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God's glory is the revelation to you and to me of all of those attributes that are found in Him. Maybe our little children don't know exactly what's meant by attributes, But I'm sure those in Heidelberg Catechism class and Essentials class know exactly what we're talking about because we learn
Gods glory shines in His purity, holiness, goodness, love, mercy, and grace. That glory God reveals to us as His people. Through His Word God reveals Himself to us. In the face of His Son, Jesus Christ, we behold that God is indeed a glorious God. God is Truth and the glory of His truth shines out o
Glory is that attribute of God’s which shows that He is His attributes and that they are all one in Him, all embraced in glory as the colors of the spectrum are united in the light! Glory is the manifested excellence of the divine radiance which blinds the unbelieving eye (Acts 22:11), which cannot
The primary meaning of glory is derived from the Old Testament word kabod, as in Ichabod, the child so named after the glory of God departed with the ark (I Sam. 4:21). Its New Testament equivalent, doxa (as in doxology), originally meant opinion or view, but biblically has taken on the same meaning
Another very important idea of the glory of God is developed in connection with Moses' request to see that glory. It was specifically God's glory which Moses desired to see; not now the glory revealed in fire and smoke and thunder; but the glory of God revealed in forgiveness and grace towards Israe
God takes the glory that is in Himself and places a little bit of that glory in you, without any change in His own infinite glory. Because of this, you must know what God’s glory is. In the Old Testament God showed His glory several times. The most impressive was when God filled the tabernacle and t
He is a pure spiritual being. Often in sermons I quote that beautiful verse, 1 John 1 verse 5, that God is light. That verse teaches us so much and that captures the idea of his glory. Light, that creation of God, especially helps us understand God's glory, his purity, his brilliance, his splend
God calls it “my glory” in Isaiah 66:19, and he determines what glorifies him. He does this in his Word—all of it! This is the book that glorifies God! His Word is summarized and systematized in our Reformed confessions, the Three Forms of Unity. God is God! This is the message of omnipotent grace,
Then we break forth to tell of His glory and this telling constitutes our praise. Hence, we see that all that is in God is glorious because He is the God of all virtue. He is good and there is none beside Him. His magnificence, His excellency, His preeminence, sovereignty, dignity, etc. are His glor
If, as God Himself declared through the mouth of Isaiah, "This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise," (Isaiah 43:21) then heaven surely is the place where this is realized in perfection. Then heaven exists for the glory of God and not in the first instance for the glory o