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Let Us Pass Over To Glory

3 November 2015

Yesterday, we came to the conclusion that the disciples were saved from the storm by the power and will of Jesus Christ not by their faith, will or works. I concluded with the following verse showing this is exactly how God works in our eternal salvation.

"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. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 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.” (Romans 8:28-30)

This marvelous, unbroken circle of salvation starts and ends with the power and sovereignty of God. The last thing to happen to the elect of God is that they will be glorified. This means that they will be resurrected in the likeness of Jesus Christ and live with God forevermore. Notice that it is in the past tense. Just like the account of “passing over the sea,” it is a foregone conclusion in the mind of God that we WILL be glorified so Paul puts it in the past tense.

Why is this so? Because all things are working together to make it happen. This does not mean that we and God are working together. Neither does it mean that God is using all events in our lives to bring about this end. Sin and horrible events are not decreed by God and they are not working together with God for our good. They are working against God just like the storm in the sea. But, just like the storm in the sea, God rebukes those things and saves us by His power. All the things working together are Gods will and actions — including His foreknowledge (love), His predestination of our being glorified, His effectual calling of us, His justifying of us by the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ, and ultimately His sovereign work in raising us from the dead to glory.

We must conclude as Paul did as he continued in Romans 8. “If God be for us, who can be against us?” and “Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.”

Jesus has declared that we will make it to glory on the other side. Therefore, we will make it to glory!

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Brentwood Hills Primitive Baptist Church is a community of believers working together to transform our lives to the image of Jesus Christ. We believe it is our duty and privilege to live the gospel of the doctrines of grace in such a way as to edify the families within our church and other children of God in our community. Through regular worship based on strong Biblical principles, fellowship, admonishment, and outreach, we glory in the grace of the sovereign God working in our lives thereby showing the Spirit of God in the world.

Brentwood Hills was organized in 1906 in Fort Worth, Texas as Laodicea Primitive Baptist Church. You can find much of the history of the church, as well as other churches here: Primitive Baptist History Database

We identify ourselves as an old-line Primitive Baptist church. If you read our Articles of Faith, you’ll see that we hold to such doctrines as the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible. We recognize the King James Version (KJV) as the only English translation worthy of being called the Bible. We believe in salvation solely by the grace of a sovereign God. We believe that Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, came to the earth to do the will of His Father, which was to deliver from the sentence of death all those the Father gave Him before the world began. We believe that Jesus fully satisfied the Father by atoning for all the sins of all His people. In time, we believe the Holy Spirit comes to each person that belongs to Jesus and regenerates them. Then (and only then) can anyone have faith, which is a fruit of the Spirit, by which you are able to believe the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. Whether or not you ever hear the gospel, or believe it if you did hear it, or obey it if you did believe it, rest assured that Jesus will remain forever faithful to you because, if He died for you, He will never deny that you belong to Him.

We believe that everyone for whom Christ died will without fail be raised again from the dead to a glorified life. Even if we are alive when He returns to raise the dead, we shall be changed to a glorified life. All the Redeemed will meet the Lord in the air. Then He will take us to Heaven and there we shall forever be with the Lord. The wicked will be raised at the same time as the righteous, but the wicked shall go away into everlasting punishment along with Satan and his angels. Until that glorious day when Christ returns to raise the dead, He has provided a place for His people to find rest for their souls. This place is the Church. Jesus Christ set-up His church on this earth before His death on the Cross. The church is there for those of His people who have come to believe that God saved them by His Son, Jesus Christ. To believe that Christ “paid it all” gives believers the strongest motivation to serve Him. Once enlightened to this glorious truth, then the child of God should feel an obligation to become and remain an active member of the His church. To serve the Lord in His church makes for one of the great blessings to experience this side of Heaven. It fulfills you to serve in His church and it gives your life purpose and meaning.