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The salvation of God (3)             [Romans 8:29-30]                        Romans 8:29-30 describes the five stages of God's salvation: (1) God foreknew, (2) God predestined, (3) God called, (4) God justified, (5) God glorified.               The first stage is ‘God foreknew’ (Rom. 8:29).                   The word 'God foreknew’ here (v. 29) does not mean that God foreknew that a person would believe in Jesus, but does mean that God loved him beforehand (Mt. 7:15ff.; Amos 3:2; Heb. 12:7).   God loved us before the foundation of the world.   Look at John 17:24 – “Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have give...

The salvation of God (2)         [Romans 8:29-30]                       Look at Romans 8:29 – “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.”   The conjunction “For” ( ὅ τι ) connects with the previous verse, verse 28, and in my opinion, introduces verse 29 that explains verse 28 in more detail.   In other words, the Apostle Paul explains in verse 29 more concretely about what he said in verse 28, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”   In other words, the Apostle Paul explains more specifically about verse 28 in verse 29 regarding his and the Roman church saints’ assurance that all things to work together for salvation (“good”) to those who love God [th...