We Are Changed From Glory To Glory

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for January 15
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We Are Changed From Glory To Glory

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as by the
Spirit of the Lord. 2 Cor. 3:18.

When enlightened by the Spirit of God, the believer beholds the
perfection of Jesus, and beholding this perfection, he rejoices with joy
unspeakable. In self he sees sin and helplessness; in the Redeemer
sinlessness and infinite power. The sacrifice that Christ made in order
that He might impart to us His righteousness-this is a theme upon which
we may dwell with deeper and still deeper enthusiasm. Self is nothing;
Jesus is everything. . . .
The transforming power of grace can make me a partaker of the divine
nature. On Christ the glory of God has shone, and by looking upon
Christ, contemplating His self-sacrifice, remembering that in Him dwells
all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, the believer is drawn closer and
closer to the Source of power. . . .
How essential that we have the enlightenment of the Spirit of God; for
thus only can we see the glory of Christ, and by beholding become
changed from character to character in and through faith in Christ. . .
. He has grace and pardon for every soul. As by faith we look to Jesus,
our faith pierces the shadow, and we adore God for His wondrous love in
giving us Jesus the Comforter. . . . 
The sinner may become a child of God, an heir of heaven. He may rise
from the dust, and stand forth arrayed in garments of light. . . . At
every step of advance, he sees new beauties in Christ, and becomes more
like Him in character.
The love that was manifested toward him in the death of Christ, awakens
a response of thankful love, and in answer to sincere prayer, the
believer is brought from grace to grace, from glory to glory, until by
beholding Christ, he is changed into the same image.


>From Devotional: Our Father Cares