FAITH: Comes by Hearing the Word of God
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.
FAITH: Comes by Studying the Word of God
Predestination means that, when God saves you, He is going to see you through. Whom He foreknew, He predestinated, and whom He predestinated, He called, and whom He called, He justified, and whom He justified, He glorified. In other words, this amazing section is on sanctification—yet, Paul does not even mention being sanctified. Why? Because sanctification is the work of God in the heart and life of the believer. This is God’s eternal purpose. It just simply means this: When the Lord—who is the Great Shepherd of the Sheep, the Good Shepherd of the Sheep, and Chief Shepherd of the Sheep—starts out with 100 sheep, He’s going to come home with 100 sheep. 1
FAITH: Comes by Obeying the Word of God
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. John 5:24
Rest in His truth. Eternal life is all His work for His sheep for all eternity. It is all about Jesus and His love for us. He first loved us. Your response is to believe and receive and rejoice, because your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life!
FAITH: Comes by Experiencing the Transforming Work of God
When you feel lost, remember, you are still in the hands of your Shepherd.
FAITH: Comes by Praying with the Word of God
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away: Isaiah 41:9
Dear Father, thank You for saving me, keeping me, and using me…in Jesus Name.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (Romans 1-8) (electronic ed., Vol. 42, p. 160). Nashville.
