GOD, US AND GLORY

ARE YOU SEEKING GLORY?

JOURNEY IN GLORY

ROMANS 3:23 WE HAVE ALL FAILED AND SO ALWAYS MISS OUT ON THE GLORY OF GODROMANS 5:2 BUT NOW IN A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WE LIVE IN HOPE [CONFIDENT EXPECTATION] OF THE GLORY OF GODROMANS 8:30 BELIEVERS ARE CALLED, FREED AND GLORIFIED2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 BELIEVERS ARE BEING CHANGED FROM GLORY TO GLORY

GLORY?

WHAT IS GLORY?

VISIBLE MANIFESTATION, OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF A PERSON’S ABILITYTHAT HAS A ‘WOW’ EFFECT ON AN AUDIENCE

GLORY OF GOD = THE MANIFESTATION OF THE PRESENCE AND POWER OF GOD THROUGH SOME PHYSICAL MEDIUM

GLORY OF THE MEDIUM

JOHN 17:1 FATHER, GLORIFY THE SON SO THAT THE SON MAY GLORIFY YOU.JOHN 1:14 WE SAW HIS GLORY, GLORY AS OF A UNIQUE SON FROM A FATHERJOHN 2:11 JESUS MANIFESTED HIS GLORYJOHN 17:22 THE GLORY YOU HAVE GIVEN ME I HAVE GIVEN THEM

WHICH COMES FIRST?

WE [JESUS AND US] GLORIFY GOD?GOD GLORIFIES JESUS [AND US]?

JOHN 14:10,20 “I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS IN ME”“YOU ARE IN ME AND I AM IN YOU”WE MUST BE GLORIFIED BEFORE WE CAN GLORIFYBLESSED BEFORE WE CAN BECOME A BLESSING

THE FATHER GLORIFIED THE SONANSWERED THE SON’S PRAYER

EPHESIANS 1:21-22a, PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11 PUT HIM IN CHARGE OF THE UNIVERSEEPHESIANS 1:22b-23 MADE HIM THE SOURCE OF ALL THAT THE CHURCH NEEDSHEBREWS 5:5-6 9-10 MADE HIM HIGH PRIEST, THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL SALVATIONREVELATION 5:1-5 PUT THE UNFOLDING OF THE FUTURE INTO HIS HANDS

GLORIFIED/BLESSED = EMPOWERED

JESUS - ANOINTED WITH THE SPIRIT AND ACKNOWLEDGED MATTHEW 3:16-17

WE – BAPTISED INTO CHRIST AND FILLED WITH THE SPIRITEPHESIANS 1:3-14 BLESSED – IN CHRIST, SONS, MADE HIS INHERITANCE, SEALED WITH THE SPIRIT IN THIS WAY GLORIFIED

GLORY OF ACHIEVEMENT

WE ARE GLORIFIED BEFORE ACHIEVEMENTGOD IS GLORIFIED BY ACHIEVEMENTJOHN 15:1-8 THE ABIDING BRANCHES GLORIFY GOD BY MUCH FRUITWE MUST BE BAPTISED INTO THE VINE BEFORE WE CAN BE FRUITFULTHE OBEDIENT GLORIFY GOD, BUT THEY MUST FIRST BE BLESSED/GLORIFIED.

WHAT IS THE CHRISTIAN’S GLORY?

THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRITTHE INDWELLING ENABLERWHO MANIFESTS HIMSELF THROUGH USBY MEANS OF• HIS GIFTS • HIS FRUIT

THE GLORY OF THE BODY

JOHN 17 – A PRAYER FOR US, NOT JUST FOR ME

A PRAYER THAT WE MIGHT BE ONE, THAT WE WOULD BE AVAILABLE, THAT WE MIGHT BE WITH HIM.• ONE WITH THE TRINITY• AVAILABLE WITH THE SON, JESUS• KNOWING GOD TOGETHER

PROGRESSIVE GLORY

2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 WE REFLECTING THE GLORY OF THE LORD ARE BEING CHANGED INTO THE SAME IMAGE FROM GLORY TO GLORY WHICH IS THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT

AS WE GROW IN THE LORD WE BECOME INCREASINGLY AVAILABLE AND USEFUL TO HIM

SEEKING GLORY

ROMANS 2:6-7

NOT FOR MYSELF/OURSELVESSEEKING GLORY THAT MAKES US USEFUL TO GODSEEKING GLORY THAT COMES FROM GODSEEKING THE GLORY THAT CHRIST WISHES TO SHARE WITH USSEEKING THE GLORY BY WHICH WE CAN GLORIFY GOD