Glorified Together!
"If indeed we suffer with Him,
that we may also be glorified
together."
Romans 8: 17
Salvation is past, present, and future—
we have been saved, are being saved,
and will be saved.
We often call justification the process by which we are saved
from penalty of our sins. That happens the moment we
receive
Jesus as our Savior. Sanctification is the ongoing process of
becoming more like Christ as we are set aside for His service.
We're being saved from power of our sins. Glorification
will
occur when we're raptured or resurrected. Our bodies will be
transformed for eternity, and we’ll be saved from the very
presence of sin.
When we come to Christ, we are saved once for all.
But salvation touches our past, present, and future.
Romans 8:17 looks forward to the day when we will
be glorified together, changed in an instant, and
transformed for eternity.
What do we do as we await the day when God will glorify us?
We should glorify Him now and praise His name forever. The
Bible tells us to “glorify God in your body
and in your spirit,
which are God’s” (1 Corinthians 6:20).
"The work of sanctifying his redeemed, which the
Saviour begins on earth, finds its completion in
their glorification in heaven."
Samuel Harris
