The Golden Chain | Romans 8 29-39

Romans 8:29–30 (NKJV)

29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

1- Foreknew

Jeremiah — 1:5

I KNEW YOU BEFORE I FORMED YOU IN THE WOMB.

2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace to you — in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!!

Ephesians 1:4-5 just as he chose us in HIM before the foundation of the world — that we should be holy and blameless before HIm..

John 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him and I will raise him in the last day!

2. Predestination

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

John 3:18–21 (NKJV)

18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

3- CALLING

2 Thessalonians 2:13–15 (NKJV)

13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.

4- JUSTIFICATION

5- GLORIFICATION

Colossians 3:4

When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

1 Peter 1:4-5

to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

2 Corinthians 5:1-9

For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens

1 Corinthians 15:51-57

…the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.