Gold Nugget 134 - Glory, A New Meaning

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      Paul gives a new significance to the word “glory.”  On his lips glory takes a new meaning.  He had seen the glories of the Caesars, who raised their thrones on hecatombs of human lives, and filled their courts withy unbounded luxuries and lusts.  Surrounded by soldiers and courtesans, their glory was in their shame.  He had seen the glories of the architects, sculptors, and artists, at Athens , Corinth , and Rome .  But the glory of which he spoke was in a life that gave itself – that came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and that on the cross died for the sins of the whole world.  It was the glory of goodness, the glory of compassion, the glory of self-sacrifice.

 

The Pulpit Commentary, I Timothy p. 19, I Timothy 1:11, (W. M. Statham)

 

Gold Nugget 134

Glory, A New Meaning