讀經：約一14，二11，五44，八54，十二23，十三31 ～ 32，十七1，5，22
【週一】
壹 榮耀是神的一個屬性；榮耀是神的彰顯，就是輝煌的彰顯出來的神—出四十34，徒七55，彼後一3，啓二一11。
貳 神的榮耀與神的經綸有內在的關係—弗一6，10，12，14，三21，五27：
一 三一神乃是榮耀的神—徒七2，弗一17，三14，16，林前二8，林後四6，彼前四14。
二 神永遠的目標是要領祂許多的兒子進榮耀裏去—來二10，林前二7，弗一5 ～ 6，12，14。
三 人是神按着祂的形像造的，使人在祂的榮耀裏彰顯祂—創一26，西一15，林後四4，6。
四 犯罪就是虧缺了神的榮耀，因而彰顯罪和有罪的己，並且愛人的榮耀，過於愛神的榮耀—羅三23，約五44，七18 上，十二43。
五 基督的救贖滿足了神榮耀的要求—羅三24 ～25，來九5，參創三24。
六 神藉着基督榮耀的福音，已經用祂永遠的榮耀，呼召我們進入祂永遠的榮耀裏—林後四4，提前一11，帖前二12，彼前五10。
【週二】
七 包羅萬有的基督住在我們裏面，作榮耀的盼望—西一27，三4，11。
八 我們觀看並返照主的榮光，就漸漸變化成爲主的形像，從榮耀到榮耀—林後三18。
九 神生機救恩的目標，以及這救恩的最後階段，乃是榮耀—我們的得榮耀—來二10，羅八17，21，30。
十 神的建造乃是三一神作到我們裏面，使我們成爲祂榮耀的團體彰顯—弗二21 ～ 22，三17上，19 下，21，四16，五27，參出四十34，王上八10 ～ 11，結四三4 ～ 5，該二7，9。
十一 因着神的國與神的榮耀是不能分開的，神的榮耀必顯明在要來的國度裏—太六13，十六27，二六29，帖前二12，啓五13。
十二 新耶路撒冷一個顯著的特色是有神的榮耀，有神的彰顯；新耶路撒冷全城（一個團體的人位）要帶着神的榮耀，這榮耀就是神自己透過那城（祂的妻子）照耀出來—十九7 ～ 9，二一2，10 ～ 11。
十三 在神的經綸裏，神的榮耀與神聖啓示的高峯有關—神成爲人，爲要使人在生命、性情和彰顯上成爲神，但無分於神格—約一14，西三4，來二10，啓二一10 ～ 11。
十四 神經綸的目標，乃是要我們眾人都照耀出祂的榮耀—2，23 ～ 24 節。
【週三】
叁 神的榮耀與基督的成肉體、經人生、釘死、復活、升天、再來，以及祂是新耶路撒冷裏的燈有關：
一 主耶穌在祂的生活和工作上，不尋求自己的榮耀，乃尋求那差祂來者的榮耀—約七18，八50，54。
二 基督在祂的復活裏得着榮耀—路二四26，約七39，十七5，徒三13，彼前一21。
三 基督在祂的升天裏得着榮耀；主耶穌是『過河』進入神榮耀之人的模型，在榮耀裏祂得了榮耀尊貴爲冠冕—來二9 ～ 10，六19 ～ 20，九24。
四 主作爲人子，要在父的榮耀裏來臨—太十六27，路二一27。
五 在永世的新耶路撒冷裏，那是燈的羔羊基督要憑着是光的神照耀，用神的榮耀，就是神聖之光的彰顯，照亮新耶路撒冷—啓二一11，23，二二5。
【週四】
肆 在約翰福音裏，我們能看見主耶穌的榮耀與得榮耀：
一 『我們…見過祂的榮耀，正是從父而來獨生子的榮耀；』（一14；）這是指基督在山上變化形像。（太十七1 ～ 2，5。）
二 『耶穌…顯出祂的榮耀來；』主的神性顯明出來—約二11。
三 主耶穌『不接受從人來的榮耀』，並且問：『你們互相受榮耀，卻不尋求從獨一之神來的榮耀，怎能信我呢？』—五41，44。
四 『那從自己說的，是尋求自己的榮耀；惟有那尋求差祂來者之榮耀的，這人纔是真的』—七18：
1 『我不尋求自己的榮耀，有一位爲我尋求榮耀並審判人的』—八50。
2 『我若榮耀自己，我的榮耀就算不得甚麼，榮耀我的乃是我的父』—54 節。
3 『他們愛人的榮耀，過於愛神的榮耀』—十二43。
五 耶穌說，『人子得榮耀的時候到了；』（23；）人子耶穌的得榮耀就是祂的復活。
【週五】
六 在十七章耶穌說，『父阿，…願你榮耀你的兒子，使兒子也榮耀你；』（1；）『父阿，現在求你使我與你同得榮耀，就是未有世界以先，我與你同有的榮耀』（5）：
1 這是主在約翰十七章禱告的主題。
2 主在這個禱告之先，曾豫言祂要得榮耀，父也要在祂身上得榮耀—十二23，十三31 ～ 32。
3 基督要復活，將祂的人性提高到神聖的元素裏，並使祂神聖的元素得着彰顯，以致祂的全人，包括神性和人性，都得着榮耀；這樣，父也在子身上得着榮耀。
七 主耶穌禱告，願我們進入一的最高階段—在神聖榮耀裏的一，使三一神得着團體的彰顯：『你所賜給我的榮耀，我已賜給他們，使他們成爲一，正如我們是一一樣』—十七22：
1 這是信徒最深的一；這個一是在神聖的榮耀裏，爲着神團體的彰顯。
2 在這個一的這面，信徒已完全否認己，享受父的榮耀作他們那個被成全之一的要素，得被建造而團體的彰顯神。
【週六】
伍 子基督作爲三一神的具體化身，乃是父的得榮耀—1，5，22 ～ 23 節：
一 得榮耀的意思就是顯明；得榮就是得着顯明。
二 主在約翰十四至十六章信息的要點，就是子要得榮耀，好使父在子身上得榮耀：
1 主在信息中說到得榮耀，祂在禱告中也爲得榮耀禱告—十三31 ～ 32，十四13，十五8，十七1，5。
2 基督乃是在復活裏，爲父用神聖的榮耀所榮耀—七39：
a 『得着榮耀』是指『復活』，因爲主是在復活時得着榮耀；祂的復活把祂帶進榮耀裏—路二四26，林前十五43，徒三13，15。
