«And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have
seen his glory as of God's only son, full of grace and truth» (John 1:14).
The 11th century Victimae Paschali Laudes says that she «
saw his glory as he rose.»
Not exact matches
Kodak never relived its truest
glory days
as a photography giant, but after filing for bankruptcy in 2012 (in the wake of the digital photography revolution), it
saw a decent recovery.
It's still viewed
as one of the go - to places for cloud computing information (proofs: two major cloud events are requesting for promotional collaborations for their 2015 events — the deal has been finalized) but it has
seen better days, and hopefully it will return to its
glory soon!
As you can
see, Paul is making a metaphorical reference to the different
glory of the stars.
The gospel of John
sees the passion
as the ultimate revelation of the Son's
glory, while Matthew focuses more on Jesus's human suffering.
As a consequence of this, there is every chance we will see our work results improve, as the pressure is lifted and we begin to do what we do for the glory of Go
As a consequence of this, there is every chance we will
see our work results improve,
as the pressure is lifted and we begin to do what we do for the glory of Go
as the pressure is lifted and we begin to do what we do for the
glory of God.
20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: 21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not
as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the
glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four - footed beasts, and creeping things.24 Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves: 25 for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever.
Similarly, Paul prays that God will give the Ephesians spiritual eyes — eyes of the heart — to
see all that He has done for us
as believers: «I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the
glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe» (Ephesians 1:18 - 19, emphasis added;
see also 1 Corinthians 2:6 - 13).
Our goals
as parents is to enhance that light, to help them
see it, and give them the life tools to use their light for God's
glory.
The narrative doesn't tell us just how much of that
glory the disciples
saw or understood at the time of the wedding, for
as Jesus explained to his mother, his hour had not yet come.
Contrary to the orthodox view that the Resurrection inevitably led to Christ's ascension to transcendent
glory, Altizer's radical interpretation of the Resurrection
sees it
as just another point on the continuum of kenotic Incarnation: the dialectical movement from primordial, transcendent Spirit to radical immanence and flesh.
The major Christian tradition has not been pacifism, in the sense of refusal to share in any war, but it has been a testimony for peace in the sense that war is
seen as a necessary evil at best and never something in which to
glory.
As a matter of theology, the word asserts that «whatever is divine» in Jesus, his deity, is as truly and fully divine as very God himself; but as a matter of religious conviction and experience, it is the assertion that very God, in all his mystery and in all his glory, is of «one substance with,» is the same reality as, that which in Jesus Christ we have been given to see and know and touch and fee
As a matter of theology, the word asserts that «whatever is divine» in Jesus, his deity, is
as truly and fully divine as very God himself; but as a matter of religious conviction and experience, it is the assertion that very God, in all his mystery and in all his glory, is of «one substance with,» is the same reality as, that which in Jesus Christ we have been given to see and know and touch and fee
as truly and fully divine
as very God himself; but as a matter of religious conviction and experience, it is the assertion that very God, in all his mystery and in all his glory, is of «one substance with,» is the same reality as, that which in Jesus Christ we have been given to see and know and touch and fee
as very God himself; but
as a matter of religious conviction and experience, it is the assertion that very God, in all his mystery and in all his glory, is of «one substance with,» is the same reality as, that which in Jesus Christ we have been given to see and know and touch and fee
as a matter of religious conviction and experience, it is the assertion that very God, in all his mystery and in all his
glory, is of «one substance with,» is the same reality
as, that which in Jesus Christ we have been given to see and know and touch and fee
as, that which in Jesus Christ we have been given to
see and know and touch and feel.
Already we have
seen that faith can name this movement
as the metamorphosis of God into Satan,
as God empties himself of his original power and
glory and progressively becomes manifest
as an alien but oppressive nothingness.
Just
as they didn't
see Him physically when He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, they would not
see Him physically when He came in
glory.
John says, «We
saw his
glory, such
glory as befits the Father's only Son» (John 1:14 NEB).
But
as I stood where I last
saw her alive, feeling again the grief, I remembered what Paul said about the afflictions we face in this life: «For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of
glory» (2 Co. 4:17).
But
as Churchianity fades away, I am beginning to
see glimmers of light
as the grime from centuries of tradition is scrubbed away, and the
glory of God begins to manifest itself among groups of Christians who just want to live life like Jesus in their communities.
He writes: «The Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have
seen his
glory, the
glory as of a father's only son.»
We have just read that the Logos was the conveyor of the grace of God, and that it was grace that opened the eyes of some to
see God's
glory; and
glory is the anthropomorphic term for God's «outer clothing,»
as it were.
This was God
as seen by Isaiah where in the presence of the
Glory of God even Seraphim covered their eyes and feet.
To be freed from the power of sin is to come to
see the world
as it really is, with all its
glory and tragedy, all its potential and limitations — that is, to
see it in and under God.
The apostle Peter, after testifying that he had
seen Jesus Christ in all His
glory, said, «And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention
as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts» (II Peter 1:19, NASB).
This is the message Gods angels have for humanity today: The apostle John referred to a vision he had, saying: And I
saw another angel flying in midheaven, * + and he had everlasting good news + to declare
as glad tidings to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, + 7 saying in a loud voice: «FEAR God + and give him
glory, + because the hour of the judgment by him has arrived, + and so worship the One who made + the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.»
This third possession,
as we
saw last week, is Sealing from the Spirit, and again, at the end of Ephesians 1:13, this blessing too, is to the praise of His
glory.
Years ago I was unsure, but I have
seen the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in his face, and
as between a high Christology that discovers the Divine in Christ, and a low Christology that reduces him to our mold and size, I hold a high Christology.
