August 14 Devotion - Understanding Christianity - Part 6 - Final part - We are Glorified

 

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,… Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، نَحْنُ الآنَ أَوْلادُ اللهِ. وَلا نَعْلَمُ حَتَّى الآنَ مَاذَا سَنَكُونُ، لَكِنَّنَا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ مَتَى أُظْهِرَ الْمَسِيحُ، سَنَكُونُ مِثْلَهُ، لأَنَّنَا سَنَرَاهُ عِنْدَئِذٍ كَمَا هُوَ!

 لأَنَّ الَّذِينَ سَبَقَ فَعَرَفَهُمْ، سَبَقَ فَعَيَّنَهُمْ أَيْضاً لِيَكُونُوا مُشَابِهِينَ صُورَةَ ابْنِهِ ..... وَالَّذِينَ سَبَقَ فَعَيَّنَهُمْ، فَهؤُلاءِ دَعَاهُمْ أَيْضاً. وَالَّذِينَ دَعَاهُمْ، فَهؤُلاءِ بَرَّرَهُمْ أَيْضاً. وَالَّذِينَ بَرَّرَهُمْ، فَهؤُلاءِ مَجَّدَهُمْ أَيْضاً.

1 John 3:2, Romans 8:29-30

We reviewed the many ways God loves us in the past 5 devotions:

1. We are God’s special people
2. We are Redeemed
3. We are Justified
4. We are Reconciled
5. We are Sanctified

Finally, God shows His love by glorifying us. Throughout our lives we will wrestle with sin, but we are promised that the good work God began in us will be completed.

Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

ونحن نعلم ان كل الاشياء تعمل معا للخير للذين يحبون الله الذين هم مدعوون حسب قصده

Philippians 1:6

When God glorifies His children, he gives them inward beauty—called holiness. This begins as a process in this life (sanctification) and culminates when we come into the presence of Christ at our death or at His second coming. When we go to be with The Lord our sinful nature will be left behind and we will be like Him, and with Him, forever.

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your unfailing, inseparable, deep, and everlasting love for me. Lord please remove any barrier that stops me from feeling Your love which I only deserve through the atoning blood of Christ. Thank You Lord that through Your grace You predestined me to be conformed to the image of Your Son, and that when I accepted Your Son Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour, You redeemed me, forgave me, justified me, reconciled me, sanctified me, and glorified me. Father God, I praise You, revere You, worship You, I stand in awe of You, I lift You up on high, and glorify Your holy name. Abba Father, I pray that out of Your glorious riches You continue to strengthen me with power through Your Spirit in my inner being, so that I can continue to declare to the world that Christ is my Lord and Saviour, and Jesus may continue to dwell in my heart through faith. In Jesus’ name I pray. To Jesus be the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion before all time, and now, and forevermore. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein