Gospel 101: Part 9 - The Future Prospect - Glorification

hi there once again this is Phil Carlson

with a quick message for your personal

professional and spiritual growth and

this is epic this is video n of a

nine-part series and we have been

talking about the gospel 101 going

through four different categories of how

I like to speak about the gospel so we

talked about the premise God and

creation we talked about the problem

which is sin what happened with the fall

and what is going on when it comes to to

the effects of the fall and sin in

humanity we've talked about God's

prescription which is reconciliation

with him his prescription which is also

justification regeneration adoption and

sanctification all that comes through

faith in what Jesus did on the cross his

death his burial and his

resurrection so now here we are in our

last video God's ultimate future

Prospect for those who are in Jesus

really it's his promise and that is

glorification so with

glorification this is where we actually

begin to live in such a

way that the perfect glory of God is

actually being reflected by us what do I

mean by that I'm talking about either

after we've died or if Jesus comes back

in our

lifetimes what we will look like then

because the Bible promise promises that

when Jesus returns everyone who has

faith in him who truly trusts in him

who's truly been made new in him we're

going to get new physical bodies let's

look at 1 John 3: 2 it says

beloved we are children of God this is

what we just talked about regarding

adoption right and it has not appeared

as yet what we will

be oh this is talking about when there's

a resurrection when Jesus returns we

know that when he appears yeah that's

Jesus's return we will be like him okay

well in sanctification aren't we

becoming like him in regeneration aren't

we already like him on the inside

because we will see him just as he is

and everyone who has this hope fixed on

him purifies himself just as he is pure

we talked about that in the last video

regarding sanctification we are going to

look like him I think this isn't just

talking about a figurative idea I think

there's something literal here and I

don't mean we're all going to physically

in our faces look exactly like Jesus I

think we're going to have something some

sort of spiritual reality that's totally

new about ourselves this is kind of

stunning well let's dig deeper on this

there's there's got to be more to this

let's look at Romans 8: 29 to30 we've

looked there before in multiple videos

wouldn't hurt to look again For Those

whom he fornew he also predestined to

become conformed to the image of his

son okay we've already talked about that

in terms of regeneration we talked about

that in terms of

sanctification maybe this is also

talking

about eternity this is talking about

glorification so that he would be the

firstborn among many Brethren and Those

whom he predestined he also called and

these whom he called he also Justified

and these whom he justified he also

glorified this is ultimately what it's

about is the glory of God witnessed

through a human person now it says

glorified in the past tense and it does

glorify God when a person comes to trust

in

Jesus but it seems that that Glory

reaches its fullest possible

manifestation when our physical bodies

are gone the scriptures actually tell us

and and they're not just gone they're

replaced with new bodies and the

scriptures tell us that sin is embedded

in our flesh Paul says this in Romans

chapter 7 for in me that is in my flesh

there is no good thing he says so if sin

is embedded in our flesh and we're given

new bodies then that means whatever the

battle is between us in terms of our our

spirit the spirit that's in the image of

Jesus that is the spirit of Christ

himself inside of us that battle between

that and our flesh which is going on in

our mind will and emotions continually

pushing Us in towards Temptation and yet

the spirit of Christ is in US battling

against that Temptation battling against

giving into it that Wars over when we're

given new bodies because there's no more

sin in our bodies we're able to no

longer experience that kind of

Temptation again not from within whoa if

you like me have found yourself at times

exhausted tired feeling weak and weary

in battling against sin this is a

fantastic hope we have a future to look

forward to where the battle against sin

on the inside is

over now of course in connection with

this is an eternity with God we can look

in the Book of Revelation where it

describes what it's like to be in the

New

Jerusalem where God himself is the light

we don't even need a son anymore because

God is the one producing the light we

see Jesus Us in the flesh before our

very eyes that will be

amazing and at the same time beholding

the Lord in

person we will be without a veil anymore

no barrier between ourselves and the

glory of God not not sin not the fleshly

