Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Glory!

2 Thessalonians 1:10 – Glory!

When He comes in that Day…. What a day that will be. The rapture of the church. The day when Jesus returns in the clouds and calls Christians to join Him in the air. My pastor when I was saved used to say that he hoped that when the rapture occurred that he would be in a group of lost people. And when he started to ascend, he would grab a lost person in each hand, and as they were going up, ask them, “Do you believe now?” That’s the heart of an evangelist, my friend, and that was the heart of the apostle Paul.

Notice what Paul says: Jesus will “be glorified IN His saints.” Not by His saints or for His saints, but IN His saints. In other words, we will share in and reflect His glory as if we are a mirror. Isn’t that what we long for? To be conformed to the image of God’s own Son? And on that day, we will. And then we will admire Him. The word for “admire” means to marvel. You see, for the first time, we will see Jesus face to face. We will see Him in all of His glory and splendor, and we will be overcome with awe. And He will be glorified IN us.

But I want you to know why this happens. It is because we believe. Paul said to the Thessalonican Christians that it was because they had believed his testimony. Go back and read the book of Acts, specifically chapters 8 & 9, and you will see his testimony. But do you know what it is in a nutshell? “There is salvation in no other name – only Jesus.” He is the one Who died as a sacrifice for our sin. He is the One Whose blood cleanses us. He is the One Who takes you to the Father and says, “He is with Me!” I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait. What glory awaits us!

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