We were made a little lower than the angels… angels were made spirit beings… we were given spirit and flesh upon our creation. Also upon creation we were crowned with glory and honor.
Glory and honor.
What comes to mind when you think of glory and honor?
To my mind when I think of glory I think of God. The dictionary states- glory is exaltation, achievement, praise of deity, awesome, splendor. Honor- personal integrity, respect, dignity, reputation, source of pride, mark of distinction, great privilege,
Glory and honor.
Such magnificence was given to us upon our creation. We were GIVEN glory and honor, we were CROWNED with glory and honor. Crowned. There we were, a newly created being shining in the magnificence of being created by God and crowned by GOD with such exceptional gifts - glory and honor! We need to comprehend our beginning. We weren't dirt created creatures with dust coating our new flesh. We were glorious, honored by GOD!
Then sin wiped that all away.
From glory and honor to shame.
And now, we have to SEEK that glory and we find it only in CHRIST.
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Romans 3:22 …There is no difference; 23 for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God
"The Glory of God."
From the text we learn that the glory of God is his righteousness. Notice, the reason why all have come short of the glory of God is that all have sinned. The fact is plain that if they had not sinned they would not have come short of it. The coming short of the glory itself consists in sin. Man in the beginning was "crowned with glory and honor" (Hebrews 2:7)
Heb 2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands
because he was upright. In the fall he lost the glory, and therefore now he must "seek for glory and honor and immortality." Christ could say to the Father, "The glory which thou gavest me, I have given them," because in him is the righteousness of God which he has given as a free gift to every man. It is the part of wisdom to receive righteousness; and "they that be wise shall shine."
Rom_2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life
Joh_17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one
Dan_12:3 And they that be wise shall shine…
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