THE GLORY OF GOD ( PART 40 )
Pastor Christopher Choo
Lesson 3338
THE GLORY OF GOD ( PART 40 )
From Glory to Glory ( Study 19)
Glorification is the means by which God makes His children both spiritually and physically glorious.
It begins now - as a process of becoming holy, and ends at the resurrection when we receive our new and glorified bodies.
In summary, when God glorifies us, He does 3 things for us:
1. He shares His own glory with us.
2. He gives us a new and glorious body.
3. He imparts the inward beauty of holiness partially in this life and fully when we come into the presence of the Lord.
The third point requires clarification. When God glorifies His children, He gives them inward beauty called holiness. This begins as a process in this life (called sanctification) and culminates when we come into the presence of Christ at our death or at His second coming.
Abba Father, the biblical maxim is not, “Seeing is believing,” but, “Seeing is becoming.”
Look to Christ with a steady gaze and we will become like Him from one degree of glory to another. Our inner nature will be renewed every day — that’s the process! And all the adversities of life will be preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison — that’s the consummation.
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. (2 Corinthians 4:16–17)."
"And we all, with ⁹unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, and are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit." (2 Corinthians 3:18)
