1 Corinthians 15
He is Risen, He is Risen Indeed
The Priesthood of the Believer Part 3: Our Responsibilities as Priests
"The believers’ priesthood is based on their sharing in the heavenly calling with Christ (3:1)... Jesus is our high priest, and believers have been brought into such a relationship with Christ that they too are priests with the concomitant responsibilities and privileges that adhere to the priestly calling."
The Priesthood of the Believer Part 2: Our Raiment as Priests
1 Peter 1:22-25
1Peter 2:1-10
The Priesthood of the Believer 1: Our Great High Priest
Hebrews 2:16–18
Hebrews 4:9–16
Hebrews 5:1–10
Hebrews 7:1–3
Hebrews 7:11–28
Living the Christ Life 41: Maximum Glorification
Inclusio- a phrase that occurs twice within a book that indicates the start and end of a section.
Chiasm- a literary structure which includes a reversal of clauses for emphasis.
Grant Hawley, The Guts of Grace, p. 403, 405.
A -Who will separate us from the love of Christ?
B - Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, “For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
C - But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.
B’ - For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing,
A’- will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Living the Christ Life 40: The Golden Chain of Glorification Part 6
*Foreknew- "to know by experience previously"
*Predestined- "to be conformed to Christ"
*Firstborn- "preeminent rank, superior"
*Called- "to fulfill God's purpose for your life"
*Justified- "by works, vindicated, maturity"
*Glorified- "the better resurrection out ahead!"
"Glorified"- doxazō
to influence one’s opinion about another so as to enhance the latter’s reputation, praise, honor, extol
to cause to have splendid greatness, clothe in splendor, glorify, of the glory that comes in the next life.
William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 258.
"Paul tells us there are two kinds of inheritance: all believers are heirs of God (birth-inheritance), and for those who set their life goal to be perseverance in suffering with Christ (even if they sometimes fail), they can become co-heirs with Christ (reward-inheritance).
To be a co-heir with Christ is what Paul elsewhere calls 'inheriting the kingdom.'”
Joseph C. Dillow, Final Destiny: The Future Reign of the Servant Kings, 4th Edition (Houston, TX: Grace Theology Press, 2018).
Living the Christ Life 39: The Golden Chain of Glorification Part 5
"Justified"- dikaioō
"to take up a legal cause," show justice, do justice, take up a cause
"to render a favorable verdict," vindicate
-"by (on the basis of) works, by what one does"-"to cause someone to be released from personal or institutional claims that are no longer to be considered pertinent or valid," make free/pure
"to demonstrate to be morally right," prove to be right
William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 249.
Living the Christ Life 38: The Golden Chain of Glorification Part 4
"Paul means that believers know, from observation of God’s past dealings with those who love Him, that he has a mysterious way of working things out for the greatest good. By observing the stories of the saints of old—those called to accomplish His redemptive purposes—believers can rest in the knowledge of this truth. God can take whatever evil may come our way and redeem it for good. Believers can know this because God has been doing it for generations."
Leighton Flowers, https://soteriology101.com/2018/02/14/romans-828-30-foreknowledge-and-predestination/
"Calling" -kaleō
to identify by name or attribute, call, call by name,name
to request the presence of someone at a social gathering, invite
to use authority to have a person or group appear, summon
From the meanings ‘summon’ and ‘invite’ there develops the extended sense choose for receipt of a special benefit or experience, call
Living the Christ Life 37: The Golden Chain of Glorification Part 3
"PREDESTINATION"- proorizō
Acts 4:28 -------- Jesus' Crucifixion
1 Cor 2:7 -------- Glorification
Eph 1:5, 11 -------- Glorification
So, what is "predestined" in Romans 8:29?
“You will note that there is no reference in these four verses (Rom. 8:29-30; Eph. 1:5,11) to Heaven or Hell, but to Christlikeness eventually. Nowhere are we told in Scripture that God predestinated one man to be saved and another to be lost. Men are to be saved or lost eternally because of their attitude toward the Lord Jesus Christ.”
H.A. Ironside, Full Assurance (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1937), 93-94.
"FIRSTBORN" - prōtotokos (158 times-OT)
1- literally pertaining to birth order (the first in order).
2- pertaining to having special status associated with a firstborn (having the birth right, which was a privilege).
Ex: "of Christ, as the firstborn of a new humanity which is to be glorified, as its exalted Lord is glorified."
-William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 894.
"pertaining to existing superior to all else of the same or related class—‘superior to, above all.’"
-Johannes P. Louw and Eugene Albert Nida, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains (New York: United Bible Societies, 1996), 737.