Transcript Romans 8:28

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 Identifying The “All
Things” That Work
Together.
 Identifying The “Good”
Unto Which All These
Things Work.
 Identifying Those “For
Whom” All Things Work
Together For Good.
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 Romans 8:29-39 is admittedly a difficult text.
 Mentions God’s:
 Calling –
 Justifying men  Purpose to glorify men  Foreknowledge  Predestination  Election  The intercession of Christ –
 Motivation - His Love Don McClain
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 The term “ALL”
can be used in a
limited sense -
2 Timothy 2:7 (NKJV)
7 Consider
what I say, and may
the Lord give you understanding
in all things.
1 John 2:20 (NKJV)
20 But
you have an anointing
from the Holy One, and you
know all things.
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 The term “ALL”
can be used in a
limited sense -
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Romans 14:20 (NKJV)
20 Do
not destroy the work
of God for the sake of food.
All things indeed are pure,
but it is evil for the man
who eats with offense.
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 The term “ALL”
can be used in a
limited sense -
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1 Corinthians 9:22 (NKJV)
22 to
the weak I became as
weak, that I might win the
weak. I have become all
things to all men, that I
might by all means save
some.
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 The term “ALL”
can be used in a
limited sense –
 If the “ALL things”
in this passage is
unlimited – Then:
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 False teachers “work together
for good”
 Persecutors “work together for
good”
 Satan and his angels “work
together for good”
 We need not be concerned
about anything - for NOTHING
works against us - including sin
and the devil
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 The term “ALL”
can be used in a
limited sense –
 If the “ALL things”
in this passage is
unlimited – Then:
 “All Things” in this
passage refers to
God’s provisions.
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 The Law of The Spirit – (2)
 God sent His Son condemning
sin in the flesh – (3)
 The indwelling of the Spirit
through His teachings –
(9,11,14,16)
 God’s promises upon which we
base our HOPE – (18-25)
 The Holy Spirit intercedes for us
– (26,27)
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 Not promised
temporal rewards
 Not the suffering
and trials in and
of themselves . . .
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 These brethren were being
persecuted – (17,18,36)
 It is true that suffering CAN
produce patience, ( Jam 1:1-5),
but patience is accomplished
through God’s provisions & faith
 These persecutions were
brought about by Satan’s
attempt to destroy God’s people
- therefore not GOOD things.
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 Not promised
temporal rewards
 Not the suffering
and trials in and
of themselves . . .
 The end result of
the things which
work together –
i.e. glorification
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 God provides what we need to
turn Satan’s devices into
spiritually strengthening weight
sets – but without GOD’S help??
 If we suffer with Him we will be
glorified together with Him (17)
 Compares the suffering with the
“glory which shall be reveled in
us” - (18)
 What is predestined?? (29,30)
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Romans 8:28-30 (NKJV)
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. 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.
What?
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Glorification
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 The obedient - 8:1,2
 Those who SET their mind
on the things of the Spirit
– 8:5-7
 Those who mortify the
deeds of the body – 8:13
 Those who are led by the
Spirit – 8:14
 Those who suffer with Him
– 8:17
 Those who persevere –
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 The disobedient - 8:1,2
 Those who SET their mind
on the flesh (i.e., those
who do NOT mortify the
deeds of the body) will
DIE - 8:5-7,13
 Those who walk in the
flesh – Rom. 8:1; Gal 5:1621; 2 Tim 2:11-13
 The Christian who has
fallen from grace – Gal
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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.
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 Unconditional Election –
Rom 8:1,5,12-14; 1 John
2:1,2; 1 Tim 2:4
 Irresistible Grace – Rom
10:21; 2 Peter 3:9; Rev
22:17
 That a Christian who
practices sin will be saved
– Rom 6:1; 8:12,13
 The impossibility of
apostasy!!!! – Rom
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 Fornicators,
 Idolaters,
 Adulterers,
 Homosexuals,
 Sodomites,
 Thieves,
 Covetous,
 Drunkards,
 Revilers,
 Extortioners,
 Unclean,
 Lewdness,
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 Sorcery,
 Hatred,
 Contentions,
 Jealousies,
 Outbursts Of Wrath,
 Selfish Ambitions,
 Dissensions,
 Heresies,
 Envy,
 Murders,
 Revelries,
 And The Like;
1 Cor. 6:9-10 (NKJV)
Do you not know that the
unrighteous will not inherit the
kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived. . . . [They] will [NOT]
inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:19-21 (NKJV)
Now the works of the flesh
are evident, . . . of which I tell
you beforehand, just as I also
told you in time past, that those
who practice such things will
not inherit the kingdom of God.
