Sermon: Our Inescapable Love of Glory

The topic assigned to me this morning is solely Dale Gloria the 5th of the five Solas. This pcrt conference has been looking at each of these five Solas of the reformation. And this one the last one the glory of God. Most of you will know the Shorter Catechism first question and answer. What is the chief end of man? Man's Chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. So we see there the connection between glory and

enjoyment. on Piper famously I said we glorify God by enjoying him forever the connection between glory and Delight what I want us to think about in well, especially land there at the end of this message is to think about faith as the connection between glory and Delight that we believe in that or in whom we Delight in and we Delight in that or whom we find most glorious. Our text is John chapter 12, so please turn in your Bibles John chapter 12.

the reading verse 36 the second half of verse 36 through verse

let's pray as we come to God's word.

Heavenly Father we have come here needing to hear from you. whatever voices have spoken to us whispered into our ear in the past week. Now. We need to hear from you. We are not interested in wasted religious activity just to be here. We no points to put in our time at church. So since we are here. We want to know what you have to say to us. We want to know your interpretation on our days and Upon Our Hearts. So give us ears to hear and may my heart

be humble before you. That I might decrease in Jesus Christ might increase. We pray in his name. Amen. When Jesus had said these things he departed and hid himself from them. Though he had done so many signs before them. They still. Did not believe in him. So that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled. Lord who has believed what he heard from us. To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed. therefore

They could not believe. For again, Isaiah said he has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts. Lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart and turn and I would heal them. Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him nevertheless many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees, they did not confess it so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.

For they loved. The glory that comes from man more than the glory. That comes from God.

this last section in John chapter 12 deals with the question that has popped up throughout Jesus public Ministry. And you can understand. It's an honest question and it's a difficult question. Why this unbelief? You can see it in verse 37 though. He had done so many signs before them. They still. Did not believe in him. By and large to this point in John's gospel. The people are not getting it. Nicodemus understood eventually, but he didn't

have a clue at first he came to Jesus at night. He was a teacher he should have understood these things. He didn't even know the rudimentary elements of the faith and being born again. Some others seem to get it quickly, but then they end up deserting Jesus John chapter 6. Some people are believing in Jesus trusting that he is the Christ and following him but most aren't and even those who are physically following him from place to places disciples and a larger

group of disciples. They certainly don't understand all that. Jesus is confused about what sort of Messiah he is meant to be and especially the Jews and many of their leaders. The Blind and the lame tend to get it the Royal official got it. Some Samaritans were getting it but not the Jews and especially not their leaders and John 8. They famously asked Jesus if he had a devil. Of all the interpretations of Jesus that one may go down in history is quite

possibly one of the worst. So Jesus, are we right in saying you Got a demon. Nope, that's not right. The light had shown in the darkness in the darkness had not understood it. They want to kill him. And in a week's time, they will kill him. We enter into this season some Churches call lent looking. with their face towards Jerusalem Why is the question? Why had they rejected Jesus? Why had they not believed in him? Now most of us hear this morning are probably Gentiles that

is not Jews. Perhaps a few ethnic Jews here. But for the early church. The rejection of the Jews of their Messiah was one of if not the apologetic issue in those first decades. How do we understand? That God's Jewish people. So many writ large had rejected their own Messiah their Prophet their priests their King. He came to that which was his own John 11, but his own did not receive him. And in particular this problem of unbelief is

striking because as verse 37 says he had done so many signs. Before them now their miracles in all of the gospels and most of the gospels. They're called dunamis Greek for power Wonder Mighty acts but there's a particular word a different word here in John semione. The special word in John is translated as signs. And it's almost a semi-technical term for all of the miraculous events in Acts that Jesus performed that were meant to lead

people if they had eyes to see and ears to hear that they might believe in Jesus. the very end of John chapter 20 Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this book, but these are written that you may believe That Jesus is the Christ the son of God and that by believing you may have life. in his name you may recall if you've ever studied the Gospel of John before.

That it's sometimes called a book of signs and a book of Glory in the first half of John 1 through 11. Neatly divides into these seven different signs and then chapters 12 and following move toward the last week of jesus' Life the so-called book of glory and we see this transition here in chapter 12 where the focus is Upon Jesus Glory, but his glory will be revealed in the most surprising way possible namely his death and then his resurrection.

