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Impressed With Christ - The "Glory" Factor


To impress is to affect deeply or strongly.  Impressive is a variation of the word and it means to arouse admiration or respect.

If anything could arouse the most admiration or respect, what would it be?  I would argue that it is glory of God!

Glory denotes very great praise, honor or distinction bestowed by common consent.  It also has to do with resplendent beauty or magnificence and to exult with triumph.

The word glory is used three times in the book of Colossians:

Ø  Col 1:27 – “to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles”…  The mystery refers to Gentiles becoming members of the Body through faith.  Members of the Body will be Christ’s companions in glory.

Ø  Col 1:27 – “…which is Christ in you, the hope of Glory”.  This mystery also includes the amazing truth that Christ dwells within the believer.

Ø  Col 3:4 – “When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory”.  When Jesus returns for His saints and has again ascended into the glories of heaven, we will appear with Him in glory.  The glory will not at all be for us, but will be for and to Him.  But the extraordinary aspect of this is that we will be revealed with Him.  


Great praise, honor and distinction?  Oh so very much!

Renown, resplendent beauty and magnificence?  Yes, yes and yes!

To exult with triumph?  More than we can ever imaging as we look at victory over death and the hope of the resurrection.  This is triumph with a capital “T”!


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