Sermons

The Apostle Paul's description of God's love comes to a climax in verses 9 through 11. Here he declares that it is one thing to exult in the hope of the glory of God (v. 2) , it is another to even exult in our sufferings (vv. 3-4), but it is the consummate stage when we who hated God, who were His enemies learn to rejoice in God Himself, simply because of who He is and what He has shown Himself to be (v. 11). He unfolds this reality by using a logical argument in this form, "If one thing is true, how much more will something else be true which is even more unlikely, even more incredible, even more impossible?"