Witnessing His Glory – Dr. R.C. Sproul

Witnessing His Glory – Dr. R.C. Sproul

The book of James has an unusual sentence construction that links the word glory with the name of Jesus: "My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality" (James 2:1). In this verse the words "Lord of glory" have alternate renditions. Some translations read, "Our glorious Lord." Still another possible translation reads, "Jesus Christ, who is the glory."

B. B. Warfield, in his book The Lord of Glory, says, that Jesus was the glory of God, the shekinah. According to the Old Testament, the shekinah was the visible manifestation of the invisible God. The shekinah was a radiant cloud or brilliant light within a cloud that signaled the immediate presence of God. For Jesus to be identified with the shekinah was to be equated with the presence of God Himself. In Jesus we see the full manifestation of the majesty of God.

That the New Testament writers ascribed glory to Jesus was a clear indication of their confession of His full deity. Glory, in the sense it is used with reference to Jesus, is a divine attribute. It is the glory of God that He refuses to share with any man.

Coram Deo: Living in the Presence of God

The angels sang "Glory to God" at Christ's birth. The heavenly elders give glory to God around His throne. Why don't you follow their example and give God glory today in every circumstance of your life?

For Further Study

John 1:14: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."

Psalm 104:31: "May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works."