And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
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… that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Those he predestined, he also called. Those he called, he also justified. And those he justified, he also glorified. What then, Paul says, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also along with him graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It's God who justifies. Who is he that condemns Christ Jesus who died? More than that, has raised the life and is at the right hand of God. Right now, he's interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it's written, for your sake we face death all day long. We're considered like sheep to be slaughtered. He says, no, in all these things we're more than conquerors through him who loved us. …
… to his purpose. For those God foreknew, he predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called. Those he called, he also justified. And those he justified, he also glorified. What then shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? Christ Jesus, who died, more than that, has raised to life, is at the right hand of God, interceding for us right now. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble, or hardship, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it's written, for your sake we face death all day long. We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. …
… verse 29 says though for those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his son that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and those he predestined he also called those he called he also justified and those he justified he also glorified so basically what Scripture's telling us this from the very beginning, God has predestined for us to look more like Jesus, to be conformed into the image of Christ. Turn over two books to the right to 2 Corinthians. Look at 2 Corinthians chapter 3. What we're seeing is the agenda of the Bible. 2 Corinthians chapter 3. Look at verse 18. it's a key verse here. Listen to how it's similar to Romans 8, 29. It says, We who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. So we're being transformed into his likeness so that we reflect his glory. With ever-increasing glory, we become more like Christ day in and day out. …
… wonder and an amazement always about the miraculousness of the fact that today you believe. The last part is, some people say, well, isn't there a place, someplace in Romans 8, verse 30, that says, those he foreknew, he predestined. Those he predestined, he justified, and those he justified, he glorified. Isn't that true? Those he foreknew, he predestined. Well, Somebody says, that means God can see the future. And so God saw the end from the beginning, and he looked down the corridors of time. And he saw some people would choose him. So since he foreknew them, he predestined them. Now, the problem with that, besides it being pretty redundant, I mean, if the person's already going to believe, why predestine them? Why fix something that's already fixed? But not only that, if you look carefully at that verse, and I'm only saying this for some of you who've thought through this, it doesn't say some of them he foreknew he predestined and some of them he justified because the word foreknow, the word know in the Bible is not an intellectual word. …