Introduction
To this point we have looked at Salvation by Grace, after which we considered Sanctification by Grace. We have now come to the third message in this series, which is Glorification by Grace. We have been taken out of the miry clay (salvation), and we are in the process of being cleaned up (sanctification). But where are we being taken to? What is our destination?
The Text
“For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement” (Romans 5:6–11).
Summary of the Text
When there was no strength within us, Christ died for the ungodly (v. 6). Someone might venture to die for a good man (v. 7), but God did the amazing thing by sending Christ to die for a collection of leprous sinners (v. 8). Having been justified, we will also be saved from the wrath of God (v. 9). If God was willing to reconcile us to Himself by His death when we were His enemies, how much more will we be saved by His life, now that we are His friends (v. 10)? And so we are enabled to rejoice in God through Christ, having received atonement (v. 11).
The two phrases that point to glorification here in this passage would be “we shall be saved from wrath through him” and “we shall be saved by his life.” The Lord’s death saved us from sin through one kind of glory, and our final salvation “by His life” will save us up into another level of glory.
A Glorious Death
We should begin by talking about the nature of glory. The gospel of John very clearly describes the death of Jesus as being a moment of glorification. Sacrifice for others is glory.
“And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”John 12:23–24; cf. 13:31-32 (KJV)
John is following the redemptive arc displayed by the Isaianic Servant. He is going to be lifted very high, lifted up . . . on a cross (John 3:14).
“Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.”Isaiah 52:13 (KJV)
The reason for the second layer of glory (dividing a portion with the great, Is. 53:12) is precisely because He poured out His soul unto death (v. 12). One sort of glory is foundational to the next sort. The way to the crown is through the cross, and no other way. So when Jesus summons His followers to take up their cross (Matt. 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23), He is marking out a glorious path to a yet more glorious destination. This is the path; this is the way.
A Glorious Resurrection
Christ submitted to the will of the Father in Gethsemane. And what was that will? It was the will of the Father that caused Christ to be raised up on a cross—a wracked and twisted glory, nailed to a wooden gibbet, one slippery with blood And it was that same will, described by Paul as glory, that caused Christ to be raised again, this time out of the grave.
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”Romans 6:4 (KJV)
The Lord was raised up from the earth twice—once on a cross, and once out of the tomb.
Tracking Together
Now because we have been united to Christ by faith, this means that we are united to Him in His death, in His burial, in His resurrection, and in His ascension. All of it.
“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”Romans 8:11 (KJV)
What happened to Christ’s mortal body is also going to happen to your mortal body, and the reason is the same one—the same Spirit will be at work, a Spirit of glory. He will do what He has done.
“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”Romans 8:17 (KJV)
Our afflictions and sufferings seem momentous to us now, but that is because they are happening to us just now. Because we are creatures who live in time, the present is the only thing we experience directly. We look back to the past by means of memory, and we look forward by means of faith.
Our participation in the life of Christ is linear—first the plowing and then the harvest. First the battle and then the triumphal procession. First the race and then the awards ceremony. First the valley and then the mountaintop. First the cross and then the crown. First the exile and then the return. First the death and then the resurrection.
Our experience seems to us to be lopsided on the side of the pain. But it is actually lopsided the other way—and by a long shot.
“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”Romans 8:18 (KJV)
Are We There Yet?
Like children in the backseat of a car on a long road trip, our disposition really needs to be “are we there yet?”
“Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”Romans 8:30 (KJV)
This is not something that comes on us from behind. No, this is a goal that we are supposed to have in view constantly, as a runner running doggedly for the prize.
“Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life.”Romans 2:6–7 (KJV)
“But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.”Romans 2:10 (KJV)
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