When God Promis es God Delivers! Message 3

When God Promises God Delivers!

Message 3

Eternity Changes Everything

Romans 8:30

Me:

Being “Called”

a. What I call a churchy term

i. In today’s message I will use terms like…

Called, Justified, Glorify,

iii. Others as in predestined, chosen, believer, saved

b. I have had many callings in my life

i. God “called” me to be saved

ii. God “called” me to be a preacher

iii. God has “called” me to be a pastor (which can be different from a preacher)

iv. God “called” me to be a husband, father.

v. God “called” me to be church planter.

vi. God has ‘called” me to be a missionary

c. I have also been justified

i. I will explain

d. I will also be glorified

i. Eternity

We:

A Genuine Believer

a. Defined

i. Is a person that sincerely believes in Jesus Christ and diligently seeks to please Him.

b. We do this in three ways

Living Soberly (self-control, self-discipline)

Living Righteously

Living Godly

Titus 2:11–13 NET

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

c. As true believers we have certain benefits

i. We are called, justified and glorified

Romans 8:30 NLT

And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.

God:

The Glory of Believer

Called

i. The Spirit calls and stirs the heart of the sinner to come to Christ.

ii. God’s Spirit talks with your spirit

iii. God’s Spirit helps us to see our lostness

iv. Our hopelessness

v. We respond to God’s “calling” or beckoning or wooing.

vi. Rev 3:20 CEV

Revelation 3:20 CEV

Listen! I am standing and knocking at your door. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will eat together.

Matthew 11:28 NIV

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Justification

i. It’s a fancy way of saying you are not guilty

ii. You have been counted as righteous.

iii. God will not hold your sin against you

1 John 2:1–2 NLT

My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.

Glorified

i. Rom 8:30 NIV

Romans 8:30 NIV

And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

ii. It means living forever with God

iii. It means to be incorruptible

iv. It means to be perfected

v. It means to be made permanent and eternal

vi. It means to be free from pain and tears

vii. It means to be free from being tired and weary,

viii. It means to be free of trials and sin,

ix. It means to be free from defilement, weakness, frailty, sickness, suffering, and death.

x. It means to be free from an imperfect world and to be placed into a perfect world with God—a world that lasts forever and ever.

xi. Sign me up today

2 Corinthians 4:17 NASB 2020

For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

You:

God wants you to free

a. We can find rest

i. We still have live on earth for a little while

ii. God wants to be assurance of one thing

Eternity changes everything

i. You will be free from the struggles and suffering of this sinful world

ii. You will be free from all the sin, shame, failure and shortcoming

iii. Free from pain and death.

iv. You is going to be glorified right along with God’s dear Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Just imagine:

God has set the glorification of the believer

It has been set once and for all.

For the true believer it is our hope

ii. Turn your eyes heavenward

Turn your eyes to Jesus