So in the first half of the book, there are seven signs Chapter 2 he turns water into wine chapter 4. He heals a royal official son chapter 5, he heals a lame Man chapter 6 feeds the 5,000 later in chapter 6 walks on water chapter 9, he heals the man born blind and in the seventh the ultimate sign in Chapter 11. Jason just preached on John 11 last week. He races Lazarus. from the dead and in addition to being signs of his miraculous

power. You think you could argue that each of these signs were meant to be building one after another to show that Jesus has Authority and power and lordship. over every aspect of Our Lives think about it the Turning water into wine there at the wedding. First of all, it's a miracle but it shows Jesus as lordship over all of life's problems. hassles Stresses with the the pressure of a wedding and we're running out of the wine to serve our

guests. No prompt. Jesus is Lord over that. The official son Jesus is Lord over. family sorrows and family worries The man the lame man, he's Lord over disease. Feeding of the 5,000 Jesus is Lord over the needs of Life over thirst and hunger. When he walks on water, he demonstrates, he's Lord over nature with the man born blind. He shows that he is Lord over severe innate disability handicaps. And of course most Preeminently our spiritual blindness and

then ultimately with Lazarus. He shows that that Last Enemy the worst enemy. death itself He is Lord over death. after all of these signs some of which they had seen with their own eyes others. They had heard as he traveled about still. They don't believe verse 37 again though. He had done so many signs. We have just seven recorded but John chapter 20 says we couldn't even write down all the signs. He did more than the seven. These are just highlighted for us and yet

They did not believe. sometimes don't you think about Loved ones that you know who do not believe in Jesus or perhaps you're here this morning somebody brought you here or you just wandered in and if you're honest with yourself, you aren't sure you really believe in Jesus and sometimes you may convince yourself or be convinced that if only my friend if only my kids if they could if they could just see a miracle. they believe

If only Jesus could stand before them and they could really they could literally wrap their arms around him only if Jesus would answer this prayer and In This Moment heal. Surely they would believe. Oh how much we would believe if only we could see. Taste touch right there in front of us. But let's not kid ourselves. We're the same human beings born with the same sinful nature. And many of us just like many of them. Could see with our own two eyes.

Have Jesus near enough to touch him? To hear him with our own ears and still we would not believe. Don't you find this? Sometimes perhaps loved ones in your life. You you think I have reason flawlessly. I have given. Reasons to believe and more reasons to believe in more than a carpenter and much much more than a carpenter and I've given them ventilian arguments and I've given them RC Sproul arguments given them Tim Keller arguments. I give them

books upon books proofs of the Resurrection. I've talked about manuscripts and textual criticism and things. I'm not even sure I understand. I don't believe in you argue with great passion and you you tell your own testimony of how your life has been changed and you get on your knees and you plead and you cry and it seems to make no difference and you hear a sermon and you you pass it along and you think surely this one this one will make

a difference. You buy the best book that you can think of and you give it to them? point to changes and you point to miraculous interventions and yet there is unbelief How do we understand? the persistence in their day and in our day of unbelief in the face of so much evidence. How do we explain unbelief I want us to see from this passage for reasons. And yes, I understand that all of that counted against my time allotment as part of

the introduction. Four reasons. I want you to understand unbelief. And and the parentheses, let me encourage you. That so often when we're trying to understand what's happening in our world whether it seems like what happened in our culture, it seems so hostile to Christianity into authentic Christian beliefs or trying to understand the events of the last couple of weeks or just trying to understand the Dynamics in your own family.

Scripture knows us better than we know ourselves. God knows us better than we know ourselves. And certainly we're right to understand proximate secondary causes And yet the Bible gives us behind the curtain as it were spiritually what is happening? And if we as Christians will not give spiritual explanations. No one else will. Everyone else can deal with all of the reasons that are on the face of it, but the Bible gives to a spiritual reasons

and so here for explanations for unbelief first. First not so much an explanation as it is. an allowance We must remember that unbelief is not unprecedented unbelief is not unprecedented. So the first explanation is simply to realize that when you look at unbelief your school and your office and your family, maybe even this morning in your heart to realize this is not a new phenomenon. It's not as if times are worse than they've ever been.

And it was easier to believe in some other age. Certainly. There are challenges that come with every age and certain beliefs that seem more obvious and more difficult. But do you know how many dead people they had seen come back to life in the first century a big zero. It was not a normal occurrence. You know how many people had died as a messiah for the sins of their people and happened? Unbelief is not unprecedented look

at verse 38 so that the word. spoken by the prophet Isaiah Might be fulfilled and then here's a quote from Isaiah 53:1. Lord who has believed what he heard from us and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed you may know Isaiah 53 one of the most famous passages in the Bible the song of the suffering servant which we read so often in Holy Week, he was stricken smitten and Afflicted this prophetic word about the crucifixion of the son of God.

