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“You have been saved.” Salvation is a completed action that has a present effect. In his earlier letters Paul usually refers to salvation either as a future event (Romans 5:9-10) or as a present process (1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 2:15). One exception is Romans 8:24, where Paul puts salvation in the past, but qualifies it as needing completion at Christ’s return: “in this hope we were saved.”
“And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” This parenthesis is thought by many to refer to the whole complex of salvation by grace through faith as a gift of God. Others, however, take “this” as referring specifically to “faith.” Sinners are dependent on God’s gracious gift for their believing response to Christ from the moment of conversion. Paul makes explicit here what is implicit elsewhere in the New Testament about the ultimate source of saving faith (Acts 13:48; Philippians 1:29).
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The Great Commission
“Go ye therefore.” The Great Commission is given on Christ’s authority. Since Christ’s dominion is universal, the gospel must go to the whole world. This commandment is the primary reason for evangelism and missions.
“nations.” The same Greek word often translated “Gentiles.” The great promise that in Abraham all the nations would be blessed (Genesis 12:3) is ready to be fulfilled.
“baptizing them.” Those who become disciples are baptized in (literally “into”) the triune name. There is one name (not “names”), and one baptism; Father, Son, and Spirit are one God. Disciples are baptized “in” this name because they belong to God, having been brought into the new covenant that expresses the will of the triune God.
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The Christian’s mind-set is to be determined and reshaped by knowledge of the gospel, by the power of the Spirit, and by the concerns of the age to come (Romans 8:5–9; Romans 13:11–14), rather than by the passing fashion of this age (2 Corinthians 4:18; 1 John 2:17).
Only by such sanctifying renewal is the Christian made sufficiently sensitive to “discern” the behavior that is God’s will in each situation.
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Through his reliance on Christ’s power and following His example (Philippians 2:5; Philippians 3:10), Paul was able to face all circumstances with a state of happiness.
With this verse, he wants to impress the same lesson on his readers.
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“And we know” is in reference to the Christian assessment that the present in the light of their assurance about the future. As true Israelites, in whom the first and great commandment is fulfilled (Matthew 22:37-38), their love for God is evoked by knowledge of His love for him (Romans 5:5–8).
The use of “called” here means that they were simply brought to faith.
“According to his purpose” is in reference to the purpose of God, which guarantees “good” for His people. For them this is not necessarily ease and quiet, but being like Christ. God’s providence rules in such a way as to ensure everything that happens to Christians is working for their ultimate good. This echoes God’s revelation of His benevolent purpose in Jeremiah 29:11.
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Marmon Group is a United States holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Marmon Group owns companies that produce electrical components, industrial components and transportation equipment, and provide services including construction and retail solutions.
In 2007 the Pritzker family (owners of Marmon Group) sold a 60 percent interest in Marmon Group to Berkshire Hathaway.
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Iscar Metalworking is an Israeli toolmaking company. In 2006, Bershire Hathaway purchased an 80 percent stake in the company. It is one of Berkshire Hathaway’s largest non-insurance companies.
#IscarFunFact: The company was founded in 1952 in a wooden garage behind the home of Stef Wertheimer (an OG Israeli business magnate, philanthropist, and politician) in Israel. After several years of steady expansion, the company headquarters moved to its current site in the Tefen Industrial Zone, situated in Israel’s Western Galilee.
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BNSF Railway — the second-largest freight railroad network in North America — is also the second to the Union Pacific Railroad (its primary competitor for Western U.S. freight).
On November 3, 2009, Berkshire Hathaway announced it would acquire the remaining 77.4 percent of BNSF it did not already own for $100 per share in cash and stock – a deal valued at $44 billion.
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A “bolt-on” acquisition (more commonly referred to as a tuck-in acquisition) is an acquisition of a company made for the sole purpose of merging it into a division of the acquirer.
This type of corporate strategy is generally used to acquire companies with technological breakthroughs or comparative advantages at a cost less than implementing the changes themselves.
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