“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love the Lord, even to them who are the called according to His purposes.” (Romans 8:28). As our text begins with a conjunction, it is linked to the fact that the Holy Spirit is directing our lives in accordance with a definite plan of God. The end of our text says that it refers to those who are the called according to His purposes, that is, according to the purpose of God, known to the Holy Spirit, and which causes Him to pray within us with groanings that cannot be uttered. Finally, the text that follows this one enlarges on the nature of the divine purpose by saying that those who were chosen by God were predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son.
