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Predestination and Glorification
Scripture reveals a clear predestination: God foreknew, predestined, called, justified, and glorified individuals to be conformed to the image of His Son.…
Related Bible passages
- Romans 8:28-30
- John 17:5
Related ideas
PredestinationForeknowledgeCalledJustifiedGlorifiedGift of GodDivine PurposeImage of His SonDivine UnionEternal Temple
Grace Vs Law
I can’t get away from a sense of predestination when I read Scripture. Romans 8:28-30: “We are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son. And those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.” You cannot take these five terms: foreknowledge, predestination, called, justified, and glorified, and interpret them in any way to avoid the conclusion of predestination. I don’t see how you can. “You were with me in the foundation of time,” you are told. He called us in the beginning before the world was. And now he calls us according to his purpose when this section of his fabulous (you can’t conceive of it) living structure is about to be completed. And only you can fit one portion of it, so he calls you. And the one he calls he has predestined, but he calls. And the one he calls he justifies. You can’t be justified by your actions; he justifies you. And then he glorifies you. And glorification is the gift of himself as told us in John 17:5: “Father, glorify me with thine own self.” So, he glorifies the individual with himself. The entire five terms leads to one conclusion of a predestined, foreknown state. He foreknew the entire thing and is building towards it.
Scripture reveals a clear predestination: God foreknew, predestined, called, justified, and glorified individuals to be conformed to the image of His Son. This process, culminating in glorification (God giving Himself to the individual), is part of a divine purpose established before time, where each person fits a unique portion of God's living structure.