This thought will begin with verse 28 from our last entry, which reads as follows:
Romans 8:28-30 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called[1] according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow[2], He also did predestinate[3] to be conformed[4] to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 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[5].
In our last few studies we have used the records of King David's Psalm records...but will I do it again? Not sure.
[1] called; Genesis 50:20 But as for you, you thought evil against Me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive. Now therefore fear you not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
Psalm 46:1-3 GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear (be in raged, angry), though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they shall say, The LORD is my GOD.
2Corinthians 5:1-3 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of GOD, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
Hebrews 12:6-12 For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives. If we endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; For what son is he whom the father chastens not? But if we be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are we but bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have earthy fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits (this in Gen. 1:26-28), and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; But He for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness. Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness for them which are exercised thereby. Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; But let it rather be healed.
[2]foreknew; Exodus 33:17 And the LORD said to Moses, 'I will do this thing also that you have spoken: for you hast found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.
Psalm 1:6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the belly (womb) I knew you; And before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.
2Timothy 2:19-20 Nevertheless the foundation of GOD stands sure, having this seal, The Lord knows them that are His. And, Let every one that name the name of Christ depart from iniquity. For in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; And some to honor, and some to dishonor.
1Pe 1:2-5 Elect according to the foreknowledge of GOD the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied. Blessed be the GOD and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy having begotten us again (the new birthing from above) to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of GOD through His faith until salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Revelation 13:8-9 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship Him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear.
[3]predestinated; Ephesians 1:4-12 According as He having chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love: Having predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His Will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He having made us accepted in (by) the beloved. In Whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace; Therein He having abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known to us the mystery of His Will, according to His good pleasure which He had purposed in Himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him: In Whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him Who works all things after the counsel of His own Will: That we should be to the praise of His glory, Who first trusted (for it is Christ in us that They trusted) Christ.
1Peter 1:19-23 For with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, Who was manifest in these last times for you, who by Him do believe GOD, Who that raised Him up from the dead, and gave Him glory; That your (using His) faith and hope might be found in GOD. Seeing we have purified your souls in obeying the Truth through the Spirit in unfeigned love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word (Will) of GOD, which lives and abides for ever.
[4]conformed to His image; Romans 13:14 of 10-14 Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep (this being the effect of our total redemption, the acquiring of the renewed mind of Rom. 12:1-3): for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness (man's religions and their many systems and doctrines), and let us put on the armor of light (G5457 from G5457 from G5346 to make known, understanding). Let us walk honestly, as in the day; Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
[5]called, justified, glorified; Ephesians 4:4 of 1-8 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you were called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. For there is one body, and one Spirit, even as we are called in one hope of our calling; One LORD, One faith, One baptism, One GOD and Father of all, Who is above all, and through all, and in us all. For every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore He said, When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men. (in Psalm 68:18 and then again in Colossians 2:15)
1Corinthians 6:11 of 9-11 Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of GOD? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of GOD. And such were some of you: but you are washed, you are sanctified, you are justified in the name of the LORD Jesus, and by the Spirit of our GOD.
Colossians 1:18 of 15-20 Who is the image of the invisible GOD, the firstborn of every creature: For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: And He is before (having preeminence) all things, and by Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things to Himself; By Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Jesus is here speaking: John 17:22 of 20-24 'Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe Me through their word; That they all may be one; As You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that You have sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them; That they may be one, even as We are One: I in them, and You in Me, that they may be made perfect in One; That the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them, as You have loved Me. Father, I will that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am; That they may behold My glory, which You have given Me: for You loved Me as You have Loved them before the foundation of the world.
Romans 9:23 of 22-25 What if GOD, willing to show His wrath (G3709, a hot desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), and to make His power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of due wrath fitted to destruction: And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had afore prepared (G4282, from G2090, to fit up in advance) for glory, even in us, whom He has called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As He stated also by Hosea, 'I will call them My people, which were not My people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.' (Hosea 2:23 and in 1Peter 2:10)
Our next visit we shall the LORD Willing pick things up at verse 31. Until then may the Rest of GOD settle in into you and yours by Christ Jesus.
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