From, away from. He, she, it, they, them, same. Christ the Glory of God. The form of speech is encompassed with the same difficulties as before, but the leading thought is clear: "The process of transformation originates with the Lord (i.e., with Christ), but it is with Him, not 'after the flesh' as a mere teacher and prophet (2Corinthians 5:16), not as the mere giver of another code of ethics, another 'letter' or writing, but as a spiritual power and presence, working upon our spirits. Did you hear that? The Glory Of Christ By Rev. controller; by implication, Master.are being transformed intoμεταμορφούμεθα (metamorphoumetha)Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person PluralStrong's Greek 3339: To transform, transfigure. Jesus Christ’s glory existed before the incarnation. Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God, Philip. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. p. 403) uses it in this sense of the priests who saw their faces in the polished brass of the lavers of purification, supply an instance of its use with a more appropriate meaning. statue, profile, or representation, resemblance.with intensifying glory,δόξαν (doxan)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's Greek 1391: From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.which comesκαθάπερ (kathaper)AdverbStrong's Greek 2509: Even as, just as. What I want to suggest is that we recognize that in reading Scripture we encounter the resplendent glory of Jesus Christ himself. And this is obviously the force of the word here. Piper responds to the question, “How can we see and savor the glory of God when we have never set our eyes on Jesus or heard him speak with our ears?” He points us to the gospel of John where the apostle’s “answer is that the Holy Spirit would come and enable him and the other eyewitnesses to put what they saw into words (John 14:26; 16:13), so that people could see the glory of Christ by reading and so believe and have eternal life” (67). Glory, in the sense it is used with reference to Jesus, is a divine attribute. Paraphrasing the prayer of Moses in Exodus 33:18, he makes him say: "Let me not behold Thy form (idea) mirrored (using the very word which we find here) in any created thing, but in Thee, the very God" (2 Allegor. Furthermore, God’s people were made to reflect his glory to the world as they grow in their relationship with Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete (1 John 1:1-4). “And four times he says that what he has seen is now being turned into what he testifies and proclaims and writes” (Piper, 68). I, the first-person pronoun. "We behold the glory of the Lord, of the Jehovah of the Old Testament, but it is not, as yet, face to face, but as mirrored in the person of Christ." Chapter 6. Lord, master, sir; the Lord. It can refer to God's greatness, His honor, His beauty, His power, and His light. From ana and kalupto; to unveil. What I want to suggest is that we recognize that in reading Scripture we encounter the resplendent glory of Jesus Christ himself. John 8:50 I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. | Text in Light Blue or bold Light Blue can be "clicked" for backup in scripture or detail in writings. Matthew 5:16 - Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. John Piper @JohnPiper. All glory be to Christ our king! 39). God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are together one singular God. … From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. Our change into glory comes from the Lord, who, as St. Paul has already explained, is the Spirit of which he has been speaking. Here are Five Common Misconceptions. John repeatedly refers to what he has seen and heard and was made manifest to him and others who walked and talked with Jesus. An image, likeness, bust. The present tense implies a gradual transfiguration, a mystical and spiritual change which is produced in us while we contemplate Christ. LeRoy Davis. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. The verb is the same (metemorphothe) as that used in the account of our Lord's transfiguration in Matthew 17:2, Mark 9:2; and it may be noted that it is used of the transformation (a metamorphosis more wondrous than any poet had dreamt of) of the Christian into the likeness of Christ in the nearly contemporary passage (Romans 12:2). All glory be to Christ! 4:20. I love the way John Piper answered that question in his excellent book, Reading the Bible Supernaturally: Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture (Crossway, 2017). “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27, emphasis mine). Many struggle with their faith. The beatific vision will be possible only for those who have been thus transfigured. Namely, him who is "the Effulgence of God's glory" (Hebrews 1:2), the true Shechinah, "the Image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15). This meaning, however, is inapplicable here; and the writings of Philo, who in one passage (de Migr. James 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 2 Corinthians 4:4,6 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them…. Notes on John 14:22-26. They forgot the importance of the gospel, not only for salvation but also for their daily lives. Overall, the glory of God is used in a variety of ways in Scripture. Your email address will not be published. Are changed into the same image. Im not speaking of the frailties of our bodiesthough we feel those all too well. Parallel Commentaries ...LexiconAndδὲ (de)ConjunctionStrong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.we, [who]ἡμεῖς (hēmeis)Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person PluralStrong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. 