He goes on to talk about Romans 8:29 - saying that verse starts with "for" which refers back to Romans 8:28 - talking about "them that love God, who are the called according to His purpose."
Dr. McGee says: " 'For' refers back to verse 28 to remind us that this is not talking about anybody being elected to be LOST, but he is speaking of "the called", the predestined ones.
Predestination never has any reference to the lost! You will never find it used in connection with them (the lost). If you ever hear someone talk about being predestined to be lost, you know that he is not being scriptural.
Predestination means that, when God saves you, He is going to see you through. Whom He foreknew, He predestinated, and whom He predestinated, He called, and whom He called, He justified, and whom he justified, He glorified. In other words this amazing section is on sanctification yet Paul does not even mention being sancitified. Why? Because sanctification is the work of God in the heart and life of the believer. This is God's eternal purpose. It just simply means this:
When the Lord - who is the Great Shepherd of the Sheep, the Good Shepherd of the Sheep, and Chief Shepherd of the Sheep - starts out with one hundred sheep, He's going to come home with one hundred sheep; He will not lose one of them!
Dr. McGee puts it like this (in his personal way of doing so) - and I am paraphrasing him:
You remember the story our Lord gave recorded in Luke 15 about the good shepherd (Jesus Christ, God the Son) who goes after the one lost sheep.
You would think He might say - "Well, let him go, we've got 99 of them safe in the fold. That's a good percentage." But our Good shepherd is not satisfied with 99 out of 100. If He justifies 100 sheep, He's going to glorify 100 sheep. "
"Someday, He will be counting them in - "One, two, three, four....ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine- where in the world is Vernon McGee? Well, it looks like he didn't make it. We'll let him go because a great many people didn't think he was going to make it anyway."
"My friend, thank God, He won't let McGee - or any of those whom He has foreknown, predestinated, called and justified NOT be glorified. That Shepherd is going after him! The doctrine of election means that the Lord will be coming home with all 100 sheep!
This is not a frightful doctrine - it is a wonderful doctrine! It means that Vernon McGee's going to be there; and it means you are going to be there, my friend, if you have trusted Christ. This is a most comforting doctrine in these uncertain days in which we live."
End of McGee snippet. Chew on that.