ROMANS 8:28

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Sunday Morning:  Sunday June 11, 2006

Text:  Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

WE KNOW BY OBSERVATION

Romans 8:28  And we know [perfect active, know by observation] that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

WE SEE THE TRAVAIL OF NATURE

Romans 8:22  For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

THEY WATCHED JESUS

John 3:2  The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

WE KNOW FROM THE SCRIPTURES

Romans 15:4  For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

THREE HEBREW CHILDREN

Daniel 3:28  Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

DANIEL AND THE LIONS

Daniel 6:20-21  And when he came to the den, . . . the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?  21  Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD

Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together [present active indicative] for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN

Psalms 37:23-24  The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.  24  Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

GOD ORDERED JOSEPH’S STEPS

Genesis 50:19-20  And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

STEPS OF THE LITTLE CHILDREN

Deuteronomy 8:2-3  And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.  3  And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, . . .

TO DO THEM GOOD

Deuteronomy 8:15-16  Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;  16  Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

GOD HAS A PLAN

Jeremiah 29:11  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

THAT LOVE GOD

Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love [present active participle, dative plural] God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

WHAT GOD REQUIRES

Deuteronomy 10:12  And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

THEM THAT LOVE GOD

John 14:21  He that hath [present active of ecw, regard] my commandments, and keepeth [present active] them, he it is that loveth [present active] me: and he that loveth [present active] me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

NOT GOOD FOR SAUL

1 Samuel 13:13  And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, . .

SAUL LOST HIS CROWN

1 Samuel 15:23  For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

WHO ARE THE CALLED

Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called [dative plural, adjective describing “them that love God”] according to his purpose.

SALVATION FIRST THEN THE CALLING

2 Timothy 1:9  Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

OUT OF THE SAVED, MANY CALLED

Matthew 22:14  For many are called, but few are chosen.

CALLED TO HAVE AGE-LASTING LIFE

1 Timothy 6:12  Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

CALLED TO HIS KINGDOM AND GLORY

1 Thessalonians 2:12-13  That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.  13  For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

CALLED TO ACQUIRE GLORY

2 Thessalonians 2:14  Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining [purchase, acquire] of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

THEY THAT ARE WITH HIM

Revelation 17:14  These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

ACCORDING TO PURPOSE

Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

INHERITANCE ACCORDING TO PURPOSE

Ephesians 1:9-11  Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:  10  That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:  11  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

THE COUNSEL OF HIS OWN WILL

Romans 9:11-12  (For the children (Esau, Jacob) being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) 

INHERITANCE OF ESAU AND JACOB

12  It was said unto her, The elder (firstborn, Esau) shall serve [in subjection to] the younger (Jacob).

THE LAST TO BE FIRST

Matthew 20:16  So the last shall be first [chief], and the first last [lowest]: for many be called (to glory), but few chosen [elect, (according to His purpose].

KINGS AND LORDS

Revelation 17:14  These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.