Why God Saves Some—and Why Those He Saves Can Never Be Lost | R.C. Sproul

Why does God save some people and not others? And if God has truly saved someone, can that person finally be lost? Romans 8:28–39 answers these difficult questions by revealing the unbreakable golden chain of salvation: foreknowledge, predestination, effectual calling, justification, and glorification. This sermon examines what biblical foreknowledge truly means, why election cannot rest upon foreseen human merit, how the Holy Spirit brings spiritually dead sinners willingly to Christ, and why every person justified by God will finally be glorified. It also explains the crucial distinctions between the outward gospel call and effectual calling, assurance and presumption, justification and sanctification, and human responsibility and divine sovereignty. Predestination is not cold fatalism. Properly understood, it magnifies the grace of God, centers salvation upon the finished work of Jesus Christ, destroys human boasting, and gives lasting assurance to every believer resting in Christ. If God is for His people, no accusation, suffering, enemy, or power can overturn His saving purpose. #RCSproul #Predestination #Romans8 #ReformedTheology #SovereignGrace #Election #AssuranceOfSalvation #ChristianSermon #BiblicalTeaching