b 按照新約的思想，復活乃是生命的釋放，這種生命的釋放就是得榮耀；所以，『得榮耀』與『復活』乃是同義辭。
三 今天，子乃是藉着召會得着榮耀，使父在子裏面，並藉着子得着榮耀—約十七22，弗三21：
1 榮耀是神聖生命和神聖性情的彰顯；我們越憑神聖生命和神聖性情活着，召會中就越有神聖的榮耀—約十七22，弗三21。
2 藉着基督的信徒在那奇妙、互相內在的一裏，在子裏與父有生機的聯結，父就得着榮耀—約十七23：
a 當我們是一時，基督就得着榮耀，父也得着榮耀。
b 約翰十七章的一，乃是爲着父在子裏得榮耀；這個一實際上就是神聖的得榮。
3 在神聖的得榮裏，三一神在人性裏得着榮耀，而人性也在神性裏得着榮耀—啓二一10 ～ 11。
Week Ten
Glory and Glorification as Revealed in the Gospel of John
Scripture Reading: John 1:14; 2:11; 5:44; 8:54; 12:23; 13:31-32; 17:1, 5, 22
§ Day 1
I. Glory is an attribute of God; glory is the expression of God, God expressed in splendor—Exo. 40:34; Acts 7:55; 2 Pet. 1:3; Rev. 21:11.
II. The glory of God is intrinsically related to the economy of God—Eph. 1:6, 10, 12, 14; 3:21; 5:27:
A. The Triune God is a God of glory—Acts 7:2; Eph. 1:17; 3:14, 16; 1 Cor. 2:8; 2 Cor. 4:6; 1 Pet. 4:14.
B. Gods eternal goal is to bring His many sons into glory—Heb. 2:10; 1 Cor. 2:7; Eph. 1:5-6, 12, 14.
C. Man was created by God in His image in order that man may express Him in His glory—Gen. 1:26; Col. 1:15; 2 Cor. 4:4, 6.
D. To sin is to fall short of Gods glory and thus to express sin and the sinful self and to love the glory of men more than the glory of God—Rom. 3:23; John 5:44; 7:18a; 12:43.
E. Christs redemption has fulfilled the requirements of Gods glory—Rom. 3:24-25; Heb. 9:5; cf. Gen. 3:24.
F. Through the gospel of the glory of Christ, God has called us by and into His eternal glory—2 Cor. 4:4; 1 Tim. 1:11; 1 Thes. 2:12; 1 Pet. 5:10.
§ Day 2
G. The all-inclusive Christ dwells in us as the hope of glory—Col. 1:27; 3:4, 11.
H. As we behold and reflect the glory of the Lord, we are being transformed into the Lords image from glory to glory—2 Cor. 3:18.
I. The goal of Gods organic salvation, and the last stage of this salvation, is glory—our glorification—Heb. 2:10; Rom. 8:17, 21, 30.
J. The building of God is the Triune God wrought into us so that we may become His glorious corporate expression—Eph. 2:21-22; 3:17a, 19b, 21; 4:16; 5:27; cf. Exo. 40:34; 1 Kings 8:10-11; Ezek. 43:4-5; Hag. 2:7, 9.
K. Since the kingdom of God and the glory of God are inseparable, the glory
of God will be manifested in the coming kingdom—Matt. 6:13; 16:27; 26:29; 1 Thes. 2:12; Rev. 5:13.