1 John 3:2 In every case, the glory of God acknowledges the Lord's supreme strength and our need to both acknowledge and serve Him. Strengthened … according to his glorious power, Col. 1:11. to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord, 2 Thes. p. 79). The Glory of Christ in this Love. In the more technical language of developed theology, it is through the Holy Spirit that the Lord, the Christ, makes His presence manifest to our human spirit." I shall, therefore, consider briefly some of those ways and means whereby the glory of Christ was represented unto believers under the Old Testament. This rendering (which is that of the Vulgate also) can hardly be correct. I stand at the door and knock. Beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord.--The Greek participle which answers to the first five words belongs to a verb derived from the Greek for "mirror" (identical in meaning, though not in form, with that of 1Corinthians 13:12). The Holy Spirit enabled the biblical authors to put what they saw of Christ and his glory into words that, when read, would enable us to “see the glory of Christ” no less clearly than they did. 2:14. Colossians 1:27 - To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: Topics and verses are auto-generated from user searches. statue, profile, or representation, resemblance. For most of us, glory and suffering seem incompatible, just like something cannot be simultaneously hot and cold, wet and dry. From eiko; a likeness, i.e. From ana and kalupto; to unveil.facesπροσώπῳ (prosōpō)Noun - Dative Neuter SingularStrong's Greek 4383: From pros and ops; the front, i.e. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. By: Sam Storms. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. The sequence of thought is, it is believed, this:--St. Paul was about to contrast the veiled vision of Israel with the unveiled gaze of the disciples of Christ; but he remembers what he had said in 1Corinthians 13:12 as to the limitation of our present knowledge, and therefore, instead of using the more common word, which would convey the thought of a fuller knowledge, falls back upon the unusual word, which exactly expresses the same thought as that passage had expressed. Glory of Christ . Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Required fields are marked *, © 2021 Sam Storms All Rights Reserved Col 1:27-28. The, the definite article. 1Pe 5:10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ The Glory of the Person of Christ, as the only Representative of God unto the Church. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.imageεἰκόνα (eikona)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's Greek 1504: An image, likeness, bust. The glory of the incarnate Christ has been greatly magnified in His resurrection (Rom. Jesus Himself claimed to have had that glory. To unveil, uncover. How might we find the power to overcome the drift into lifeless skepticism and doubt? The Glory of Christ in his Susception of the Office of a Mediator – First in his Condescension. Knowing that this is what awaits you in the words of God’s Word will, I believe, sustain you in that commitment and supply you with the energy and endurance you need not to give up. – Revelation 3:20, emphasis mine. Scripture places a high value on God’s glory, and it is not hard to figure out why. Away, in various senses. Powered by Church Plant Media, Beholding the Glory of Christ in Scripture in 2021, A Review of “Operating in the Courts of Heaven”, by Robert Henderson, Part Two, A Review of “Operating in the Courts of Heaven”, by Robert Henderson, Part One, Think You Know the Christmas Story? (1) That of the English version; (2) that in the margin, "as of the Lord the Spirit"; (3) as of the Lord of the Spirit. | [who is the] Spirit.Πνεύματος (Pneumatos)Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularStrong's Greek 4151: Wind, breath, spirit. All, the whole, every kind of. This is at least as likely to be the true meaning as "reflecting as a mirror," which the Revised Version (following Chrysostom and others) has substituted for it. "We know that we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is" (1John 3:2). An appeal to personal experience in evidence of the freedom. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.gloryδόξαν (doxan)Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularStrong's Greek 1391: From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.of [the] Lord,Κυρίου (Kyriou)Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularStrong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. It is the glory of God that He refuses to share with any man. Through the spirit, all who are in Christ already share in the benefits of the risen Christ in anticipation of His glorious appearing (cf. The conversation about Jesus’ “departure” probably included His death, resurrection, and ascension. The real problem is a sinfulne… 2 Corinthians 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: 1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. How can we not let that happen again this year? And for those who know and love the Lord, the imperfections we are most deeply aware of often tend to be our own. 4:6. he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord, 2 Cor. Consequently, they were vulnerable to the deceptions of a Gnostic cult who entered the church. Abrah. Do you believe that? Everything in our earthly experience is flawed, imperfect. Jn 17:5 See also Jn 1:14; Jn 17:24. 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