30 And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being].
We were told in verse 29 that all who our Father knew, He foreordained to be conformed to the image of Jesus. We also learned the Truth that our Father knows and knew everyone before we were ever born. So the Truth is our Father will call all of us, regardless of whether we believe the Truth or not, because He has known all of us. We are also shown this wonderful Truth in Matthew 22:10, Jesus’ parable of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Notice in Jesus’ parable that both the good and bad are called to attend the Wedding Supper. We are also shown this in Revelation 20:12-13, when all who ever have lived are called to be on the New Earth when our Father comes to dwell here. Jesus tells us that when we are all here, both good and bad, that only one is not allowed to stay for eternity, Matthew 22:11-12. The rest of us are allowed to stay with our Father because we have been covered by Jesus’ Blood. We are appropriately dressed for the Wedding Feast. Only Judas has not been kept by Jesus, John 17:12. The Bride has the appropriate garments and the guests have the appropriate garments, only Judas is not dressed for the event.
Amen, everyone will be justified by the Blood of Jesus, that is how powerful our Lord’s sacrifice is, Romans 5:19. All of mankind will be called to the Marriage Supper, or in other words Eternity. Everyone who is called to be there will be glorified by what Jesus has done for us. Everyone’s perishable bodies will no longer be perishable. The Bride’s physical bodies will have been glorified a thousand years earlier when Jesus comes to Rule the Earth. The guests will be glorified at the end of the Millennial Reign, because their enemy, death, will have been thrown into the Lake of Fire. Satan will also be thrown into and destroyed by the Lake of Fire. Our Father will end all pain, suffering, tears, torment, and fear. All things will become new, Revelation 21:4-5.
31 What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]
Our Father is for us. He is for us all, because He loves all of us. Sin cannot overcome our Father’s grace and separate us from Him. Satan can’t separate us, evil can’t separate us, and even unbelief and doubt can’t separate us. What good would Grace be if we had to earn it by believing or accepting it? It would then be a wage paid to us based on our actions.
32 He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?
Jesus died for us while we were still sinners, Romans 5:8. He did not need us to first accept Him so that He then could do something for us. Grace drove our Father to act first and then grace keeps Him as the power in our life’s. Our Father made all of us, so He is for all of us. Our Father loves all of us. This doesn’t mean that He has called us to all do the same things. We are all many members of one body, Romans 12:4. We all have varying gifts, Ephesians 4:7. We will all be used differently, but amen, we are all loved. Everyone has been given the measure of faith to believe and everyone will be empowered to believe and confess at one point or another, Romans 12:3.
It really comes down to being empowered to believe and confess Jesus as Lord now, or when a person is raised from the dead. But it is always our Father doing the works that are needed to cause us to confess the Truth. Some of us have been chosen to understand the Truth now and some of us later, but all will confess the Truth that Jesus is Lord. All of us will believe with our hearts and we will all confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord. Our Father is for us all and nothing will ever separate us from His love for us. He will never leave us or forsake us.
No comments:
Post a Comment