Then he wrote the words which had come to me in all that King James translation
glory in the bright daylight of the gallery: «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.»
The idea behind Mine Eyes Have
Seen the
Glory was simply for Balmer to travel around America and examine by way of interview «popular» evangelicalism (
as opposed to that expressed by official evangelical leaders or media representatives).
Therefore I can say, «Of GOD and By God in me, I am but a lowly god and do give
Glory to GOD, Upon The Highest of High and try so to Honor the unknown - to - me God that is in me, and does sustain my thought - filled Menageries to an semblance worthy to be reckoned to me and to those who do
see My words
as Truth!
These suggest a vision which revealed Jesus in his heavenly
glory at the right hand of the divine throne, not unlike that
seen by the martyr Stephen when he looked up to heaven and «
saw the
glory of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand».47 So Goguel comments, «When we consider the part played by the faith in the resurrection in Paul's religious life and thought
as a result of Christ's appearance to him, we
see that most essential to his faith was not the feeling that Jesus had returned to the environment of his life on earth preceding his passion but a belief in his glorification, i.e. in his transition to life in heaven where death has no more dominion over him.»
See John 20:30; Mark 16:17 - 20; John 2:11; Acts 2:22: («Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you,
as ye yourselves also know»); Acts 2:43: -LRB-»... and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles»); Acts 4:29 - 30: «And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy hold child Jesus»); Hebrews 2:3 - 4: («How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him: God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will»); Romans 15:17 - 19: («I have therefor whereof I may
glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
in knowing that one know longer has to justify ones self or fear the judgement of anyone else that if God is for you who can be against you, So we are safe to say that since we have all fallen short of the
glory of God meaning nobodys perfect Jesus made it possible for us to be
seen as perfect in His sight.
-- Maurice Roberts, The Thought of GodOr
as my friend Ray Ortlund says, «Stare at the
glory of God until you
see it.»
John 1:14 «14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we
saw His
glory,
glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.»
When Paul says, «He did not please himself,» he is thinking not primarily of the human example of Jesus (although,
as we shall
see, that was implied), but of the act of the divine Son of God in emptying himself of his
glory and becoming man.
No matter how much you may
see evangelists
as braying Donkeys God can and does use them for His
Glory and for the bringing in of His Kingdom.
We
see, and we proclaim, in our flesh
as male and female, the
glory of the Incarnation of God.
When Mary and Joseph took their infant son to be baptised in the temple, Simeon blessed Jesus by saying the «Nunc dimittis»: «Now, Master, you are letting your servant go in peace /
as you promised; / for my eyes have
seen the salvation / which you have made ready in the sight of the nations; / a light of revelation for the gentiles / and
glory for your people Israel.»
In his sermon «Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness ``, he bluntly claimed, «I think, when a man says, «I never doubt,» it is quite time for us to doubt him, it is quite time for us to begin to say, «Ah, poor soul, I am afraid you are not on the road at all, for if you were, you would
see so many things in yourself, and so much
glory in Christ more than you deserve, that you would be so much ashamed of yourself,
as even to say, «It is too good to be true.»»
And the Chronicler, who
sees only the
glories of Solomon's rule, informs us that Uzziah's greatness was the reward of faithfulness to Yahweh (v. 5) Be that
as it may, at least two Yahweh prophets, Isaiah and Micah, look out upon the life of Judah in the decades following Uzziah's reign with bitter reproach and with condemnations that must fall, in part, upon Uzziah.
Notice, then, that in the prayer Jesus taught the order of things is this: first, identification with God, his will, his kingdom of sovereign love; next, asking for daily bread or what is needed to make life possible; then, deliverance from evil and from the test that will be too much for us; and all of it,
as Matthew's gospel recognizes when it adds the doxology to the simpler Lukan version, to God's
glory — so that the divine will may be done, and be
seen done, «in earth
as in heaven.»
Joh 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we
saw His
glory,
glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The liberal readiness to
see the world (with Calvin)
as «the theater of God's
glory» has its own tortuous history, and modem evangelicals have something to learn from that history for example, how «success» in secular society often demands compromise with that society.
Just
as my God gives me unmeasurable love for those He puts in my path, and He causes me to
see the need of their souls, loving them regardless of their status, color, or who they are, so He also REMOVES the pity from it for those who have crossed His line, and in their arrogance blaspheme the Name of Jesus, the Lord of
glory, whom all creation praises and glorifies.
William Pollard
sees technology today
as a Promethean quest for human self - sufficiency, omnipotence, and complete mastery over nature, a celebration of man's
glory rather than God's.
So God in verse 7 states men are to be uncovered
as God has a particular
glory in man in his station, and verse 11, because the angels are present in our worship to God, and to
see the
glory of man equal with that of the
glory of God would be a shame.
It means a life which, in New Testament idiom, is «in the heavenly places» even while it is lived here; for belief, worship, and action are
seen as worthwhile, since they can never ultimately be frustrated or useless — God receives them, enjoys them, employs them, to «his greater
glory», which is nothing other than His continuing loving action in the advance of the creative process towards the good.
Jesus clearly has prior knowledge outside of the womb
as HE references things like He
saw the devil fall from heaven, and the
glory he had with God before the world began.
And with the cup, so clear a symbol of his blood in that red wine, he
saw,
as we did, that his life, poured forth, would seal a new commitment, would form upon the altar of God's grace a whole new covenant that would replace the ancient, worn - out slaughter of the animals with one complete and final act, the sacrifice of God's own son to show the world, to show us all the height and depth and majesty, the eternal
glory of God's love, which gives itself forever, or until we come, at last, and offer up our own lives in return.