The Glory of Christ

                                   "If we regularly beheld the glory of Christ,
                                    our Christian walk with God would become
                                    more sweet and pleasant, our spiritual light
                                    and strength would grow daily stronger and
                                    our lives would more gloriously represent
                                    the glory of Christ.  Death would be most
                                    welcome to us."
                                                                           John Owen

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                                                             CHRIST'S GLORY


                       Jesus has the right to divide the sheep from the goats, the
                       righteous from the unrighteous.  The unrighteous will go
                       away to eternal punishment and the righteous to eternal life.


                                    [Jesus said], "When the Son of Man comes in his glory,
                                    and all the angels with Him, He will sit on
                                    His throne in heavenly glory.

                                    All the nations will be gathered before Him,
                                    and He will separate the people one from another
                                    as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
                                    He will put the sheep on His right and the goats
                                    on the left."

                                    Then they (the ones on the left) will go away to
                                    eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
                                                                      Matthew 25:31-33,46



                       The glory of Jesus will be made evident when Jesus returns
                       with His angels, who will gather His elect from the earth and
                       heaven.


                                     [Jesus said],  "At that time men will see the Son of Man
                                       coming in clouds with great power and glory.

                                       And He will send His angels and gather His
                                       elect from the four winds, from the ends of
                                       the earth to the ends of the heavens."
                                                                              Mark 13:26-27



                      Jesus is worthy of our praise because of His salvation
                      and glory and power.


                                        "After this I heard what sounded like the
                                         roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting:

                                             'Hallelujah!
                                          
                                           Salvation and glory and power
                                           belong to our God.' "
                                                                                 Revelation 19:1


                                                       OUR WALK


                     Those who know Jesus will not walk with Satan,
                      but will follow the Lord and live for Him.


                                         "When Jesus spoke again to the people,
                                           He said,
                                                         'I am the light of the world.
                                                         Everyone who follows me will
                                                         never walk in darkness, but will
                                                         have the light of life.' "
                                                                                  John 8:12


                     Jesus' blood purifies His people, and they walk in
                     fellowship with one another.


                                          "But if we walk in the light,
                                           as He is in the light,
                                           we have fellowship with one
                                           another, and the blood of Jesus,
                                           His Son, purifies us from all sin."
                                                                     1 John 1:7


                    Jesus commands His people to love others.


                                           "And this is love:  that we walk
                                            in obedience to His commands.

                                            As you have heard from the
                                            beginning, His command is
                                            that you walk in love."
                                                                     2 John 6



                                                   DEATH


                     God's people need not fear death, for Jesus has given
                     us victory over sin and the grave, through His death
                     and resurrection.  In an instant, we will receive our
                     new imperishable bodies, when Jesus returns.


                                            "For the trumpet will sound,
                                             the dead will be raised imperishable,
                                             and we will be changed.

                                             For the perishable must clothe itself
                                             with the imperishable, and the mortal
                                             with immortality.

                                             When the perishable has been clothed
                                             with the imperishable, and the mortal
                                             with immortality, then the saying that
                                             is written will come true:

                                                           'Death has been swallowed up
                                                            in victory.''

                                                           'Where, O death, is your victory?
                                                            Where, O death, is your sting?'

                                             The sting of death is sin, and the power
                                             of sin is the law.

                                             But thanks be to God!

                                             He gives us the victory through our
                                             Lord Jesus Christ."
                                                                            1 Corinthians 15:52b-57