S3E4: God’s Glorifying Mercies
That you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer (2 Thessalonians 1:5).
Listen as Ed Underwood teaches on the book of Romans for our third season.
Salvation then includes the free gift of justification, the process of sanctification, and the future rewards for the sanctification process included in glorification. In moving from “sanctification salvation” to “glorification salvation,” we are moving from what we are to “work out” (Philippians 2:12-13) with a view to future reward (2 Corinthians 5:10) having received “justification salvation” as a grace gift apart from any works (Romans 3:24) to the actual experience of our promised deliverance from the very presence of sin forever in heaven (Romans 13:11; 1 Peter 1:9).
In Romans, Paul transitions from sanctification to glorification in 8:16-17 by speaking of two categories of glory—unconditional and conditional. This begins his presentation of the glorifying mercies of God in salvation.
Romans 8:16 and 17 confront us with a double heirship. One of these is for all believers. The other is for believers who suffer in fellowship with Christ. Echoing the words of the Lord in the upper room (John 16:33, 17:22-24), Paul reminds us of another reality…when we will not feel the way we do now:
When life is hard, think of your forever home with Jesus.
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