Rom 8:30 Called, Justified, Glorified

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Called, Justified, Glorified

Rom 8:30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

All of these verbs are in the aorist tense indicating a past point in time event. For while there is a future fulfillment of these, such fulfillment is so inevitable, so certain for the elect that one can speak of such as a fulfilled event, much as Jesus spoke of death and judgment saying, "He who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life." John 5:24

God foreknew those who would come to faith. Such people he predestined a glorious fate. And such fate is certain. At some point he called these people through the gospel, just as Paul writes earlier, "Through him and for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ." Rom 1:5,6 "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession— to the praise of his glory." Eph 1:13,14

If you have heard and believed the gospel, then you are predestined for eternal glory. You are elect of God for such a destiny.

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