He Shall Bear The Glory

Greetings in the name of Jesus! This is Rob Haymes. This is 15 Minutes With Jesus. Wherever two or three are gathered together in My name, Jesus said, there am I in the midst of them. To those of you who love Him in truth: mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied.

Thank you Father, in Jesus’ name, we thank you; we bless your holy name, Father; we thank you for this program this morning. I pray that you would help all of us to understand what you are saying by your Holy Spirit through me, Amen. 

Today’s program is called, He Shall Bear The Glory. You cannot bear it! Let’s turn to Zec 6:12, Then speak to him, saying, Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Behold, the Man whose name is the Branch! From His place He shall branch out, and He shall build the Temple of the Lord; Yes, He shall build the Temple of the Lord. He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne; so He shall be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. He shall bear the glory. Let’s turn to Acts 3:1, Now Peter and John went up together to the Temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the Temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the Temple; who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the Temple, asked for alms. And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, Look at us. So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. Then Peter said, Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk. And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the Temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God. Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly amazed. So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. 

Let’s turn to 1 Cor 3:1, And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 

Let’s turn to Isa 14:12, How you are fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: I will ascend into Heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation, on the farthest sides of the north; 

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the Most High. Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. It is pride!, the same pride that the devil had when he said, I will be like the Most High. It is pride for any one of us to try to receive the glory that only belongs to Jesus; to take on the glory that is only His. Satan has been doing this for centuries with men whom God uses: they begin to get lifted up in their heart, and they start to take on the glory that belongs only to Jesus, and they fall. No man can bear that glory. It belongs only to Jesus because He is the only one who went to the Cross and died for our sins. Because He humbled Himself to the death of the Cross, The Father has given Him the name above every name: Php 2:3, Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. How many of us are doing that?  Seriously, how many of us consider that our brother or our sister is better than ourself? Verse 4, Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the Cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in Heaven, and of those on Earth, and of those under the Earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. You didn’t go to the Cross and bear the sins of the whole world. The glory belongs to Jesus. 

The Holy Spirit always glorifies Him. John 16: in verse 13 Jesus said, However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 

All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.  If any man is ministering by the Holy Spirit, he will always glorify Jesus, not himself, just as Peter glorified Jesus and His holy name, when the people were looking to Him and John as though they of themselves had anything to do with the healing of that lame man.  1 Pet 4:11, Peter said, If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. Notice: the glory belongs to Jesus forever! Hallelujah! You know, the Apostle Paul said that he was nothing. If the Apostle Paul was nothing, then who are we?

1 Pet 5:1, The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 

casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.  You have to resist Satan when he tempts you, through flatteries or the honor of men, to exalt yourself and take on some of the glory that belongs only to Jesus. If you will truly humble yourself and honor God in your life, and in your ministry, He will honor you in due season. Jesus said, How can you believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that comes from God only.

Col 1:15, He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him (Jesus) all things were created that are in Heaven and that are on Earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.  No man may have the preeminence! It belongs to Jesus! Verse 19, For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on Earth or things in Heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. Col 2:9, For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. You have to humble yourself; then God will exalt you, according to your ability and according to your service which He has ordained for you. Always give Jesus the glory due unto His name. Never let men glorify you, or exalt you! If you will truly humble yourself, and if you will truly honor God in your life, He will honor you.  Remember: it was because Jesus humbled Himself, though He was the Son of God, to the death of the Cross, that His Father exalted Him. 1 Ti 1:17, Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 

Thank you for reading this message from 15 Minutes With  Jesus at roberthaymes.com . May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you who love Him in truth, Amen.