08/12/2025
*RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL*
_PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME Dsc. Dsc. DD._
_MONDAY DECEMBER 08 2025_
*PREDESTINATED, CALLED, JUSTIFIED AND 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 (Romans 8:30).*_
I want you to notice what we just read: We’ve been predestinated, called, justified and glorified. What’s predestination? Who are those predestinated in Christ? The predestination is done through the Gospel. That means anyone who hears the Gospel was predestinated to hear it.
The call is in the Gospel; if you accept the call, then you win because it says those who He predestinated, He also called. That's why He told us to preach the Gospel in every nation and to every creature; anyone who believes and is baptized shall be saved, and anyone who doesn’t believe shall be damned (Mark 16:15-16).
But in Romans 8:1, the Bible says there’s therefore now no condemnation or damnation to them who are in Christ Jesus; why? That’s because they’ve been justified: *“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ”* (Romans 5:1). What is it to be justified? It means acquitted, to be declared not guilty.
So, before God, you are washed, sanctified and justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:11). In Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, you were predestinated, called and justified. But there’s more: you’ve also been glorified: *“…and whom he justified, them he also glorified”* (Romans 8:30). Hallelujah!
Your life is endowed with and adorned in divine glory. The Lord Jesus said in John 17:22, *“And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them….”* No wonder the Bible says as He is, so are we in this world (1 John 4:17). You’ve become the effulgence of the Father’s glory, just like Jesus.
Knowing this, therefore, why should you be sick another day in your life? Refuse to be poor, weak or ignorant. Every so often, you say, *“I'm glorified; therefore, I will not allow sickness or disease in my body; Christ is magnified and glorified in me.”* Hallelujah! This should be your consciousness. You’re predestinated, called, justified and glorified! Glory to God!
*PRAYER / CONFESSION*
Righteous Father, I thank you for the revelation of your eternal purpose in my life. I walk in the light of my calling; predestinated, called, justified and glorified! I live with boldness and confidence, knowing that nothing in this world can unsettle my destiny in you. I walk in preordained paths, functioning in divine excellence, and fulfilling your perfect will every day, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
*FURTHER STUDY*
*Ephesians 1:11 (KJV)*
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
*2Timothy 1:9 (KJV)*
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
*Romans 8:30 (AMPC)*
And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being].
*1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN*
Revelation 1; Daniel 11-12
*2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN*
John 18:28-40; 2 Chronicles 17-18
