Quotes about Glory

In His wisdom, He purposely withholds the revelation of His glory to see if we will serve Him with love and reverence, or turn our attention to that which receives glory on the earth yet pales in comparison to Him.

They have filtered God's Word and commands through their own culturally influenced thinking. Their image of His glory is formed by their limited perceptions rather than by His true image as revealed through His living Word.

Conduct a study for yourself of the personal prophecies found in the New Testament. You will find only a few, and most dealt with chains, tribulations, and death that awaited those who would bring glory to God. (See John 21:18—19; Acts 20:22—23; Acts 21:10—11.) Quite different from many of the personal prophecies of today!

When you talk of your journey and of what you have heard and seen, you inwardly desire your own glory in all you do and say.

The man that seeks the everlasting prize; It shows you whence he comes, wither he goes. What he leaves undone; also what he does. It also shows you how he runs and runs. Till he unto the gate of glory comes.

Then said Good-Will, Alas, poor Pliable! Is the celestial glory of so little value to him that he considers it unworthy of his hazarding a few difficulties to obtain it? Christian

the glory of the next world that will never wear out, while the good things of this world will vanish.

is the heavenly glory of so little worth with him, that he counteth it not worth running the risk of a few difficulties to obtain it?

Christian nodded. "Now I see that Patience has superior wisdom in many ways. First of all, because he waits for the best things. Second, because he will also have the glory of his inheritance, when the other has nothing but rags.

I had also another consideration, and that was, the dread of the torments of hell, which I was sure they must partake of that for fear of the cross, do shrink from their profession of Christ, His words and laws before the sons of men: I thought also of the glory that He had prepared for those that in faith, and love, and patience, stood to His ways before them. 

The wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall be the promotion of fools.'" (Prov. 3:35)

Alas, poor man! is the heavenly glory of so little worth with him, that he counteth it not worth running the risk of a few difficulties to obtain it?