It Is God Who Justifies

Rom 8:33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

What charge can stand against us? NOT ONE since GOD justifies.

Go ahead and let satan do all the slamming he wants, it holds no weight against us.


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Hold Back

Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

If GOD has already paid with HIS Son, is HE now going to hold back?

If you paid the greatest price to be paid, are you then going to hold back something??? NO WAY!


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Who Can Be Against Us?

Rom 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Paul uses these rhetorical questions to lead us to wonderful biblical truths; (1st) God is for us; (2nd) He will freely give us all things; (3rd) He has justified us; (4th) He prays for us; and (5th) no power can separate us from His love.

Who can be against me? The world, the flesh, and the devil are against me. against me.
But these are no match for God who helps me, strengthens me, and works to present me faultless before His glorious presence with great joy.

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He Also Called

Romans 8:30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

Glorified meaning you will get a new glorified body so you can live in HIS presence for all eternity.

All these are a work of GOD; our part is simply to believe HIM at HIS word.

Again notice the order. The predestined are; The ones HE called. Has GOD called you? Do you or did you respond to HIS call?
IF so you've been justified. Justified meaning cleansed from your sins so much so that is just as though you never did it.

And since you've been justified you also will be glorified.


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Conformed to the Image of His Son

Romans 8:29 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.

The Doctrine of Predestination or Devine Election, has been so twisted and made so confusing when it was intended to be something that would leave us with great peace.

Notice the order given in these verses. 1st is GOD'S foreknowledge HE already knows what is going to happen, HE knows your end.2nd is predestination because GOD already knows HE can predestine.
Like watching a rerun, you already know the end.

From a heavenly prospective this is simple. From and earthly prospective this raises all kinds of questions.

Predestination is something GOD does, it’s HIS part. It is not something that should allow us to rest and think my life “IN” Jesus is a done deal. Neither you nor I know our finish.

Every time the Bible speaks on the subject it shows GOD predestined, so that some work might be done in the life of the one predestined.

Here is Romans that work is one of being Conformed to the image of His Son. That is no easy task but if we will submit to it, by denying self, picking up our cross daily and following JESUS it will happen.

In Ephesians. When Paul speaks on predestination It also says, Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them

In 1 Peter. It says, 1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

Understand predestination is something GOD can do from heaven, not something we can claim and then ignore the rest of what the bible says.

Enough on predestination our part in this verse was to Conformed to the image of His Son. This is what GOD sent the His Son into our lives to do.
Conformed means having the same form as another, similar, being like JESUS.

Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Prove by learning to do, correcting when wrong, pressing for HIS will.

Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

Work out by allowing GOD’S will to become yours.

Titus 2:14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

Part of the work of the Holy Spirit in our life, is to get us busy being like JESUS.

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Rest in God

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Another wonderful truth to those who will live by faith. I can rest in GOD not only accomplishing HIS will but in GOD causing things to work out for the good no matter how bad a particular thing may seem.

ONLY GOD CAN MAKE THIS PROMISE.

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Purpose of Prayer

Romans 8:27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

As I pray in the Spirit, I have a wonderful peace if I will continue in faith believing the Spirit is praying perfectly because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

That folks is the purpose of prayer, to accomplish GOD'S will. Don't believe those false teachers who claim you need to just have faith and GOD will do it.

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