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God’s Everlasting Love
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Introduction:In Christ we have:
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A new position (1-4)
–
we “walk according to the Spirit”
o
A new life (5-13)
–
the life of the Holy Spirit Who indwells
o
A new relationship (14-17)
–
we are sons of God!
o
A new hope (18-25)
–
the redemption of our body (vs. 23)
o
A new knowledge (26-30)
–
all things work together for good for the true saint
o
A new assurance (31-39)
–
nothing can over throw the salvation we have in Christ
Review: The “golden chain” (8:29
-30)
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Text: “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined
to be
conformed to the image of HisSon, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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Moreover whom Hepredestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom
He justified, these He also glorified.”
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Points:
The Chain Originates in Eternity
. “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined
to be
conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among
many brethren.”
The Chain is Displayed in Time
. “Moreover whom He predestined, these He also
called; whom He called
, these He also justified”
The Chain Ends in Everlasting Glory
. “these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.””
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The Chain Originates in Eternity
. “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined
to be
conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many
brethren.”
Ephesians 1:4, “
just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world,that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love
”
Foreknew: Boyce: “Foreknowledge means that salvation has i
ts origin in the
mind or eternal counsels of God, not in man”
Predestined: Martyn Lloyd Jones: “*God+
has marked out a particular destiny[for his children]
”
Our destiny: “
to be
conformed to the image of His Son”
Purpose statement: “that He might be the firstborn among many brethren ”
That Christ might be glorified and exalted!All praise and honor to Him!
God’s Everlasting Love
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The Chain is Displayed in Time
. “Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called;whom He called, these He also justified”
Called:General callEffectual call. This is in view here. Those He foreknew and predestined,He called to faith in Christ!
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John 6:37, “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, andthe one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out”
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John 6:44, “No one can come to Me unl
ess the Father who sent
Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day”
Remember to separate “
the how
” from “
the why
” of salvation
The how:
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Romans 10:9, “if you confess
with your mouth the Lord Jesusand believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the
dead, you will be saved.”
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John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life”
The why:
Acts 13:48, “And as many as had been appointed to eternal li
febelieve
d.”
Those foreknown, predestined, called …. BELIEVE and are justified!
Mysterious, glorious!
Just as Jesus called death Lazarus from the grave, we have been called to faith inHim!
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The Chain Ends in Everlasting Glory
. “these He also justified; an
d whom He justified,
these He also glorified.”
A glorified body!
In a glorious place
With a glorious Savior!Outline:1.
God is for believers
–
no one can be effectively against us (31-34)2.
God’s love for His people is infinite and unchangeable –
nothing in all creation can separatebelievers from His love! (35-39)
God’s Everlasting Love
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Detail:1.
God is for believers
–
no one can be effectively against us (31-34)a.
Question: “What then shall we say to these things?” (vs 31)
i.
Looks back to all of Romans but especially to ….
ii.
The
unbreakable
chainb.
Four questions follow:i.
If God
is
for us, who
can be
against us? (31)1.
Implied but unspoken answer is NOBODY!a.
If God is God … nobody can stand against Him
b.
If someone could stand against God …. He would not be the
omnipresent, omnipotent One!c.
Bo
b Jones Sr : “You and God make a majority”
2.
Why:a.
He gave His Son! He who did not spare His own Sonb.
For us! (Penal, substitutionary atonement):[He] delivered Himup for us allc.
[He] is a giver of all good things! how shall He not with Him alsofreely give us all things?ii.
Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? (33)
1.
Implied answer: NOB ODY!2.
Why:
It is
God who justifiesa.
God legally acquitsb.
God declares righteousc.
The believer is clothed in the cloak of Christ’s righteousness!
3.
Ponder election:a.
Acts 13:48, “An
d as many as had been
appointed
to eternal life
believed.”
b.
I Thess 1:4, “knowing, beloved brethren, your
elect
ion by God”
c.
Colossians 3:12, “Therefore, as the
elect of God, holy andbeloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness,longsuffering
;”
d.
Romans 9:10-12e.
Ephesians 1:4, “just as He
chose us in Him before thefoundation of the world, that we should be holy and without
blame before Him in love”
f.
2 Thess 2:13, “But we are bound to give thanks to God always
for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from thebeginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the
Spirit and belief in the truth”
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