Favorite Quotes on the Glory of God

QuotesWhat is the glory of God? It is the manifestation of any or all of his attributes. In other words, it is the displaying of God to the world. Thus, things which glorify God are things which show the characteristics of his being to the world.Charles Caldwell RyrieGod’s glory is and must forever remain the Christian’s true point of departure. Anything that begins anywhere else, whatever it is, is certainly not New Testament Christianity.1A. W. TozerPrayer, like everything else in the Christian life, is for God’s glory and for our benefit, in that order.R. C. SproulThe greatest argument of Scripture is the glory of God’s own name.Charles SimeonThis is the way we “fall short” of the glory of God: We exchange it for something of lesser value. All sin comes from not putting supreme value on the glory of God—this is the very essence of sin.John PiperLet it be God’s glory and not our own that we seek, and when we get to that point, how speedily the Lord will bless us for good.Dwight L. MoodyIt is because man in the creative order bears the image of his Creator that the Son of God could become incarnate as man and in his humanity display the glory of the invisible God.F. F. BruceA sight of God’s glory humbles. The stars vanish when the sun appears.Thomas WatsonYou will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.Charles Spurgeon“Glory” in the Bible characteristically refers to the magnificent presence of the Lord, and the eternal state was often pictured as a time when God’s people would experience and have a part in that “glory”Douglas J. MooEdwards is absolutely right: “God is glorified not only by His glory’s being seen, but by its being rejoiced in.” If we do not rejoice in God, we do not glorify God as we ought.John PiperHow often do you think of your salvation in this way? ‘The glory of God’!David Martyn Lloyd-JonesThe glory of God is all His attributes added together and raised to the nth degree.Lewis Sperry ChaferJesus doesn’t merely reflect the glory of God; he is the Glory of God.R. C. SproulJesus does not just reflect the brightness of the glory of God. He is the brightness of the glory of God.R. C. SproulMy ResourcesBible verses quoted in this episode are from the ESV translation unless otherwise noted.I use Logos Bible Software every day for my Bible study. I am an affiliate partner with them, and the link below will save you 10% on any base package plus 5 free resources. I do receive a commission from any purchases you make using the link below, but it does not increase your cost. In fact, in this case, you get a discount. Be sure to use the discount code given on the page. (Last I checked, it was PARTNEROFFER10.)Logos Bible Software 10% off Base PackageMy Friend’s Podcast“Andrew’s Daily Five” - Music countdowns. A great way to discover music, both new and old!MusicMusic by MichaelKobrin from Pixabay (Intro/Outro)EmailBearChristianity@gmail.comInstagram@the_real_bear_martinTwitter@bear4Christos