And you can’t teach that!
Fir 52 years years on this earth, I have passionately pursued fame, fortune, and glory in this world. While striving to please so many, I have come to complete grips with a powerful truth I would like to share this morning.
It is, has always been, and always will be 110 percent All about His Glory!
All the fortunes in the world can’t buy it, all the fame can’t secure it, and all the work you put in can’t earn it!
As a coach and a teacher, I can’t even take credit for being successful or winning as a result of using it!
It was paid for on a cross 2000 years ago when Jesus shouted out a war cry “It is Finished!” In the Hebrew or Greek, these three words are actually one word, Which one of these words Jesus shouted out is not certain, but what He said is. “Debt Paid”
Jesus speaking to the Father says it all in John 17:22 GNT. “I gave them the same glory you gave me, so that they may be one, just as you and I are one:”
Jesus gave us the Glory of God as a gift to His bride! You can’t buy or earn it. It is absolutely free to all that choose Him as their Groom! All you have to do is say “Yes”!
The greatest proposal of all-time!
“It is finished” is translated in the Hebrew as the word Asah and in the Greek as the word Tetelestai.
Take for a second and picture our Jesus, our Savior, the Lamb of God willingly sacrificing Himself, naked, beaten, ridiculed, spit on, given a crown of thorns, barely recognizable as a human, and hanging on a cross. This is how our Groom, who loved us with all his heart, proposed to us.
Pause for a minute and imagine as Jesus willingly endured for you the most painful execution known to man!
Make sure you picture this vividly and definitely make sure you imagine the finish accurately. Jesus did not propose with a sigh and a whispering gasp. Jesus let out a war cry that still causes every demon in hell to tremble to this day! “Asahhhhhhhhhhhh”!
At that moment, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah roared like never before! I love the way it is depicted in the movie The Lion the Witch and Wardrobe. At that very moment, Jesus charged into hell as the Conquering Warrior taking care of death and the grave.
Why? Because God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son for you and me! Jesus was and still is all about fulfilling the will of the Father. Our Groom offered us the greatest gift of all time, God’s Glory!
With that offer comes the opportunity to meet His Father face to face with Him in Glory someday!
For now, Jesus let us know that He must go to prepare a place for us. He said, I must go so the Helper can come back and guide you to Me! The Holy Spirit is the gift of Glory on earth that we are to partner with to fulfill our destiny!
It is also because of Jesus blood sacrifice that we are able to go from Glory to Glory!
“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
II Corinthians 3:17-18 NKJV
Dig in for yourself. Seek on your own a little more about the Glory of God that we have access to through being one with the Holy Spirit! The unlimited power, peace, and love that surpasses all we can dream or imagine is waiting for you today!
One of my favorite son’s and former players, Alex Terry, says it best!
And you can’t teach that!
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