But here in Isaiah. We are drawn back to this passage because in Isaiah's time, they asked the same question who has believed what he heard from us. And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed the rhetorical question. The answer meant to be given is well, a lot of people had the arm of the Lord revealed and a lot of people did not believe. And so it happened in jesus' day as it did. in Isaiah's day now, of course when we share our faith with people

We don't want to go out of our way to be obnoxious. If that comes easy to you. Why don't you pray that God sends you a different personality at least when you share people with people the gospel. Let's not use as an excuse that well people don't listen and actually you're just being a jerk. her let us not also think and this is

temp hard enough If only I could remove enough of the obstacles. If only I could contextualize enough. If only maybe I could set aside some of these things that are really unpopular. Maybe let's not talk about sexuality. Let's not talk about hell. Let's not talk about any of these things are not popular if we could just do it in the if we get an ad agency behind it if we could do it in the best way possible surely then people would believe

and we can be tempted to think. That the problem is simply that we haven't been smooth enough and we haven't been smart enough. And what we see here from Jesus. And hearkening back to Isaiah's day is no this unbelief has always been with us. Who has believed our report? Think about Jesus has given these. Seven I am statements. Some of them are yet to come he has in the the most obvious terms possible given his self-identification who he

is. He has shown signs to them and yet they do not understand. It takes a new heart. No, one will understand the things of Christ unless the spirit gives you the mind of Christ. Jesus says John 6:44. No one can come to me unless the father who sent me draws him. So at the very ground level we must realize as we think about unbelief it is not unprecedented. That people would have all the reasons in front of them. Many of you know with personal heartbreak.

Ones you love and you can think how many times? I can't count how many times? People in this church are in Christ Covenant said pastor even shaking my hand after a service. Would you pray for my son? Would you pray for my granddaughter? They know everything they've heard it. They went to Sunday school. They went to Christian School. Some of them went to Christian College. They have the books. They they know it and they just they

they don't believe it's not unprecedented who had more access. To the truth and these people who saw Jesus face to face. They did not believe. second explanation for unbelief and this one will be hard but it's here in the text and we need to deal with it. Sometimes people do not believe in Jesus Christ because

God has hardened their hearts. You see in verse 39. It's a hard word. therefore they could not. believe We'd like it to say they they just didn't we know they didn't but here it says something even stronger therefore they could. not for again, Isaiah said now this time it's quoting from Isaiah 6. blinded their eyes hard in their hearts lest they see with their eyes understand what their heart and turn And I would heal them.

Have you ever known someone like this? Perhaps with tears you can think of someone like this. And it feels like it it is an impenetrable. Wall, they do not have the heart. for belief most famously in the Old Testament was Pharaoh. Now there are three different ways. This is described in Exodus. Sometimes Pharaoh hardens his heart. Sometimes it says his heart was hardened as a kind of passive statement and other times it's his God hardened his heart. So all

of those are true when we talk about the hardening of Hearts. It is God's hardening as a Judicial sentence and it is also as it was with Pharaoh his own self-calcification this text from Isaiah 6 is cited in Acts 28 in Matthew 13 and Mark 4 and Luke 8 it was the exegetical answer that the early church came up with to explain why. Have God's Own people rejected their Messiah. How do we understand? That with all of the signs before them and so

many Gentiles believing that so many of God's Own people. In fact, the most religious leaders among them seem to be the least likely to believe how do we understand this and this was their spiritual explanation Isaiah predicted it? that their hearts would be hardened. Let me say something lest you you misunderstand. this language of hardening or as verse 38 verse 39 says they could not believe this does not negate human responsibility.

We're going to come to in a moment the human explanation for some of their Hardness of Heart namely that they loved the praise of man more than the praise of God. It is after all called unbelief. It is their act of unbelief. So this does not negate human responsibility. Also, we must realize that this hardening served God's ultimate Redemptive purposes that as the Jews were hardened. The gospel would go to the Gentiles.

