{"id":1826,"date":"2010-07-04T22:25:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T03:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ministryofgrace.org\/blog\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2010-07-04T22:25:34","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T03:25:34","slug":"romans-830-righteous-glorious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/romans-830-righteous-glorious\/","title":{"rendered":"Romans 8:30 – Righteous & Glorious"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romans 8:30- Righteous & Glorious<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Truth to Learn<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

All Christians have been called, justified, and glorified!<\/p>\n

Behind the Words<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The word translated \u201cjustified\u201d is dikaio\u014d<\/em>, which means \u201cto regard as just, innocent, or righteous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGlorified\u201d is from doxadzo<\/em>, meaning \u201cto consider or to make glorious\u201d or \u201cto give honor to someone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meaning Explained<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul told us that all things work together for good to those \u201cwho are the called according to His<\/em> purpose.\u201d And, those whom God foreknew He predestined to be conformed to the image of Christ. Now he tells us those whom He foreknew and predestined, He also called, justified, and glorified. Let\u2019s look at each of these three things. All of these verbs (foreknew, predestined, called, justified, and glorified) are expressed in the Greek aorist tense indicating that all these things were done at a point in time in the past.<\/p>\n

What does it mean to be \u201ccalled\u201d by God? There are two senses of this word. The first is often referred to as the \u201cexternal call.\u201d This is a simple invitation to action. In Matthew chapter 22, Christ referred to a man who was present at a wedding without a wedding garment. The master of the wedding had asked his servants to invite as many as they could find to the wedding and this man may have heard the invitation. But, this man did not have the wedding garment, which was a sign of true invitation. As a result, the master of the wedding commanded that this man be cast into outer darkness, stating that \u201cmany are called but few are chosen.\u201d This man heard the external call. The other sense of the word is referred to as the \u201cinternal call.\u201d Going back to Christ\u2019s parable, the guests who had the official wedding garment were ones who received the internal call. They were the true guests; they were chosen.<\/p>\n

Now, Paul makes it very clear that those who are foreknown, predestinated, and called are truly saved Christians. How do we know that? Paul tells us that they were also justified. Remember that Paul started out this letter teaching us that justification does not come from obeying the Law; rather, it comes only by the grace of God through faith. He says it was not earned because if it was earned, then it was not of grace. It is the gift of God. That\u2019s also what he says in Ephesians 2:8<\/strong> For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. It is because of this gift, this calling, this predestination, that we are also justified, that is, we are imputed with the righteousness of Christ, not because we have done anything, but because God chose us. That\u2019s grace!<\/p>\n

Finally, Paul tells us that because God has justified us, He has also glorified us. Even though from our perspective this hasn\u2019t yet happened, from God\u2019s perspective He has already glorified us. He has already given us our glorified bodies and made us in all ways like Christ.<\/p>\n

Application<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bible teaches us that we have been chosen by God; therefore, let\u2019s submit to His will and commit to serving Him and glorifying Him with every fiber of our being. And, let\u2019s give all the praise to God!<\/p>\n

In God\u2019s service, for His glory,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Romans 8:30- Righteous & Glorious Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. Truth to Learn All Christians have been called, justified, and glorified! Behind the Words The word translated \u201cjustified\u201d is dikaio\u014d, which means \u201cto regard as just, innocent, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[53,729,996,145,597,993],"class_list":["post-1826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-called","tag-dikaioo","tag-doxadzo","tag-glorified","tag-justified","tag-predestined"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd5geA-ts","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ministryofgrace.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}