THE THIRD PART: 24 CRUCIAL LINES IN THE BIBLE
The Believers
Message Five
Believers' Future Glorification from Glory to Glory
Scripture Reading: Rom. 8:17-18, 21, 30; Col. 1:27; 3:4; Heb. 2:10; Rom. 9:23; Rev. 21:10-11
I. In the completing stage of God's full salvation, the stage of glorification, the believers will be redeemed in their body, they will be raptured, and they will be judged at the judgment seat of Christ, which is the judgment seat of God—Rom. 8:23; Phil. 3:21; Rev. 12:5; 14:1, 15; Rom. 14:10; 2 Cor. 5:10. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
II. In the completing stage of God's full salvation, the stage of glorification, the overcoming believers, those who are rewarded at the judgment seat of Christ, will be invited to the marriage dinner of the Lamb, and they will participate in the coming kingdom—the manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens—Rev. 19:7-9; Matt. 13:43a; 24:47. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
III. In the completing stage of God's full salvation, the stage of glorification, the believers will be glorified—Rom. 8:17-18, 29-30: (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
A. Glory is the expression of God—vv. 18, 21; Col. 1:27; 3:4. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
B. Although our glorification may appear to be a sudden occurrence, it will actually be the consummation of a process of gradual growth and development in life—Mark 4:26-29: (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
1. Our glorification will be the issue of our growth in the divine life unto maturity—Heb. 6:1. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
2. The believers will not be glorified until they reach maturity in life; their glorification will be the issue of the maturity in life—2 Pet. 1:5-7. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
3. Glorification is the issue of transformation, and transformation is accomplished by the gradual and continual growth in life—Rom. 12:2; 2 Cor. 3:18; 1 Cor. 3:6-7; Eph. 4:13, 16. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
IV. For God to glorify us means that the glory which has been sown into us saturates our whole being and is expressed through us—Rom. 8:30; Col. 1:27; 3:4; Heb. 2:10: (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
A. When our entire being has been permeated and saturated with the element of the divine glory, this glory will come out of us; this is what it means for the believers to be glorified—Col. 3:4; Rom. 8:30. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
B. When we experience this glorification, we will be in the expression of the processed and consummated Triune God—Rev. 21:10-11. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
V. The glory of God is intrinsically related to the economy of God—Eph. 1:6, 10, 12, 14; 3:21; 5:27: (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
A. God is a God of glory—Acts 7:2; Eph. 1:17; 3:14, 16; 1 Cor. 2:8; 2 Cor. 4:6; 1 Pet. 4:14. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
B. God's purpose is to bring many sons into glory—Heb. 2:10; 1 Cor. 2:7; Eph. 1:6-7, 12, 14. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
C. God created us as vessels prepared unto glory—Rom. 9:23: (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
1. Sin is falling short of God's glory—3:23. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
2. Christ's redemption has fulfilled the requirements of God's glory—vv. 24-25; Heb. 9:5; cf. Gen. 3:24. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
3. Through the gospel of the glory of God, God has called us into His eternal glory—2 Cor. 4:4; 1 Tim. 1:11; 1 Pet. 5:10; 1 Thes. 2:12. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
4. Christ in us is the hope of glory—Col. 1:27; 3:4. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
D. We are being transformed into the Lord's image from glory to glory—2 Cor. 3:18: (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
1. The goal of God's organic salvation, and the last stage of this salvation, is glory—Heb. 2:10; Rom. 8:17, 21, 30. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
2. We will enter into the highest stage of oneness—the oneness in the divine glory—John 17:22. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
E. The glory of God in the economy of God involves deification—God becoming man that man may become God in life, in nature, and in expression—John 1:14; Col. 3:4; Heb. 2:10; Rev. 21:10-11. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
VI. The believers will be glorified with the incomparable glory; this glory will come not objectively from without but subjectively and organically from within them—Rom. 8:18; Col. 1:27; 3:4; 2 Thes. 1:10. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
VII. God's glory will be expressed from our spirit to our soul and through our body; the three parts of our being will be the same as Christ is and will be fully saturated with God's glory—1 Thes. 5:23; Phil. 3:21: (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
A. Christ dwells within us as our hope of glory—Col. 1:27: (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
1. Christ can be our hope of glory because He dwells within us to be our life and our person—3:4; Eph. 3:17. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
2. When Christ our life is manifested, we will be manifested with Him in glory; we will be glorified in Him, and He will be glorified in us—Col. 3:4; John 17:10; 2 Thes. 1:9, 12. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)
B. In this glory God will be expressed in a full way; this will be the ultimate issue of the dispensing of the processed and consummated Triune God—Rev. 21:11. (2008 FTTA-Spring, msg. 51)