Also to realize this is a judicial. hardening the doctrine of predestination and double predestination, but that's not actually what this is talking about. This is not talking about the decree of God and Eternity to choose some and to pass over others. No, this is a Judicial hardening. It is God's judgment. On a wicked people who have chosen willfully repeatedly with great light and no excuse. to reject him Yes Faith itself is owing to God's election, but that's not what this is

talking about. This is not about the Eternal decree. This is talking about God handing people over to their own unbelieving. desires So when it says they could not. believe important to put that together with John chapter 6 that no one can come unless the father draws but Jesus also says and whosoever comes God will never cast out. So don't misunderstand the teaching here. When it says they could not believe. Do not picture it this way people

running to Jesus. Please Jesus. Can I have my sins forgiven? Jesus says no soup for you. No. you can't I won't let you it's too late. Could not. believe this does not mean God was unwilling to forgive a penitent sinner. He is always willing eager to forgive penitent Sinners who come in the name of his son Jesus Christ. No the could not. means that God gave them over to their own sinful Hardness of Heart. The whosoever comes to Jesus will not

be cast out. These are not people men women children who are desperate for forgiveness in God says, I don't have any Mercy left for you. This is not God putting up a wall so that people won't come to him. This is exercising judgment in this life on the wicked by blinding their eyes, so they do not see hardening their hearts, so they don't understand. Yes, it is. a frightening Passage it means Sure. I said this for many

years even from this pulpit. That one of the most dangerous and Most Blessed places to be on a Sunday morning is where you are sitting. Whenever you are in a church. Where the word of God is preached. The gospel is proclaimed you of all people. are most blessed that you get to hear the words of life. It is in immeasurable privilege and oh, it's a great Danger. Puritans had that saying that the same son that melts the butter also hardens the clay.

It's the same sun. It's the same words the same gospel. And yet for some it changes the hearts and softens and leads to Faith and for others it petrifies calcifies. It is a dangerous place lest you come week after week and you hear the word of God and you hear the voice of Jesus and you hear the gospel Faith to be proclaimed and you do nothing with it. You say not this week Jesus not this week. Another time not now not now and with each time you

ignore you press away. You suppress the truth of God. You may be getting yourself closer to the moment where God with complete Vindication says enough and no more. And pronounces upon your heart that judicial sentence of heartening. That we do not know it. and so pray for the ones you love pray that it would not be so but also be fearful. Be fearful last we hear the word of God and do nothing. with it Some can be hardened in their stubbornness such that

verse 39 becomes true. They cannot believe they have rejected the light. If they just I don't want light. I don't want light. I don't want light God Romans 1 hands them over says fine. No more light. It will be Darkness for you. They have rejected the light and now they have only Darkness. brothers and sisters pray friends, especially if you are not a Christian do not persist. In this unbelief do not think that I always have another time and you

always think well when I'm when I'm older when I'm out of college, but when I'm married when I have kids when the kids are gone when I'm retired when I'm nearing that they'll always be another time you do not know. When the word of God will come to you next you do not know when that word. Will finally break through or if that word will be the means of hardening a sinner's heart against God. They did not believe because

they could not. believe third people do not believe in Jesus Christ because they love the praise of man look at verse 42 nevertheless. So there's an adversative we're changing directions nevertheless many even of the authorities believed in him. Now it's a kind of belief. but for fear of the Pharisees they did not Confess it. They did not want to be put out of. the synagogue we've seen Nicodemus. He's one of the leaders the end

of the book. We'll see Joseph of Arimathea. He's a part of the council and he will take Jesus body. He will believe But even those who have believed quote unquote to this point, it has not been genuine saving faith. Turn back. Just hold your finger there and turn back to John Chapter 2 for a moment. John chapter 2:23 now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast many believed. In his name when they saw the signs that

he was doing but Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them because he knew all people and he needed no one to Bear witness about man for he himself knew what was in man. You see that word in verse 34 in Trust. It's the Greek word pesto pisteo. It's the same word translated as believed in verse 23. You could literally translate it. They believed in Jesus and Jesus did not believe in them. So we must have a category for a kind of belief quote

unquote. That it's specious is spurious. It's a it's a fandom. It's not a real disciple. It's a marveling. It's a wonder at signs and wow. You're somebody special. I want some I want to be on team Jesus, but it's not saving faith. There are a lot of people still today in the United States of America probably even in East Lansing, Michigan. They're Pro Jesus. Look at the flag. Yay. I'm team Jesus. If I I'd rather be a pro Jesus and

