Romans 8 and the "Golden Chain."
1) God causes all things to work together for good for those who love God and were called (transferred into Christ) according to His purpose.
2) Now those who He foreknew, or knew beforehand, refers to His corporate election of those His Redeemer would redeem, the target group of His redemption plan. So the Golden Chain actually refers to God rolling out His redemption plan according to His foreknowledge or pre-established plan.
3) What was the predestination? To be chosen by God? Nope. Once chosen, the believer’s will be conformed to the image of His Son. Thus as siblings of Christ, we would be children of God.
4) Now these (those to be redeemed by Christ) He also called. Here Paul is using "called" to refer to those "called out" and thus refers to individuals God relocated - called out of darkness and into His light.
5) Now those He relocated spiritually into Christ, He also justified by the washing of Regeneration, Titus 3:5.
6) And those He justified, those that underwent the washing of regeneration, He glorified spiritually. We were made blameless, perfect and the righteousness of God.
1) God causes all things to work together for good for those who love God and were called (transferred into Christ) according to His purpose.
2) Now those who He foreknew, or knew beforehand, refers to His corporate election of those His Redeemer would redeem, the target group of His redemption plan. So the Golden Chain actually refers to God rolling out His redemption plan according to His foreknowledge or pre-established plan.
3) What was the predestination? To be chosen by God? Nope. Once chosen, the believer’s will be conformed to the image of His Son. Thus as siblings of Christ, we would be children of God.
4) Now these (those to be redeemed by Christ) He also called. Here Paul is using "called" to refer to those "called out" and thus refers to individuals God relocated - called out of darkness and into His light.
5) Now those He relocated spiritually into Christ, He also justified by the washing of Regeneration, Titus 3:5.
6) And those He justified, those that underwent the washing of regeneration, He glorified spiritually. We were made blameless, perfect and the righteousness of God.