“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.” Romans 8:30
I think that one of the greatest Truths of God’s Word is that He has called us and that He has chosen us. Our salvation is not one sided. We didn’t just choose God; He first called and chose us! “Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you.” John 15:16 “According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love:” Ephesians 1:4 “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;” 1 Peter 2:9
I think that one of the greatest Truths of God’s Word is that He has called us and that He has chosen us. Our salvation is not one sided. We didn’t just choose God; He first called and chose us! “Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you.” John 15:16 “According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love:” Ephesians 1:4 “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;” 1 Peter 2:9
The peace with this Truth is that our Father was and is actively involved in our salvation! If we had just chosen God on our own, there would always be doubt that we were accepted. But God first called and chose us, so there is no doubt that He wants us! In Mathew 20, Jesus likens the Kingdom of Heaven unto a landowner who went into the market place and called workers. Notice that the landowner called the workers; the workers didn’t call him! Notice the landowner went to them; they didn’t come to him! This is how Jesus likens the Kingdom of Heaven. Our Father came to us and He called us, and I don’t know about you, but that brings me great peace that we belong!
Now since God has called us, He also has justified us. But what exactly does it mean to be justified? Let’s look justified up in the dictionary and see what it actually means. Justification means to be right, to be declared guiltless, and to be just. The Greek word that we translated justified from is dikaioo, Strong’s Concordance 1344, and it means to render righteous, to show and exhibit one to be righteous, to declare and pronounce one to be just and righteous, and as we ought to be. Now with this understanding of what justified means let’s read Romans 8:30 again. Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also declared guiltless and He pronounced them to be just and righteous, and who He has declared to be guiltless and pronounced just and righteous, them He also has glorified! How awesome is that?
“And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” 1 Corinthians 6:11 According to God we aren’t going to be declared guiltless, just, and righteous, we are guiltless, just and righteous. We are all of these things because of Jesus, our Lord and Savior and we don’t have to wait until Heaven to be them! Jesus has gone to the Cross and He has been raised from the dead. “Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.” Romans 4:25 Jesus was sacrificed for our sins. His Blood was shed, so that our sins might be covered. But praise God, He was raised from the dead so that He could declare us guiltless, just, and righteous! In the Old Testament they would sacrifice an animals blood and it would cover their sins until they committed another one. It was a vicious cycle that would have to be repeated continually! But not for us! Jesus came and was sacrificed. He shed His perfect Blood and our sins were covered and then He was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father. And since He was raised, we are forever declared guiltless, just, and righteous! And we are declared these things by God, the only Judge that matters, and whom Jesus has made free, are free indeed! “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” John 8:36
“Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Romans 3:24 Our guiltlessness, our justification, and our righteousness is free!
“Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.” Romans 5:9 Are guiltlessness, our justification, and our righteousness is now!
We have been made free by Jesus and we are free indeed. Our Father, Who is God, has called us and since He has, He will never condemn us! We have been eternally saved from His wrath! “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, Who is even at the right hand of God, Who also maketh intercession for us.” Romans 8:33-34 The only Ones, God and Jesus, Who could ever condemn us, have now declared us to be guiltless, just, and righteous! God has elected us. He has chosen us and He has glorified us! Nothing shall ever separate us from our Father's love. No action, no one, and no thing. We didn’t just choose God, He chose us. And He chose us because He knows our hearts better than we do. We could never fool Him. He chose us because He knows us and since He has, we are eternally guiltless, just, and righteous! And since we weren’t declared these thing by our actions, we will never be condemned by our actions! There is no fear in this, because God has not chosen those who desire sin, He has chosen those who desire righteousness. God has truly examined our hearts and He knows what He is doing!
Now since God has called us, He also has justified us. But what exactly does it mean to be justified? Let’s look justified up in the dictionary and see what it actually means. Justification means to be right, to be declared guiltless, and to be just. The Greek word that we translated justified from is dikaioo, Strong’s Concordance 1344, and it means to render righteous, to show and exhibit one to be righteous, to declare and pronounce one to be just and righteous, and as we ought to be. Now with this understanding of what justified means let’s read Romans 8:30 again. Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also declared guiltless and He pronounced them to be just and righteous, and who He has declared to be guiltless and pronounced just and righteous, them He also has glorified! How awesome is that?
“And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” 1 Corinthians 6:11 According to God we aren’t going to be declared guiltless, just, and righteous, we are guiltless, just and righteous. We are all of these things because of Jesus, our Lord and Savior and we don’t have to wait until Heaven to be them! Jesus has gone to the Cross and He has been raised from the dead. “Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.” Romans 4:25 Jesus was sacrificed for our sins. His Blood was shed, so that our sins might be covered. But praise God, He was raised from the dead so that He could declare us guiltless, just, and righteous! In the Old Testament they would sacrifice an animals blood and it would cover their sins until they committed another one. It was a vicious cycle that would have to be repeated continually! But not for us! Jesus came and was sacrificed. He shed His perfect Blood and our sins were covered and then He was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father. And since He was raised, we are forever declared guiltless, just, and righteous! And we are declared these things by God, the only Judge that matters, and whom Jesus has made free, are free indeed! “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” John 8:36
“Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Romans 3:24 Our guiltlessness, our justification, and our righteousness is free!
“Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.” Romans 5:9 Are guiltlessness, our justification, and our righteousness is now!
We have been made free by Jesus and we are free indeed. Our Father, Who is God, has called us and since He has, He will never condemn us! We have been eternally saved from His wrath! “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, Who is even at the right hand of God, Who also maketh intercession for us.” Romans 8:33-34 The only Ones, God and Jesus, Who could ever condemn us, have now declared us to be guiltless, just, and righteous! God has elected us. He has chosen us and He has glorified us! Nothing shall ever separate us from our Father's love. No action, no one, and no thing. We didn’t just choose God, He chose us. And He chose us because He knows our hearts better than we do. We could never fool Him. He chose us because He knows us and since He has, we are eternally guiltless, just, and righteous! And since we weren’t declared these thing by our actions, we will never be condemned by our actions! There is no fear in this, because God has not chosen those who desire sin, He has chosen those who desire righteousness. God has truly examined our hearts and He knows what He is doing!
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