eyes that we see with now not the bad

ideas that we all are filled with

no we are going to get to behold God in

his full glory and behold him in awe and

wonder for eternity and I can't help but

to wonder if it's going to be like those

24 Elders who are around the throne in

the Book of Revelation they cast down

their crowns before God they can't help

but to worship

Him you see they're even living

creatures that are terrifying in heaven

right now and they are singing before

God and they're crying out holy holy

holy and as we talked about before it

may actually be that they're just

screaming out holy because God is so

unlike anything

else God is glorious and wonderful and

we who have trusted in Jesus get to

spend eternity with

him now knowing that keeping our eyes on

Jesus who has also endured persecution

who is also in in endured death and

being misunderstood and rejected by the

very people who should have known and

loved

him this Jesus we set our Hope on him

and realize he endured all of this for

the joy that was set before him there is

a joy coming that awaits

us and it's not because we do good works

it's not because we memorize scripture

it's not because we go to all the Sunday

morning church services it's not because

we go to a Wednesday night prayer

service or have certificates or degrees

it's not because we're poor and it's not

because we're wealthy it's not because

of businesses we've started and it's not

because of businesses we forsook for the

name of

Jesus we get to be with him in eternity

because of what Jesus already

accomplished on the cross we get to be

with him because God set it up so that

by Faith by trusting in Him we get to be

with him because we are now credited

with the justice and righteousness of

Jesus he took the punishment that we

deserved and so that punishment was

fully fulfilled the need for

it we have been made new in His image on

the inside we've been adopted into the

family of God we are being conformed

right now into His Image through

suffering and through blessing in our

character in our minds and our wills and

our emotions

we are part of this new

family heading towards

glorification so the answer is not to

give up or

despair but to grow in Hope and

encourage each other not to give up

let's keep going because there is a joy

set before us there is a hope that we're

holding on to and this is where it's so

important to remember what it talks

about as we discussed at the end of the

last video in 1 Corinthians 3: 10 15

there are Eternal rewards waiting to be

handed

out now the thing we need to ask

ourselves if we're ready for this and

here's what I mean by that am I living

in such a way that it's about what's the

bare minimum I can do to be right with

God what's the bare minimum I can do to

be considered a good Christian what do

what do other people think of the way I

live as a Christian if I'm focused on

these things and these are the primary

focus of my

life that doesn't speak well to whether

or not I truly am his no the the

question is not what's the bare minimum

the question is if I truly trust Jesus

is who he says he is he did what the

Bible says he did that God is who the

Bible says he is and he truly has all

authority on heaven and on Earth for all

eternity and he is ultimately the one

who is coming Jesus is coming to judge

the living and the dead

knowing

this my question needs to be God what am

I still holding on to that belongs to

you God what is the maximal way I can

surrender my life to you I'm not saying

this is an easy question but it's one

that if we are in a community of other

believers if we're in deep relationship

with other believers asking the same

question then we can help each other by

the grace of God to be more and more in

Conformity to

Jesus and wow how glorious that day will

be not just when we stand before Jesus

but when that testing of the works of

Our Lives talked about in 1 Corinthians

chapter 3

comes and we actually have things that

survive the fire of

testing that actually become part of our

Eternal reward before the Lord what does

that mean what does that look like it is

far too

wonderful I think on this side of

Eternity to ever truly appreciate or

understand

but let's live our lives now as a people

who believe we are sons of the Living

God by faith having a hope in

him and there is a difference between a

hope versus actually having the thing in

itself we aren't living in a certainty

of Eternity we are living in a hope of

that eternity and this helps us stay in

the fear of the Lord to remember the day

of judgment is coming the day of testing

is already

here am I going to pass the test will

God say of me well done my good and

faithful

servant I want to live that way now so

that I'm prepared for that day that's

coming later please join me in that if

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seeing you in the next video God bless

you and have a great day