Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 8:30

"and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." — Romans 8:30 (ASV)

And whom he called, them he also justified:

He regarded them as just. He made them just through the blood and righteousness of Jesus Christ.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Notice that personal pronoun "he"—how it comes at the beginning and continues to the end. Salvation is of the Lord. This is so often forgotten that, trite as it may seem, we cannot repeat it too often: Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate, whom he did predestinate, them he also called, and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

You might suppose, from the talk of some men, that salvation is all from man himself—that is free agency pushed into a falsehood, a plain truth puffed into a lie.

There is such a thing as free agency, and we would make a great mistake if we forgot it. But there is also such a thing as free grace, and we will make a still greater mistake if we limit that to the agency of man; it is God who works our salvation from the beginning to the end.

And whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

My son, do you believe in Jesus? Have you trusted in his precious blood? Then you are justified. Never give way, then, to any fears concerning your eternal salvation, for, as surely as there is a heaven, you shall be a partaker of its glories, for never was there a soul justified who was not afterwards glorified.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

You see that these great declarations relate to the same persons right through the whole series: "Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate;... whom he did predestinate, them he also called,... them he also justified,... them he also glorified." There is not a single link missing from the eternal purpose and foreknowledge of God to the everlasting glory in which the saints' bliss shall be consummated.

The practical questions for each one of us to answer are just these: Have I been "called" by grace out of nature's darkness into God's marvelous light? Have I been "justified" by faith, and have I peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ? Then, being called and justified, I may rest assured that I have been predestinated, and that in due time I shall be glorified.

"There, where my blessed Jesus reigns,
In heaven's unmeasured space,
I'll spend a long eternity
In pleasure and in praise."

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called:

My soul, have you been called of God? Has the Spirit of God ever called you? If so, rejoice in your predestinator. Have no doubts and fears concerning that matter, for He would never have called you if He had not intended to save you from before the foundation of the world.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

No slips, no gaps or chasms, by the way. The foreknown are predestinated: the predestinated are the called: the called are justified: the justified are glorified.

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

That glorification we cannot see as yet. It is in the excessive brightness of the future, just as His divine election is in the brightness of the past. These are the two columns on either shore; but the swinging bridge in between is this—calling and justification. These are joined in one, and if you have either of these, you may know your predestination and your future glorification.

And whom he justified, them he also glorified.

There is no break in this chain. The foreknown are predestinated, the predestinated are called, the called are justified, the justified are glorified. It is a wondrous chain. He who gets a hold of it anywhere has a hold of the whole of it, for this Scripture cannot be broken. If you are called by grace into the fellowship of eternal life, you will be justified and glorified.