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 Fornicators,
 Idolaters,
 Adulterers,
 Homosexuals,
 Sodomites,
 Thieves,
 Covetous,
 Drunkards,
 Revilers,
 Extortioners,
 Unclean,
 Lewdness,
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 Sorcery,
 Hatred,
 Contentions,
 Jealousies,
 Outbursts Of Wrath,
 Selfish Ambitions,
 Dissensions,
 Heresies,
 Envy,
 Murders,
 Revelries,
 And The Like;
1 Cor. 6:9-10 (NKJV)
Do you not know that the
unrighteous will not inherit the
kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived. . . . [They] will [NOT]
inherit the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:19-21 (NKJV)
Now the works of the flesh
are evident, . . . of which I tell
you beforehand, just as I also
told you in time past, that those
who practice such things will
not inherit the kingdom of God.
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“Do A Christian's Sins Damn
His Soul?“
"We take the position that a Christian's
sins do not damn his soul. The way a
Christian lives, what he says, his
character, his conduct, or his attitude
toward other people have nothing
whatsoever to do with the salvation of
his soul…..all the sins a Christian may
commit from idolatry to murder would not
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 Paul is writing
to Christians  “If” – expresses
conditionality
 We can choose
between life
and death –
Deut 30:19;
Rom 6:16-18
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Romans 8:12-13 (NKJV)
12 Therefore, brethren, we are
debtors--not to the flesh, to
live according to the flesh. 13
For if you live according to
the flesh you will die; but if
by the Spirit you put to death
the deeds of the body, you
will live.
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What –
 God foreknew and predestined that a
particular class of people (“many
brethren”) would be glorified, i.e.
conformed to the image of the resurrected
Christ!
Who –
All those
justified will
have been called
- (necessary to
justification)
 The class of people who love God,
(John 14:15).
 The class of people called out of the
world, (i.e. the church – Acts 2:47;
2 Thes 1:7-9; 2:14).
 Glorification is conditional! (1 Cor. 15:23;
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All those
glorified will
have been
justified!
(necessary to
glorification)
Romans 10:14-17
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 Due to God’s faithfulness
Christians have assurance
that their perseverance
through trials will result in
glorification - Rom
8:17,18,25,28
 There is no external force
that can separate the
faithful Christian from
God! – Rom 8:35-39; John
10:27-29
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Romans 8:35-39 (NKJV)
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For
Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as
sheep for the slaughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are
more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor
angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present
nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other
created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of
God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
We must keep ourselves in the love of Christ
- John 15:9,10; Jude 1:21
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Romans 8:35-39 (NKJV)
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For
Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as
sheep for the slaughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are
more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor
angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present
nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other
created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of
God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Don McClain
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 The “All Things” That Work
Together Are God’s Provisions
For His People.
 The “Good” Unto Which All
These Things Work Is The
Glorification of God’s People.
 Those “For Whom” All
Things Work Together For
Good Are Those Who Love
The Lord And ARE Called.
Don McClain
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 Romans 8:29-39 is admittedly a difficult text.
 Mentions God’s:
 Calling –
 Justifying men  Purpose to glorify men  Foreknowledge  Predestination  Election  The intercession of Christ –
 Motivation - His Love Don McClain
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 The obedient - 8:1,2
 Those who SET their mind on the
things of the Spirit – 8:5-7
 Those who mortify the deeds of
the body – 8:13
 Those who are led by the Spirit –
8:14
 Those who suffer with Him – 8:17
 Those who persevere – 8:17
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