L. An outstanding feature of the New Jerusalem is that it has the glory of God, His expression; the entire city, a corporate person, of the New Jerusalem will bear the glory of God, which is God Himself shining out through the city, His wife—19:7-9; 21:2, 10-11.
M. The glory of God in the economy of God involves the high peak of the divine revelation—God becoming man so that man may become God in life, nature, and expression but not in the Godhead—John 1:14; Col. 3:4; Heb. 2:10; Rev. 21:10-11.
N. The goal of Gods economy is that we all shine forth His glory—vv. 2, 23- 24.
§ Day 3
III. The glory of God is involved with Christs incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and coming again and His being the lamp in the New Jerusalem:
A. In His life and work the Lord Jesus did not seek His own glory but the glory of the One who sent Him—John 7:18; 8:50, 54.
B. Christ was glorified in His resurrection—Luke 24:26; John 7:39; 17:5; Acts 3:13; 1 Pet. 1:21.
C. Christ was glorified in His ascension; the Lord Jesus was a model of a person who "crossed the river" and entered into Gods glory, where He was crowned with glory and honor—Heb. 2:9-10; 6:19-20; 9:24.
D. The Lord as the Son of Man will come in the glory of the Father—Matt. 16:27; Luke 21:27.
E. In the New Jerusalem for eternity, Christ, the Lamb as the lamp, will shine with God as the light to illuminate the New Jerusalem with the glory of God, which glory is the expression of the divine light—Rev. 21:11, 23; 22:5.
§ Day 4
IV. In the Gospel of John we can see the glory and glorification of the Lord Jesus:
A. "We beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten from the Father" (1:14); this refers to Christs transfiguration on the mount (Matt. 17:1-2, 5).
B. "Jesus...manifested His glory"; the Lords divinity was manifested—John 2:11.
C. The Lord Jesus did "not receive glory from men," and asked, "How can you believe when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that is from the only God?"—5:41, 44.
D. "He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of Him who sent Him, this One is true"—7:18:
1. "I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks glory for Me and judges"—8:50.
2. "If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me"—v. 54.
3. "They loved the glory of men more than the glory of God"—12:43.
E. Jesus said, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified" (v. 23); for Jesus as the Son of Man to be glorified was for Him to be resurrected.
§ Day 5
F. In chapter 17 Jesus said, "Father,...glorify Your Son that the Son may glorify You" (v. 1); "Now, glorify Me along with Yourself, Father, with the glory which I had with You before the world was" (v. 5):
1. This is the subject of the Lords prayer in John 17.
2. Before this prayer the Lord Jesus predicted that He would be glorified and that the Father would be glorified in Him—12:23; 13:31-32.
3. Christ would resurrect that He might uplift His humanity into the divine element and that His divine element might be expressed, with the result that His entire being, His divinity and His humanity, would be glorified; thus the Father would be glorified in the Son.
G. The Lord Jesus prayed that we would enter into the highest stage of oneness—the oneness in the divine glory for the corporate expression of the Triune God: "The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, even as We are one"—17:22:
1. This is the believers deepest oneness, the oneness in the divine glory for the corporate expression of God.
2. In this aspect of oneness the believers, their self having been fully denied, enjoy the glory of the Father as the factor of their perfected oneness and thus express God in a corporate, built-up way.
§ Day 6
V. As the embodiment of the Triune God, Christ the Son is the Fathers glorification—vv. 1, 5, 22-23:
A. Glorification means manifestation; to be glorified is to be manifested.
B. The main point of the Lords message in John 14 through 16 is that the Son may be glorified so that the Father may be glorified in the Son:
1. In His message the Lord spoke of glorification, and in His prayer He prayed for glorification—13:31-32; 14:13; 15:8; 17:1, 5.
2. Christ was glorified by the Father with the divine glory in His resurrection—7:39:
a. Glorified stands for resurrected, for the Lord was glorified when He was resurrected; His resurrection brought Him into glory—Luke 24:26; 1 Cor. 15:43; Acts 3:13, 15.
b. According to the New Testament thought, resurrection is a release in life, and this release in life is a matter of glorification; glorification is therefore a synonym of resurrection.
C. Today it is by the church that the Son will be glorified so that the Father might be glorified in and through the Son—John 17:22; Eph. 3:21:
1. Glory is the expression of the divine life and the divine nature; the more we live by the divine life and the divine nature, the more divine glory there will be in the church—John 17:22; Eph. 3:21.
2. The Father is glorified through the organic union of Christs believers with the Father in the Son in a wonderful coinhering oneness—John 17:23:
a. When we are one, Christ is glorified, and the Father also is glorified.
b. The oneness in John 17 is for the Fathers glorification in the Son; this oneness is actually the divine glorification.
3. In the divine glorification the Triune God is glorified in humanity, and humanity is glorified in divinity—Rev. 21:10-11.