anti-jesus. There's a kind of belief. But it says here they believed in Jesus. Jesus did not believe in them. He knew what was in their heart. Yes, it's true. He gets us. as the commercials say but that's good news and bad news. He does get us. It stands us he can sympathize with us. But he also gets us. He knows you better than you know yourself. Jesus knows my heart better than I know my own heart. He gets us he gets he got them

in Chapter 2 and he got them. So well he knew what was in their heart and he knew that they're supposed to Faith was not real. belief and so in chapter 12 There are some of the authorities they have a kind of belief. They're Pro Jesus, they're fans of Jesus, but they don't want it to cost anything. Matthew 10 whoever acknowledges me before men. I will also acknowledge Him before my Father in heaven, but whoever disowns

me before men. I will disown before my Father in heaven. In order to be saved, you must believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and confess Romans 10:9 confess with your mouth. Jesus is Lord. Why is confession so important? because confession Is the means by which we make public our allegiance to Christ? Your faith in Jesus cannot be a private faith in Jesus. If it is real Faith these these authorities here happy to

have a private faith in Jesus. They maybe would come up to him after a teaching after a miracle. Jesus. Come here. Hey, just want you to know. I really appreciate what you're doing. easy and the privacy and confidentiality like Nicodemus came at night. that Jesus I kind of like you I'm kind of into this. Confession means we're willing to express our love and commitment to Jesus and we treasure it more and treasure him more than our physical Comfort or our social status. You

see the damning report of these men in verse 43 what? What worse? Epitaph could you have written over your tombstone? Here lies one. Who loved the glory of man? More than the glory that comes from God. What does it mean Glory does this sermon supposed to be solely day or Gloria that we live all of our life for the glory of God. Now, this is a strange passage. It talks about the glory that comes from God. How does what does it mean that that God in some

way? glorifies us well one explanation is in John chapter 14 21 Whoever has my Commandments and keeps them he it is who loves me and he who loves me Will Be Loved by my father and I will love him and manifest myself to him. I will reveal myself to him when you love Jesus you confess Jesus you obey Jesus. The Father loves you and manifests he reveals he shares His identity his glory. The other explanation if you look in chapter 12, it's right there in the

context verse 26. If anyone serves me he must follow me and where I am. There will be my servant my servant be also if anyone serves me. the father will honor him honor him you ever notice that promise? that God the creator of the universe our heavenly father would honor you when you confess Jesus and it costs you something God the father says. Well done. We understand the pressure. Not to say anything at a department meeting not

to speak up at school. Or we've learned how to speak of our faith and vague terms. I'm a spiritual person. My faith is very important to me. Church means a lot to me. We hesitate from saying I love Jesus. Christ is Lord. He is my savior. He is my all in all. John Calvin said can anything be more foolish or rather can anything be more beastly than to prefer the silly applauses of men? to the Judgment of God When we look at it, it is folly. They loved the

praise of men. They love the glory that came from man. Some of you may be particularly young people and by Young I always mean anybody younger than me. So the young are getting older all the time. You will make a decision. to please strangers on the internet to give you a thumbs up heart or you fear the approval or the disapproval of your so-called friends? And what friends are they? They disown you for failing to like or

to fly the right flag. And you love their praise. Want their Glory? You want them to rise up? clap more than the glory that comes From God Calvin says it's beastly. It's choosing. Your pets over your spouse now for some reason. since we moved away we have two cats now. and I'm allergic to cats and other kids are allergic to cats and we get cats and they're supposed to be outdoor cats and cats have a different mind about what they're supposed to do and they

become indoor cats and you know what hats are like and they what's that old saying about cats and dogs, you know, the a dog looks at the master that this person feeds me and plays with me and takes care of me. Wow. This person must be a God the cat looks at this person feeds me Strokes me takes care of me. I must be a God that's that's the different cat dog mentality. And so when they're supposed to be in the garage and the two cats one we bought

one is a stray sleeping on the couch if I would say the Tricia, I would prefer. prefer to make sure the cats think well of me. Need to spend a little more time. With the cats, they come first thing in the morning and they're all you know purring along my leg because I'm the first one up and I got to give them their food. Now is my kids say did you feed the cat's dad? I fed the cats hard food soft food gave them a back rub took care of all the things with the cats the cats

love me. We would all recognize. It's a Folly to think live your life. So the cats like who cares about the spouse? That's a foolish exchange and we do an even worse exchange all the time. When we say I must have these people down here. I must have strangers on the internet. I must have friends who know nothing more than I do about life to say they like me. I don't need the glory that comes from God. We're willing. To stand for Christ as long as it's a stand that doesn't cost us.

