OUTLINE:
To God Be the Glory
To slight God’s glory is to slight one’s own sanctification, for you cannot be sanctified in the absence of respect for His glory. (Ps 24:7-10; 1Co 2:8; 1Pe 4:14; 2Pe 1:17)
Who Are God’s Children?
Only those adopted into His family are His children. (Jn 1:12-13; Ro 8:14-17; Jn 8:44; 1Jn 3:10)
To God Be the Glory
To slight God’s glory is to slight one’s own sanctification, for you cannot be sanctified in the absence of respect for His glory. (Ps 24:7-10; 1Co 2:8; 1Pe 4:14; 2Pe 1:17)
Henry Scougal on Sanctification
“The art and industry of man cannot form the smallest herb, or make a stalk of corn to grow in the field; it is the energy of nature, and the influences of heaven, which produce this effect;…”
Henry Scougal on Sanctification
…it is God “who causeth the grass to grow, and the herb for the service of man” (Ps 104:14); and yet nobody will say that the labours of the [farmer] are useless or unnecessary.”
Progressive/Experiential Sanctification
The more we are beholden to God’s glory, the more we are sanctified. They are two sides of the same coin. (2 Co 3:18; Eph 1:17-18)
“beholding”
from katoptrizo – means to reflect, mirror; in context, means to behold as in a mirror. As a believer is sanctified, they see the glory of Christ, Himself, in themselves, as they are being transformed, and it excites them to see His glorious work in them!
The glory isn’t ours to take because we know God has caused this growth.
“beholding”
from katoptrizo – means to reflect, mirror; in context, means to behold as in a mirror. As a believer is sanctified, they see the glory of Christ, Himself, in themselves, as they are being transformed, and it excites them to see His glorious work in them!
Progressive/Experiential Sanctification
The more we are beholden to God’s glory, the more we are sanctified. They are two sides of the same coin. (2 Co 3:18; Eph 1:17-18)