Eighth Link: Glorified

Romans 8:28-30

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God will glorify his people by raising them like Christ and making them like him.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Baker Exegetical Commentary: Romans by Thomas Schreiner; The Wonderful Works of God by Herman Bavinck; The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis; The 1689 Second London Confession; Concise Theology by J.I. Packer

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Sixth Link: Sanctification

Romans 6:15-19

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God, in his sanctifying grace, works in us to progressively make us righteous.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Romans Commentaries by Thomas Schreiner, Frank Theilman, and Douglas Moo; Systematic Theologies by Michael Horton and Herman Bavink; Salvation Accomplished and Applied by John Murray; Sanctification by JC Ryle

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Fifth Link: Adoption

Galatians 4:4-7; Romans 8:30

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: In Christ, God adopts his people as his very own children.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament and O/ Early Christian Literature 3rd ed. by Walter Bauer, ed. by Frederick Danker; Dictionary of Biblical Imagery by Leeland Ryken, James Wilhoit, and Tremper Longman; The New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Epistle to the Galatians by F.F. Bruce; The New American Commentary: Galatians by Timothy George; Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Galatians by Thomas Schreiner

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First Link: Predestined

Romans 8:28-30

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Before creation, God predestined each of his people for salvation in Christ.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature by Walter Bauers, ed. by Frederick Williamdanker; Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Romans by Frank Thielman; Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Romans by Thomas Schreiner; Christian Faith: Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way by Michael Horton; The Wonderful Works of God by Herman Bavinck; PROOF: Finding Freedom Through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace by Daniel Montgomery and Timothy Paul Jones; Knowing God and Ourselves by David Calhoun

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