GLORIFICATION
Matthew [MKJV[ 5:16 Let your light so shine before men
that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.
In his footnote
on salvation Scofield wrote of the required inclusive provisions of Jesus’
redeeming work: “Salvation is the great inclusive word of the Gospel, gathering
into itself all the redemptive acts and processes: as justification,
redemption, grace, propitiation, imputation, forgiveness, sanctification, and
glorification.“
It doesn’t take
much thought to see the necessity for the first seven on the list, but
glorification?
We know that we
are to glorify God in word and deed, for He is supremely glorious in all ways. (Ps.22:23;
50:15; 86:9; Isa.24:15; Mt.5:16; Jn.7:18; 9:24; Rom.12:1-3; 15:6, 9; 1Cor.6:20;
1Pet.2:12; 4:16; Rev.15:4)
Men do glorify
God. (Ps.86:12; Isa.25:3)
God glorifies
Himself. (Lev.10:3; Isa.26:15; Ez.28:22; Isa.60:7; Hag.1:8; Jn.12:28; 13:31-32;
16:14; 17:1, 5; 21:19)
We know that God
glorified His chosen people. This we see throughout Israel’s recorded history
in the OT. (Isa.55:5; Jer.30:19)
As I sometimes
do, I leave you today with question: Why do we need God’s glorification to realize
and manifest the 3 tenses of salvation?
For your
convenience I’ve included Scofield’s notation on the 3 tenses of salvation:
(1) The believer has been saved from the guilt and
penalty of sin (Lk.7:50; 1Cor.1:18; 2:15; Eph.2:5, 8; 2Tim.1:9) and is safe.
(2) The believer is being saved from the habit and
dominion of sin (Rom.6:14; 8:2; Phil.1:19; 2:12, 13; 2Thes.2:13; Gal.2:19, 20;
2Cor.3:18).
(3) The believer is to be saved in the sense of entire
conformity to Christ. (Rom.13:11; Heb.10:36; 1Pet.1:5; 1Jn.3:2).
EBB4 Wednesday, April 18, 2018
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