Author: OnePassion Ministries

I want to begin reading in verse 29, the title of this again, is “God’s Golden Chain of Salvation, Part 4.” “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His son, so that He would be the first born among many brethren, and these whom He predestined He also called, and these whom He called He also justified. And these whom He justified, He also glorified.” What we see very clearly here is that in matters of salvation God always finishes what He starts. In a work of grace, God never instigates and starts a work of salvation, but that He does not finish it all the way to the end. God never walks away from the project. He never walks off site. God never saves someone initially, but that he doesn’t always save them ultimately.

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Read More… from God’s Golden Chain of Salvation, Part 4 – Romans 8:29

Okay good! Alright guys, Romans 8. Romans chapter 8 verses 29 and 30. As you know, these verses we’re calling “God’s golden chain of salvation,” and there are five links in this golden chain of salvation. It begins in eternity past, in verse 29. It extends into time and then into eternity future in verse 30. And we’ll be in verse 30.

So I want to begin by reading these verses. These verses are a towering mountain peak that really rises above the landscape, critically important. So, we’re slowing down to look at these verses. I mean, they’re so rich that you can just only hardly take it one bite at a time. It’s just so potent.

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Read More… from God’s Golden Chain of Salvation, Part 3 – Romans 8:29

Romans 8 and Verses 29 and 30 is what I want to read. And as we look at these verses, we have slowed down a little bit just to be able to savor what’s here. We’ll pick the pace back up when we come back in the New Year. But I’ve really wanted to tap the breaks here and slow down and really get down into the fiber of this passage. So I want to start by reading. I’m going to read Verses 29 and 30, Romans 8. “For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to become conformed to the image of His son so that He would be the firstborn among may brethren. And these whom he predestined, he also called.

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Read More… from God’s Golden Chain of Salvation, Part 2 – Romans 8:29

All right men, Romans 8:29 and 30. And just to give you some sense of hope I only brought notes for verse 29, so I could do 30. I’m going to read verses 29 and 30, and this is really the center cut of the fillet. I mean this is at the very epicenter. So let me just read these verses, verses 29 and 30. And the title of this is “God’s Golden Chain of Salvation,” and I think you’ll see why. This is not original with me. Bible teachers, theologians down through the decades, even centuries, have called this “God’s Golden Chain of Salvation.

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Read More… from God’s Golden Chain of Salvation, Part 1 – Romans 8:29

Father, every time we come to Your Word, there is a sense of anticipation that we would see perhaps what we have glossed over before and that even what we have truly understood before that it would secure our attention yet again. I pray for the men here meeting with me that You would unusually bless them, sanctify them, strengthen them, encourage them, and for everyone who’s watching via live stream, I pray that You would meet with them as You are meeting with us here. So give us understanding into Your Word and help us to live the truths that we see here. We pray this in Jesus’ name, Amen.

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Read More… from The Deep Groanings of the Spirit – Romans 8:26-27

As you know, we are in the book of Romans, and as I look around the table, everybody’s got their Bible open to the book of Romans. And we are in Romans chapter 8, which is many believe the greatest chapter in the entire Bible, so it’s a perfect place for us to be. Just so you’ll know, we’ve been going verse by verse through the book of Romans.

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Read More… from Looking Forward with Hope – Romans 8:23-25

And we’re going to be looking at verses 19 through 22, but I want to begin reading in verse 18, which is where we were last week. And last time, just to remind you, we put a title on this “The Groaning and The Glory,” and we were unable to get through it, and so this is like part two for “The Groaning and The Glory.” We could call it “From Groaning to Glory,” either way you like it, and this is the way life works.

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Read More… from The Groaning and the Glory, Part 2 – Romans 8:19-22

Romans 6-8 is a theology of the Christian life. It is the largest, most expansive portion of Scripture that gives a framework for the Christian life. It is not intended to give specifics of how to live the Christian life—that will be in chapters 12-15. This is the theological foundation. The first 18 verses of chapter 8 have been about the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer to enable us to live the Christian life. No one can live the Christian life by their own strength or wisdom. Jesus said, “Apart from Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). It is the Holy Spirit at work within us that conforms us into the image of Christ.

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Read More… from The Groaning and the Glory – Romans 8:18

Romans 8:17 is a transitional bridge that reaches back to the previous verses that talked about being a child of God, and reaches forward to address the suffering of this present world. As a child of God, we suffer with Christ in this present life while we look ahead to the glory that we will one day share with Him. The Holy Spirit brings the internal witness for the assurance of our salvation (verse 16). He testifies to our heart that we are children of God. This thought continues into the next verses, “and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us” (verses 17-18).

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