The Hubs on: who is we?

Week 5:

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Background: 

The book of Romans was a letter that Paul wrote to the believers who lived in Rome. In this section of the book, Paul introduces the idea that all creation is groaning, as in the pains of childbirth, waiting and suffering in a broken world until the return of Jesus Christ. But, we serve a good and faithful God.

Observations: 

I haven’t really heard this verse very often. The first thing I noticed was we and I went back to whom Paul was addressing. The we refers to believers. So the knowledge of the workings of God that follows is something that believers know and not the entire world. It’s like a Forever Family secret.

Break it down: 

The Forever Family secret is confidential "And WE know", comprehensive “ALL THINGS”, constructive “WORK together for good”, and conditional “to those who LOVE GOD, to those who ARE CALLED according to His purpose.”

So far: 

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.