ENTER GOD'S GLORY

 "Was it not necessary 
that the Christ should suffer these things 

and enter into His glory?”

(Luke 24:26)

Jesus said, "The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one" (Jn 17:22). 

Realize that Jesus is Lord and that He does nothing on His own, but say only what the Father taught Him (Jn 8:28). We were indeed buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life (Rom 6:4). God chose to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope for glory (Col 1:27).

That which we have seen we declare to you, that you may also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full (1 Jn 1:3-4). The Lord will turn your mourning into joy; He will console and gladden you after your sorrows (Jer 31:13). Let this be written for the generation to come, and let his future creatures praise the Lord (Ps 102: 19).

You will see the Lord as He told you (Mk 16:7). Welcome Him for you have seen all that He had done (Jn 4:45). Taste and see how good the Lord is; blessed the man who takes refuge in Him (Ps 34:9). His steadfast love endures for ever (Ps 118:3).

RICHES OF THE GLORY

 
God chose to make known 
the riches of the glory 

of this mystery among the Gentiles; 

it is Christ in you, 
the hope for glory. 

COLOSSIANS 1:27

Glorified with Christ

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. (Romans 8:16-17)


The Riches of Glory

May the eyes of your hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to his call, what are the riches of glory in his inheritance among the holy ones (Ephesians 1:18).


Glory of this Mystery

Jesus said, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand" (Lk. 8:10).

"Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given (Mt. 19:11). To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given (Mt. 13:11).  This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him" (Jn. 6:65).

It is he whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.

I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his Body, which is the Church, of which I am a minister in accordance with God’s stewardship given to me: to bring to completion for you the word of God, the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to his holy ones.

Christ in you

But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you. (Rom 8:1-11)

There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

The law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed you from the law of sin and death. For what the law, weakened by the flesh, was powerless to do, this God has done: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for the sake of sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteous decree of the law might be fulfilled in us, who live not according to the flesh but according to the spirit.

Those who live according to the flesh are concerned with the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit with the things of the spirit.

The concern of the flesh is death, but the concern of the spirit is life and peace. For the concern of the flesh is hostility toward God; it does not submit to the law of God, nor can it; and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

For this I labor and struggle, in accord with the exercise of his power working within me.




Pericope : 
CHRIST IN US - Colossians 1:24-28
CHILDREN OF GOD THROUGH ADOPTION - Romans 8:14-17


Published:
September 13, 2017, 6:44 AM
October 15, 2016, 8:48 AM
October 23, 2015, 6:39 AM
September 17, 2015, 7:52 AM

BE GLORIFIED!

Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father. (John 14:12)

And whatever you ask in my name, 

I will do, 

so that the Father may 
BE GLORIFIED
in the Son.  

(John 14:13)

If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it. (John 14:14)

INHERITANCE AND POSSESSION

Ask of me and I will give you 

the nations for an inheritance and 

the ends of the earth for your possession. 

(Psalm 2:7-8)


He brings people under us; 
nations under our feet. 
He chooses for us our inheritance, 
the glory of Jacob, whom he loves. 
(Psalm 47:4-5)

Pericopes:

THE LAST SUPPER DISCOURSES - John 14:1-14

A PSALM FOR A ROYAL CORONATION - Psalm 2:1-11
THE RULER OF ALL NATIONS - Psalm 47:1-10

Pubished:
May 13, 2017, 4:35 AM

May 12, 2017, 6:21 AM

GLORIOUS BLESSINGS

Blessed is he whose fault is taken away, whose sin is covered. Blessed the man to whom the Lord imputes not guilt, in whose spirit there is no guile. (Psalm 32:1-2)

I acknowledged my sin to you, my guilt I covered not. I said, “I confess my faults to the Lord,” and you took away the guilt of my sin." (Ps 32:5)

Whenever I sin, the good in me always fights back with a loud shout, "you did something wrong!". Then it manifests itself into a sense of guilt that I should remorse or repent from my wrongdoing. I will not feel comfortable until I have accepted my fault and strive to avoid such sins from being committed again. This is the good that is in me, the God who will never allow that I be separated from Him.

Guilt is a consequence of sin being repelled by the goodness of God that is in you. You were created in the image and likeness of God who is good. Good and evil can never be together, good will always fight the evil that lurks in your midst.

Friend, God will never allow you to be comfortable with sins because its end result will bring you to destruction. He wants you to have the good life which is eternal and everlasting.

In times of guilt and stress, claim God's own words that every faithful man should say this prayer in Jesus Name, "Lord, though deep waters overflow, they shall not reach me.  You are my shelter; from distress you will preserve me; with glad cries of freedom you will ring me round." (Ps 32:6-7)

Published:
May 27, 2013, 8:35 AM

GOD IS MY GLORY

GLORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT

Sing praise to the Lord for his 

glorious achievement;
let this be known 

throughout all the earth.
(Isaiah 12:4-5)

God indeed is my savior; I am confident and unafraid. My strength and my courage is the Lord, and he has been my savior. With joy you will draw water at the fountain of salvation. (Isaiah 12:2-3)

God be Glorified!

May all who seek you exult and be glad in you, and may those who love your salvation say ever, “The Lord be glorified.” (Psalm 40:17)