not spare His own Son that served Him, that He might spare us, though we have done Him so much disservice.
2. What we may therefore expect He will do: He will with Him freely give us all things.
(a.) It is implied that He will give us Christ, for other things are bestowed with Him: not only with Him given for us, but with Him given to us. He that put Himself to so much charge to make the purchase for us surely will not hesitate at making the application to us.
(b.) He will with him freely give us all things, all things that he sees to be needful and necessary for us, all good things, and more we should not desire, (Psalms. 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing).
And Infinite Wisdom shall be the judge whether it be good for us and needful for us or no.
Freely give —freely, without reluctancy; He is ready to give, meets us with His favours;—and freely, without recompence, without money, and without price.
How shall He not? Can it be imagined that He should do the greater and not do the less? that He should give so great a gift for us when we were enemies, and should deny us any good thing, now that through Him we are friends and children? Thus may we by faith argue against our fears of want. He that hath prepared a crown and kingdom for us will be sure to give us enough to bear our charges in the way to it. He that hath designed us for the inheritance of sons when we come to age will not let us want necessaries in the mean time.