“Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM, for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2)
It’s almost too good to be true.
The doctrine of us being glorified is awesome, to say the least. Not only will we see Jesus in all his glory, but we will be just like Him. “When he appears, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM, because we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2)
If the Scriptures didn’t make it so plain, we wouldn’t have the courage to make this up, even in our wildest dreams. But the apostle Paul tells us we “will appear with him in glory” (Colossians 3:3), and that what waits for us is “an eternal weight of glory” (2 Corinthians 4:16). Jesus himself prays to the Father about us, “The glory that you have given me I have given to them” (John 17:22), and perhaps most amazing of all, Peter says we will “become partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4).
Most of us hesitate at the talk of our being glorified like this, and that can be a good instinct. We don’t want anyone to eclipse God’s glory, after all. OUR PURSUIT OF GLORY ON THE WRONG TERMS IS SIN AND HIGH TREASON. But our reception of glory from God is A BEAUTIFUL AND BIBLICAL REALITY, and worth stirring up our souls!
We must let the Bible have its say and learn to see that God’s glory and our glory aren’t necessarily opposed. Ideally, with sin out of the picture, they’re not at odds at all, but mutually enriching. The more God glorifies us in His Son, the more He is glorified.
YOU MIGHT SAY THAT GOD IS MOST GLORIFIED IN US, WHEN WE ARE MOST GLORIFIED IN HIM.
We’ll be just like Him…Bill Stockham