The Glory We Have Been Given

The Glory We Have Been Given

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John 17:22 "The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;

What was the glory given to Jesus that we also have been given? If you grasp this today it will be of great benefit to you spiritually. It will transform your prayer life. I need a couple minutes to flesh it out, but we are going somewhere good.

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1st point we have been given glory, whatever that means.

Jesus said in his prayer, “I have given them,” He wasn’t praying for that He was stating it was a done deal. It is a past tense thing at the moment he said it. The Apostle Paul affirms it is something that is done for all believers:

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Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Romans 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

Romans 8:30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.

Notice Paul speaks in v. 30 of being glorified in the past tense. He is not speaking of what happens to us when we get to heaven, he is speaking of what Jesus has already done for us.

What is meant by the glory we have been given? Before I get to that I want to point out the practical benefit of that fact, and the doors of blessings it opens for us:

When Paul says we have been glorified does it mean we have halo’s we can’t see? Yes, in a way, and yet it is way more than that. Romans 8:31 is the practical point of all that goes before in in v 28-30. We have been put into a very special state of relationship with God, and that is important that you know and grasp it.

Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

That God called us, justified us, and glorified us, means we have been put in a position with Him that He can bless us. We can say that another way, what He has done for us positions us to be able to walk in and receive His facot. With that in mind that leads me to my second point, which explains what the glory is that we have been given.

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2. The Glory we have been given is sonship.

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John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Jesus had a glory Him about that is unique among all the people who have ever lived, He is the only begotten of the Father. He is the only person ever born that didn’t have a human father, and the only person ever born that is both God and man. He is God wrapped in the envelope of human flesh.

The glory that Jesus had, was that He is God and man mixed. But more than that, this God man had a very special relationship with God. God glorified Jesus in a very special way.

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Luke 3:21-22 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

God glorified Jesus by showing up for Him and speaking of both His Sonship and His love for Him.

Imagine if God said that about/to you. He does!

As a practical illustration of how it positions us for favor, imagine if the President of the United States, introduced you as His child. What doors that would open to you, what kindnesses you would be shown! Before I go on, I need to talk about the uniqueness of Jesus a little more. He is the highest of all creation. We are not equal with Him, He is above all, but He is the firstborn of many brethren, whom we are. We are in His image and likeness as sons/daughters, and because of that we have been elevated to a glorified status.

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Matthew 17:1 And six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *brought them up to a high mountain by themselves.