1194 glory, divine and human
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Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, believers will finally be glorified. All human glory derives from God.

Human glory in the creation

Human glory as God's intention

Hebrews 2:6-7 See also Psalm 8:4-5

People are created in God's image

Genesis 5:1 See also Genesis 1:26-27; Genesis 9:6; 1 Corinthians 11:7; James 3:9

Human beings have precedence over the rest of creation

Matthew 6:26 pp Luke 12:24 See also Matthew 10:29-31 pp Luke 12:6-7; Matthew 12:12

Human responsibility for creation

Genesis 2:19-20 See also Genesis 1:28; Psalm 8:6-8; Hebrews 2:8; James 3:7

Human glory diminished after the fall

Romans 3:23 See also Genesis 5:3; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Romans 5:12

The imperfect nature of human glory

1 Peter 1:24-25 See also Isaiah 40:6-8; Psalm 49:10-11,16-17; Psalm 103:15; 2 Corinthians 3:7-8,10,13

Human glory is given and taken by God

Psalm 82:6-7 See also Exodus 9:16; 1 Kings 3:13 pp 2 Chronicles 1:12; Jeremiah 27:6-7; Daniel 2:37-39; Daniel 4:29-31,36; John 19:11; Romans 13:1

The temporary nature of the glory of the wicked

Philippians 3:19 See also Isaiah 5:15; Luke 16:25; Revelation 18:14-17

The temptation associated with human glory

Matthew 4:8-9 pp Luke 4:5-7 See also 2 Timothy 4:10; 1 John 2:15

The uniqueness of God's glory

Job 40:9-10 God shows Job the impossibility of human beings attaining the perfection of God's glory. See also Exodus 15:11; 1 Chronicles 16:24-28 pp Psalm 96:3-7; Isaiah 42:8; Isaiah 48:11

God's glory revealed to human beings

Exodus 24:17 See also Exodus 16:10; Psalm 26:8; Ezekiel 1:25-28; Luke 2:9; Acts 7:55

Glory is not to be sought from other human beings but from God

Matthew 6:2 See also Jeremiah 9:23-24; Hosea 4:7; John 5:41-44; Philippians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:4-6; James 4:16

It is a human duty to glorify God

Psalm 34:3 See also Psalm 63:3; Psalm 86:12; Daniel 4:37; Romans 15:6; Galatians 1:3-5

Glory is restored to redeemed humanity by the death of Jesus Christ

Romans 8:30 See also Romans 9:23; 1 Corinthians 15:47-49; Colossians 3:10

Spiritual glory is divinely given

John 17:22 See also Psalm 84:11; 2 Corinthians 3:18

Glorification when Jesus Christ returns

Colossians 3:4 See also Romans 8:18; Philippians 3:21; 1 Thessalonians 2:20; 1 John 3:2

See also

1165  God, unique
2580  Christ, transfiguration
4005  creation
4836  light & people of God
5023  image of God
5080  Adam
5101  Moses
5878  honour
6020  sin
6248  temptation
8664  praise
9410  heaven



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