Glory to the Father (4)

Thank you for joining me in this new blog series. Isn't it fascinating to see the different ways God the Father gets the glory? And by looking at John 14,15,16, and 17, we are barely scratching the surface!

[By the way, we are looking at the Greek word for glory here: δόξα (dóxa). The Hebrew word as used in the Old Testament is a totally different story.]

So far we have seen that Jesus brings glory to the Father by answering our prayers (John 14:12-14), which is truly the desire of His heart.

We furthermore discovered that we, as children of God, can bring glory to the Father by producing much fruit and being true disciples (John 15:8). Which in short happens when we become more like Him.

And there is more. When we continue to read the gospel of John, we come to chapter 16:13 where Jesus talks about the work of the Holy Spirit:

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. He will bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives from me. All that belongs to the Father is mine; this is why I said, ‘The Spirit will tell you whatever he receives from me.’

So, the Holy Spirit brings glory to Jesus, How? By telling us whatever He receives from Jesus. And everything Jesus entrusts to the Spirit (to forward to us) comes from the Father. He honors the Father in the process. There is simply no way to disconnect the Three-in-One.