There Is No “Plan B” – Romans 8:28-30
Greg Blosser – March 5, 2006
“Predestination.”
The word by itself is enough to evoke strongly negative and positive reactions from an equal number of people. But what is predestination? What does the Bible have to say about it, and what does it mean for the Christian and the Church? Can the idea of predestination actually be of comfort?
This week, we take a look at Romans 8:28-30, where Paul delivers the comforting news to the Roman church that they are among God’s chosen and secure people in Christ.
Listen now. (43m 52s – 10 MB mp3)
David Dillon said
I just wanted to say thank you for what you do, I am in the Air Force and I often fly missions which take me away from home. My friend Joe brought me to visit a couple of Sundays and I cannot get enough of This wonderful thing we call grace. Your preaching is to the point and free. This truth you are speaking has been life changing for me (a long time Christian). I have never felt so free to allow God to love me for who I am because he chose me. My only negative comment is that I find myself waiting for the next sermon to be put on the web. Is there any way to post them faster. I do know you are trying but I just wanted to let you know that there are people out here listening.
Greg Blosser said
David,
Thank you for your comment. It really is an ecouragement to hear that God is using his Word in your life. At grace central we say “grace changes everything” and sometimes I think people assume it’s just a snappy little slogan we say because it is pithy and memorable.
Nope. It’s true. I almost think Christians need two conversions! The first to Christ and the second is to the bible’s radically grace oriented perspective on our salvation. Of course this is overstating it. The “second conversion” is really just having our eyes opened to who Christ truly is and what the cross was really all about.
We’ll try to keep the posts as up to date as we can. Sometimes we have technology problems and sometimes it’s just tough to keep up. However, the guy who so generously lends his time and expertise to get the sermons online has been hired as our director of ministries and will begin the job in late may, early june.
Thanks again,
Greg