What does it mean to see the glory of something?\u00a0 It means to realize in the heart the significance and beauty of\u00a0what you see and how it relates to and affects you. To behold the glory\u00a0of the Lord means that what we are seeing of the person and work of\u00a0Christ is affecting us in heart and life. The way the Spirit produces\u00a0His fruit within us is by “shining the light of the knowledge of the\u00a0glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6).<\/p>\n
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“God\u2019s\u00a0glory is not an attribute as much as it is the sum total of all God\u2019s attributes.
\nIn viewing God\u2019s glory, we are not directly viewing God, but the impress and\u00a0effects of His majestic greatness. …<\/p>\n
Holiness, glory, and beauty are inseparable.\u00a0We must recognize the connection between them. God\u2019s holiness (otherly\u00a0presence) is manifested in glory (majestic splendor and brilliance) and the\u00a0form it takes is beauty. This combination produces both fear and longing within\u00a0us. God\u2019s \u201cterrible\u201d beauty – God\u2019s \u201cawe-full\u201d beauty – simultaneously repels\u00a0and attracts. It is both shocking and soothing, disruptive and fascinating,\u00a0unnerving and restorative. It provokes both fear and love. Unless we embrace\u00a0this full range of engagement with God\u2019s glory, we evidence that we have not\u00a0truly encountered it” (Read more: TheoCentric<\/a>)<\/p>\n The Holy Spirit glories in and magnifies the beauty of the person and\u00a0work of Jesus by unveiling it to our spiritual understanding (cf. John\u00a014-16; 2 Corinthians 3:18). The essential work of the Spirit is to set\u00a0Christ before our eyes until in adoration our hearts find Him more\u00a0beautiful than whatever our flesh desires to have or do.<\/p>\n Are we to say then that the law has no use in the process of\u00a0sanctification? Absolutely not. The issue at stake in the\u00a0sanctification\/law debate is one of revelation versus power. If we see\u00a0the law as one way the power of God works in us to make us like Christ,\u00a0we err. We have already established that we are not made like Christ by\u00a0obeying the law. But if we see the law as a revelation of the character\u00a0of Christ, we see rightly. I\u2019m sure you would say that if someone\u00a0perfectly kept the Law, he would be like Christ. Why would you say\u00a0that? Because the Law is the revelation of His character. The law is useful for believers to reveal His character to us (we can gaze upon the beautiful character of Christ through the Law) and as\u00a0a goal for which we should strive in the power of the Holy Spirit –\u00a0with the certain knowledge that we will fail daily in this life and\u00a0then the Law becomes our Tutor to drive us back to Christ (back to the\u00a0good news of God\u2019s provision for our failure).<\/p>\n It is interesting to note here that the fruit of the Spirit in\u00a0Galatians 5 is essentially the Law at the heart level. The Spirit works\u00a0to internalize the Law within us (He works love within us which is the\u00a0summary of the Law).\u00a0 The fruit of the Spirit is just that, the fruit of the Spirit’s work in our lives by (again) “shining the light of the knowledge of the\u00a0glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6).<\/p>\n The true Christian message is always fixated on the Glory of God and the Person of Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ alone<\/em>.<\/p>\n This is why gnosticism is so deadly because it says that there is more\u00a0wisdom, more beauty, more satisfaction outside of Christ.<\/p>\n We must do our best to lift up Christ. He is the true Adam. He is\u00a0the reality of what it means to be human. He is the true obedient Son\u00a0that has done everything to please the Father. He is the true dwelling\u00a0place of God – the true temple. He is the righteous Priest that\u00a0represents us perfectly and sinlessly to the Father. He is the true\u00a0Prophet. He is the true Vine Who always brings forth the fruit and\u00a0brings everything in accordance with the law of God. This is our only\u00a0hope – Christ. We must not<\/em> make our identity in anything other than Jesus the Grain of Wheat that fell to the ground and died so we might live.<\/p>\n Our identity in Christ should form our behavior and if we begin to\u00a0focus on anything else, we darken the light of the Glory of Christ. We\u00a0must guard the content of our affections. Any teaching that presents\u00a0God as polygamist or as one of many gods and shows Him as anything\u00a0other than what He has revealed in His Word is false and outright\u00a0rejects the Supremacy of Christ in all things. Christ is the Hope of\u00a0Glory.<\/p>\n Anything less is a false gospel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What does it mean to see the glory of something?\u00a0 It means to realize in the heart the significance and beauty of\u00a0what you see and how it relates to and affects you. 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