WHY DO ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD? Romans 8:29-30

INTRODUCTION

Romans 8:28 is a skyscraper; Romans 8:29-30 is the foundation that enables it to stand firm. If Romans 8:29-30 is not true, neither is Romans 8:28! But since Romans 8:29-30 is true, we cam rest comfortably in any trial or temptation on Romans 8:28. Thomas Watson said Romans 8:28 is a Divine Cordial! He is right. But this Divine Cordial in Romans 8:28 is held in the bottle of Romans 8:29-30. Without sovereign grace, the Divine Cordial spills to the ground and never makes it to our lips.

BIG IDEA

God will work all things together for good for His people because of His foreloving, predestinating, calling, justifying, and glorifying grace; All things work together for good for God’s elect because of His good golden chain of redemption.

OUTLINE

I. All things work together for good for God’s people because HE FORELOVED THEM (v. 29a)

Romans 8:29a “For those whom he foreknew”

II. All things work together for good for God’s people because THOSE WHOM GOD FORELOVED HE ALSO PREDESTINED TO BE LIKE CHRIST (v. 29b)

Romans 8:29b “he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.”

III. All things work together for good for God’s people because THOSE WHOM GOD PREDESTINED HE ALSO CALLED (v. 30a)

Romans 8:30a “And those whom he predestined he also called,”

IV. All things work together for good for God’s people because THOSE WHOM GOD CALLED HE ALSO JUSTIFIED (v. 30b)

Romans 8:30b “and those whom he called he also justified,”

V. All things work together for good for God’s people because THOSE WHOM GOD JUSTIFIED HE ALSO GLORIFIED (v. 30c)

Romans 8:30c “and those whom he justified he also glorified.”