Glory of His Inheritance

Driving home: as long as man's eyes are closed to the biblical concept that all that we receive past present and future of the blessings of salvation is totally of grace pure unmixed grace so that poor man cannot enter into the spirit…

The glory of a thing is like the rays of the sun, manifesting its splendor. This illustrates how the glory of the inheritance is its inherent radiance and beauty.

of the brightness or the splendor or the radiance of a person or a thing the heavens declare the glory of God they are a manifestation an outshining of the splendor of God's character what the rays of the sun are with reference to the sun the glory of a thing is with reference to the thing itself the glory of the sun is seen in the rays that this very moment rests upon a blue car that I see outside the window upon a green fir tree and upon some bare willows out there across the street the glory of the sun is seen in the radiance in the beams that go forth from it now the word riches is the wor...

14:40 - 16:10 Read in full sermon

Driving home: The great pain of the child of God in this present state is I've had a taste of what the full inheritance will be I've had an earnest and there are moments when my communion with God seems such that I feel this mortal fr…

The inheritance is likened to a 'resplendent with the glory of a burning sun at its zenith in a perfectly cloudless day' to convey its overwhelming splendor and richness.

of God let me put it very practically he's concerned that whenever you as a Christian think of your inheritance you never think of it in terms of just a day that is sort of semi-cloudy or just a day in which there is a patch of sunshine here or there but when you think of your inheritance he wants you to see it as that which is resplendent with the glory of a burning sun at its zenith in a perfectly cloudless day the riches of the glory of the inheritance in or among the saints so it's not enough to know that we have an inheritance that it's good and that it's certain he longs that by the spir...

17:40 - 19:08 Read in full sermon

The point: If the hope of complete conformity to Christ is what you're going to be, then purify yourself now; roll up your sleeves and get on with the job of holiness.

Believers will be so conformed to Christ's image that He will be like the 'elder brother in the family where everybody looks alike,' illustrating the profound moral likeness among the redeemed.

reviled not again we feel the spirit of Adam within us we want to see even if by the grace of God the words are swallowed and that spirit is put to death before it gives expression in words child of God is grieved that it was ever there and he says oh God for the time when that'll be done and done forever he's concerned about conformity in his thoughts in his attitudes in his motives well child of God take heart the second aspect of the glory the riches of the glory of the inheritance is that it will be the glory of undimmed conformity to the image of God so that the Bible gives a beautiful pi...

30:57 - 32:25 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: He presents the third aspect as joy free from tears, mourning, crying, and pain, contrasting it with the present reality of sorrow and suffering, which interrupt joy even for…

God wiping away every tear is depicted as an intimate act, like someone so near taking a handkerchief to wipe a tear, emphasizing the closeness of communion.

with fear and with trembling then in the third place trying to describe something of the riches the glory of unbroken communion with the person of God himself the glory of undimmed conformity to the image of God but then the glory of uninterrupted joy in God and in his gifts the glory of uninterrupted joy in God and in his gifts go back to Revelation 21.4 and this seems to be again a dominant perspective regarding the inheritance and he God himself there's the intimacy of communion you see and what will he do wipe away every tear from their eyes how more intimate a picture of communion with Go...

33:51 - 35:20 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: He presents the third aspect as joy free from tears, mourning, crying, and pain, contrasting it with the present reality of sorrow and suffering, which interrupt joy even for…

The advertisement of Reverend Ike promising 'pie now with lots of ice cream on it' is used as a negative example of a materialistic, unbiblical view of blessings, contrasting with the spiritual glory of the inheritance.

a time is coming when that's going to be done that's what it says there shall be no more death mourning crying the riches of the glory of the inheritance is found in this the glory of uninterrupted joy in God and in his gifts we'll never abuse those gifts to our spiritual pain we'll never enjoy them in the midst of the pain that is a constant reminder that this is a cursed world some of you may have seen the advertisement in the New York Times and I imagine it was in some of the other papers of the latest religious rage in the New York area Reverend Ike that charlatan who ought to be consumed ...

38:18 - 39:47 Read in full sermon