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Jun 7, 2021 · 2. “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). Honor and praise are bestowed upon his name because of the things we do. In essence, we make him look good. 3. “After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken.
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Revelation seems contingent on the theme of praise. All of...
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Isaiah 6:1-5 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the...
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Jan 20, 2023 · The glory of God is the beauty of His spirit. It is not an aesthetic beauty or a material beauty, but the beauty that emanates from His character, from all that He is. The glory of man—human dignity and honor—fades (1 Peter 1:24). But the glory of God, which is manifested in all His attributes together, never passes away.
- The Centrality of Glory
- The Meaning of Glory
- The Senses of Glory
Many key turning points in the biblical story stress God’s glory and attest to its varied manifestations. God’s glory is revealed through creation (Gen. 1; Ps. 19:1–2; Rom. 1:18–25); is identified with humans’s creation in the image of God, crowned with glory (Gen. 1–2; Ps. 8:3–5; 1 Cor. 11:7); is linked to the exodus (Exod. 3; 13:31; 16:10; 24:9–1...
With such wide-ranging manifestations, glory is virtually impossible to define. In a sense, God’s glory is the magnificence, worth, loveliness, and grandeur of his many perfections. More often, glory communicates God’s special presence, as in the pillars of glory and of fire (Exod. 13:21–22) or the glory that filled the tabernacle (40:34–38). The p...
Clearly, then, the Bible uses glory in multiple senses. First, glory is used as a designation for God himself. For example, Peter refers to God the Father as the “Majestic Glory” (2 Pet. 1:17). This rare phrase seems to be a Hebrew approach to referring to God without stating his name. Second, glory sometimes refers to an internal characteristic, a...
In Jesus. Jesus is the fullest expression of God’s glory. He is God’s very person and presence, his character and nature, in flesh and blood. John tells us: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14, ESV).
Jul 16, 2008 · Christ is the incarnation of God’s glory (John 1:14), and it is the vision of this glory in the new heavens and earth for which we all hope. When Jesus walked the earth, this glory was usually hidden from plain view and only visible for brief moments to a select few of His disciples (Luke 9:28–36).
Dec 25, 2012 · Any study of God's glory would be incomplete without a look at what the term glory actually means. Setting forth a precise definition of the word glory, however, is no easy task. Like many other theological concepts, God's glory is a concept that we have an awareness of without necessarily being able to describe it in all its fullness.
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Jul 22, 2014 · God’s glory is a big deal in Scripture, and that makes it a big deal to us here at Desiring God. Over the years here are just a few ways Pastor John has described the importance of God’s glory. He has said things like this: “The vindication of God’s glory is the ground of our salvation, and the exaltation of God’s glory is the goal of ...
