John 17:5,24 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

These are the passages referenced yesterday in His Glory. God the Father glorifies the Son but note the essence of His glory. It was Christ’s when He was with the Father. Together they shared the glory. Now that we are in Christ we can see the glory of God the Father because we can see Christ.

John 14:9b he that hath seen me hath seen the Father;

How do we see Jesus?

John 14:16,26 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Ephesians 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

God is One (Galatians 3:20) and if you have One you have all, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. He is all in.

The essence of being all in is that of total undeniable commitment. This is the New Covenant that God made with you at the Cross of Christ. Place your faith in the atoning sacrifice, provided by God, for the forgiveness of sin, and enter into His covenant with those who accept Jesus Christ into their hearts and abide in His love.

John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

Colossians 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Romans 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 8:19-21 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

You cannot understand what God’s hope was apart from the essence of His glory. This manifestation of His hope can only be seen in His glory.

Here is the essence of God’s glory. Vine’s Expository Dictionary on glory Strong’s number 1391 “glory” (from dokeo, “to seem”), primarily signifies an opinion, estimate, and hence, the honor resulting from a good opinion. It is used (1) (a) of the nature and acts of God in self-manifestation, i.e., what He essentially is and does, as exhibited in whatever way he reveals Himself in these respects, and particularly in the person of Christ, in whom essentially His “glory” has ever shone forth and ever will do, John 17:5, 24.

The key element in this definition is God’s self-manifestation. If Christ is in you, He will manifest Himself. God’s hope is in the acceptance of Christ into our hearts so that His glory can be seen. This is not something we can manipulate, duplicate or hide. He is the power of God unto salvation.