Predestined, Called, Justified and Glorified Romans 8:30

Paul the apostle told the people in Rome, “whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren”, and in chapter eight and verse thirty of Romans, Paul told his readers, “whom he did predestinate, them he also called...justified...and glorified” where we read:

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.

The verse begins, “Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called:” Paul began with the word, “moreover” which means “and in addition” “whom he did predestinate” or “the people whether male or female God predetermined, decided beforehand, appointed and decreed from eternity”, “them he also” which means “the people predetermined God even so and indeed” “called” or “gave a name to, received, bore a title and saluted by name”. Paul told his readers how God “gave and saluted by name” the people he “predetermined and decreed from eternity”.

The verse continues, “and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.” Paul continued with the words, “and whom” or “and the people whether male or female” “he called” which means “God gave and saluted by name” “he also justified” which means “God even so and indeed rendered righteous and pronounced them to be as they ought to be”: “and whom” or “and the people whether male or female” “he justified” which means “God rendered righteous and pronounced them to be as they ought to be”, “them he also” or “those people God even so and indeed” “glorified” which means “honored, magnified, celebrated and adorned with luster and splendor”. Paul shared how God not only “called” people who were predetermined to “love” Him, but He also “made them righteous” and “honored” them in “splendor”.

When we meditate upon these words of Paul, we see how God desires to bless people who have devoted themselves to Him. When people receive God's Son Jesus as “Savior and Lord”, God “calls” them, “justifies” them and “glorifies” them in ways that cannot otherwise be obtained. God knows in advance who will choose to “love” Him through His Son Jesus, and He knows those who will not. The only way to know which side a person is on is whether they choose Him or not. Today His invitation is to “choose to love Him” through a relationship with His Son Jesus, and the benefits of being in fellowship with God shall follow you all the days of your life.

Next time Paul asks his readers, “what shall we then say to theses things?”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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