CHAPTER FOUR

THE FOURTH STEP OF GOD’S SALVATION IN LIFE-GLORIFICATION

Scripture Reading: Heb. 2:10a; 1 Pet. 5:10a; 2 Cor. 3:18b; Rom. 8:30

OUTLINE

1. The definition of glorification:
   1. Objectively, glorification is that the redeemed believers will be brought into the glory of God to participate in the glory of God-Heb. 2:10a; 1 Pet. 5:10a.
   2. Subjectively, glorification is that the matured believers will manifest from within them, by their maturity in life, the glory of God as the element of their maturity in life-Rom. 8:17-18, 21; 2 Cor. 4:17.
   3. Regeneration is accomplished in our spirit, transformation is through our soul, and glorification is consummated in our body-John 3:6b, Rom. 12:2b; 8:23, 30.
2. The real significance of the glory of God:
   1. The glory of God is God Himself-Jer. 2:11.
   2. The manifestation of God is the glory of God-Acts 7:2.
3. The reality of the believers’ glorification:
   1. The believers’ glorification is their gaining of God Himself.
   2. The believers’ entering into the glory of God to participate in the glory of God is their entering into God Himself to enjoy God Himself.
   3. The believers’ being transformed in the divine life today is God’s being expressed in the believers as glory; hence, this daily transformation is from glory to glory-2 Cor. 3:18b.
   4. The consummation of glory into which the believers will enter by their transformation in life is that the believers will be glorified-their body will be redeemed, and they will thereby enter into the glory of God to fully enjoy God as glory-Rom. 8:21, 23, 30.
4. Glorification being the ultimate consummation of God’s salvation in life:
   1. The believers’ arriving at glorification is the climax of their maturity in the life of God.
   2. The believers’ reaching the peak of glorification is their reaching the climax of God’s salvation in life.
5. The believers’ glorification being the accomplishment of God’s economy for the satisfaction of God’s desire:
   1. The full expression of the believers’ glorification is the New Jerusalem, which will be manifested in glory-Rev. 21:10-11.
   2. This is the full expression in eternity of God’s becoming a man in humanity and man’s being conformed to God in divinity.
   3. This is what God desires and is His heart’s delight, and this is also what God is waiting for in His good pleasure.