The Sons He Is Bringing

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. - Hebrews 2:10

    We often talk sing about heaven and the glory and wonder of that blessed abode prepared for God’s elect. We know that in all that he is doing, our God is “bringing many sons unto glory.” But the wonder of it is utterly beyond us.

    All of Grace

    In heaven's glory we shall forever adore and praise our great God for the wondrous mystery of his grace, by which we are saved. Everything in the great work of salvation sets forth the splendor of the grace of the Most High God. What do we see in election, predestination, redemption, regeneration, and preservation, but his grace? The whole work of salvation displays God’s rich, free, almighty, irresistible, sovereign, saving grace in Christ? In, salvation as well as in creation, all things are of God, all things are by God, and all things are for God. He works all our works in us, and unto him alone all praise must be forever!

    Divine Ability

    The greatness of God in his absolute sovereignty assures us of his ability to do all his will and bring all his chosen unto glory at last ()Ps. 135:6; Isa. 14:24; 46:11). We know that God always does all his pleasure because he always, absolutely controls all things. If he did not, we could never be assured of any promise or prophecy made by him. This is our assurance -- The great God, our heavenly Father, who has purposed our salvation, is able to fully accomplish what he has planned, because he is that one "for whom are all things, and by whom are all things!” We are assured that our God, having put his hand to the great work of our salvation, will not withdraw his arm from the work until he has fully accomplished his eternal purpose, to the praise of the glory of his grace. This we confidently declare to every believer, "He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Phil 1:6).

    Difficulties Overcome

    Our great God will bring all his sons to glory despite all the difficulties that lie in the way. Every believer shall persevere unto the end because every believer is preserved by God himself. Though ten thousand hells lay between us and glory, though ten thousand satans roared against us, not one of God's elect shall fail to attain unto glory, because the glorious God has undertaken to save us. As Israel was brought from Egypt into Canaan by a constant series of miracles, supernatural, unexplainable works of God, so the believer's path is a path of constant, miraculous grace. Ours is a miraculous life! God Almighty, himself, has undertaken to save us! Can you get hold of that? Our path is not easy, but it is safe. Fight we must, but victory is sure. Temptations we must endure, but our God will uphold us. Trials we must face, but God holds us with the right hand of his righteousness. He feeds us, refreshes us, clothes us, fights for us, protects us, upholds us; and he will bring us unto glory!

    The Objects of Grace

    Perhaps the greatest wonder of this great purpose and work of God is the many sons he has determined to bring unto glory (1 Cor. 1:26-29). God has chosen for his sons and daughters those people whom most people on earth would be ashamed to call their children. Those who are passed by society, the depraved, the debased, the fallen, are the very ones chosen by God, the very ones he is determined to bring unto glory, for “the praise of the glory of his grace.”