He foreknew, predestined, He called, He justified, He glorified. Jesus: Many are called, but few are chosen

Romans 8:28-30:

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. ²⁹ For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters; ³⁰ and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.

[He foreknew: He knew us in eternity (space, no time—the spiritual). So, He knows us and what we will do but He did not and does not make us do what we do. We have free will; and with that free will, He wants us to choose Him. - JRD]

[He did not predestined us to go to heaven or hell. God is not a tyrant. He predestined us to be conformed to the image of His Son. But we have free will to choose. And, notice that we are called AFTER He predestined. See what Jesus said about being called, below. - JRD]

[“Many are called, but few are chosen.” SEE below. - JRD]

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Matthew 22:11-14:

¹¹ “But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, ¹² and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless. ¹³ Then the king said to the servants, ‘Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place.’

¹⁴ For many are called, but few are chosen.”

[In the above the King is Jesus The man not dressed in wedding clothes was called to be a dinner guest but he failed to prepare (choose) to go further: be chosen. It was his choice to act so that he was going to be chosen by the King. He was not chosen because he just showed up for dinner.

And note that if one is not chosen, he will be throw into the outer darkness; and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place. - JRD]

In past posts I provided the verses that describe being chosen. It is a process of sanctification—being made more and more holy.

SEE also Matthew 13 where the same results occur (as stated in the previous paragraph) is one does not have the Kingdom of God within him. If you are chosen, the Kingdom is within you; or if the Kingdom is within you, you are chosen. - JRD]

Hebrews 10:14:

¹⁴ For by one offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified.

In the Greek the verse reads as follows: For by one offering He is perfecting forever (into eternity, which has no time) them who are being sanctified.

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