Discussing Predestination Again, Part 1 (TMF:1773)

Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Peace to Live By: Discussing Predestination Again, Part 1 (TMF:1773) - Daniel Litton
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       Romans chapter 8, verse 30: “And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.” What a big verse we have here to start us today. I was always taught, and the traditional understand of this verse is, that we have four things going on here, three of which have already happened for us, and one of which is still yet to happen in the future. Traditionally speaking, Paul talks about the fourth thing here, that of being glorified, in the past tense, as if he’s so confident that it is going to happen that he speaks of it in the past tense. Let’s go ahead for now and run with this understanding, and discuss it this way, though, there is another understanding I want us to consider in talking about this verse. We talked about the concept of predestination last week, and let’s remind ourselves of what we understand predestined to mean. Simply put, it means that God has chosen beforehand those of are to be his sons and daughters.