Anything people ask me all the time. Through you're asking these questions and you have good pants pastors to give you good answers. Ask me all the time questions about how to navigate weddings or rainbows or pronouns and they're good questions. They're hard questions. I do fear sometimes the unspoken assumption behind. The question is Pastor help me know what to do in this difficult situation. Assuming assuming that the answer obviously is

that I wouldn't do anything that would cost me my job my status my friends my family. As long as I can still have some of the glory that comes from man. But you see Jesus Logic the father honors the son. And then those who serve the son the father will also honor. Which leads to our final point? In connecting the dots back to Glory people do not believe in Jesus Christ because they do not see what Isaiah saw. That's for Kevin. Priest on this a few weeks ago from Isaiah 6 and

it's reference there in verse 40 and then in verse 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory. Isn't that striking his? somehow in that vision whether it was a vision of a pre-incarnate Christ as he understood it or just a vision of Yahweh who is now Christ come in the flesh, but he understands John interprets when Isaiah saw that Vision high and lifted up the glory of the real filling the temple the serif that

the Angelic explosion of Praise when he saw all that he saw Jesus. He Saw His glory

Thrown befitting a king serifs was six wings two to fly two to cover their feet in the presence of majesty two to cover their eyes because they cannot look upon God in the fullness of glory and they cry out. Holy holy holy and John tells us Isaiah saw Jesus there.

Isaiah saw Jesus glory and he spoke of him. Isaiah spoke of one who would be born of a virgin a prince of peace from the stump of Jesse the Lord come to comfort his people the suffering servant the one proclaiming the year of the Lord's favor the one who has Heaven for his throne and the Earth for his footstool He Saw His glory and spoke of him.

we all believe in that which we consider. most glorious verse 43 assumes that every one of you love Glory you love Glory by title this the inescapable Love Of Glory we are wired. to want to need to love Glory the question then is not whether you are living your life for Glory. You are every one of you. You're living your life for for some Glory. That's not an issue. The question is who's Glory You've heard it said perhaps we become what we behold. That

is what we look at we become but it's also true. We believe in what we behold as most glorious. Whatever you look upon. Whatever person thing School sport institution that you find most Glory most most weighty. Most precious most exhilarating that Will grab your heart and your faith we believe. in what we behold as most glorious and so the question is whether you have seen what Isaiah. saw you see in verse?

earlier in the chapter now is my soul troubled and what shall I say father save me from this hour. But for this purpose, I've come to this hour father glorify. Your name then a voice Came From Heaven. I have glorified it and I will glorify it later in verse 35 Jesus said the light is among you for a little while walk while you have the light less Darkness overtake you the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going while you

have the light believe. in the light you may become Sons. light have you seen? Have you believed? Every one of you has faith. You're putting faith in something. There's someone there's someone something who's who's opinion of you whose Praise of you should it be removed would absolutely Crush you. friend, it's a internet algorithm your parents, it's your Boyfriend girlfriend. Sometimes it's your own children. cannot live

without their Glory god knows that God knows you better than you know yourself. That's how you're white. God doesn't say. Oh well shame on you you shouldn't care about Glory what what the Bible tells us is live for the one who is truly glorious whose light is all glory and Purity and beauty and Truth. Have you seen? the light and so I leave you with this. You say well, what do we do pastor? What should our response be for us?

For the ones we love. To connect this glory and this delight. It's very simple.

there in verse 21 So these came to fill up? It was from bethsaida in Galilee. And asked him sir. We wish to see Jesus.

Make it your prayer. if you're hearing this and you know Some point in this message. It wasn't just a pastor. It was the voice of God himself speaking to you and you know that you have not seen this and put your faith as Jesus describes it would you pray. I want to see Jesus. Do you have loved ones in your life? This is a simple Prayer day by day. Oh God, would you help them to see? Jesus as he really is. For all of you beloved ones walking with

him. Pray day by day more and more. turn we wish to see this Jesus. Let's pray. Our Father in heaven we give you. Thanks. We pray.

this simple life-altering prayer We wish. To see Jesus not as the world would understand him, but as he really is. all of his tenderness all of his lowliness all of his exaltation all of his humiliation all of his light and Glory. Let us have eyes to see and believe Jesus we pray. amen