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87th Annual General Assembly • Apostolic Church of Jesus, Inc.
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” — Romans 8:28 KJV
A powerful workshop teaching on the Golden Chain of Redemption — Foreknowledge, Predestination, Calling, Justification, and Glorification. Delivered at the 87th Annual General Assembly of the Apostolic Church of Jesus, Inc. under the theme Predestined for Purpose.
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Special Message • 87th Annual General Assembly • Apostolic Church of Jesus, Inc.
Apostle Dr. Alex L. Jenkins, Sr. • Romans 8:28–30 KJV
Romans 8:28–30 — KJV
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 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.”
This workshop was delivered at the 87th Annual General Assembly of the Apostolic Church of Jesus, Inc. under the conference theme Predestined for Purpose. The session title, Glorified Because of Purpose, was designed to activate purpose identity in every leader, pastor, minister, saint, and worker in attendance.
The central argument of this teaching is simple but transformative: your process has always been part of your purpose. Difficulty did not disqualify you. Your struggle did not cancel your destiny. God was always moving, always working, always glorifying — even in the seasons you could not see it.
The Apostle Paul lays out five links in what theologians call the Golden Chain of Salvation in Romans 8:29–30. Every link is written in the past tense — not because the process is over, but because what God purposes is as good as done.
God did not discover you. He knew you before the foundations of the world. His foreknowledge is not merely intellectual awareness — it is relational intimacy. He knew you by name, by calling, by destiny before your mother knew she was carrying you.
Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
Predestination does not mean God predetermined who would be lost. It means God predetermined the destination — conformity to the image of His Son — for those who would receive Him. You were not predestined to fail. You were predestined to be conformed to Christ. Everything that has come against you has been working toward that end.
Apostolic Note: This is not a Calvinism debate. Paul is not teaching double predestination. He is teaching destination confidence. God has predetermined where you are going. The enemy cannot reroute what God has already mapped.
The called are those God has drawn to Himself — through the preached Word, through the conviction of the Holy Ghost, through divine appointment and encounter. Your calling was not an accident. You did not stumble into the Kingdom. You were drawn by a God who knew exactly what He was doing when He called your name.
Romans 8:28
“...to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
Justification means God has declared you righteous — not because of what you have done, but because of what Jesus did. When you obeyed Acts 2:38 — repenting, being baptized in Jesus’ name, and receiving the Holy Ghost — God declared your account settled. The debt was paid. The record was cleared. You stand before God justified.
This is the destination of the chain. Glorification is God bringing you to the fullness of His purpose — in this life and in the life to come. The fact that it is written in the past tense tells us something profound: in God’s mind, it is already accomplished. The end of your story has already been written. And it ends in glory.
The Word for Someone in This Room: You have been in a season where you questioned whether your calling was still valid. You have walked through a process that felt like punishment. God wants you to know today — the process was never punishment. The process was preparation for your glorification.
Romans 8:28 does not say all things are good. It says all things work together for good. There is a difference. The painful things in your life were not good in themselves — but God has been working them together for a purpose greater than you could see in the middle of them.
Joseph was sold into slavery by his own brothers. He did not see the palace from the pit. But God did. Every prison Joseph passed through was a preparation room for his purpose. And when the moment came, he was not just ready — he was glorified. Placed at the right hand of Pharaoh. Positioned to save a nation. Including the very brothers who sold him.
Genesis 50:20
“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.”
Read each declaration aloud with faith. Speak it until you believe it. Believe it until you walk in it.
“I am called according to His purpose.”
“My process has purpose.”
“My struggle did not cancel my destiny.”
“God foreknew me before I knew myself.”
“I am predestined to be conformed to the image of Christ.”
“I am justified — my record has been cleared by the blood of Jesus.”
“I am glorified because of purpose — not in spite of my process, but through it.”
“What the enemy meant for evil, God is turning for good.”
“I will not abort my purpose in the middle of my process.”
“I came out of this season more than a conqueror.”
Leave this session with one assignment: identify the season in your life that you have been calling a mistake and rename it. It was not a mistake. It was a step in the chain. It was foreknown, predestined, called, justified, and it is moving you toward your glorification.
You were not predestined for failure. You were predestined for purpose. And your purpose is still in motion.
Philippians 1:6
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
— Apostle Dr. Alex L. Jenkins, Sr.
Visionary Leader, New Life Apostolic Church of Jesus, Inc.