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Glorified
“Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God be glorified in Him, God shall also glorify Him in Himself, and shall straightway glorify Him”
(John 13:31-32).
“Now is the Son of Man glorified.” This statement brings before us the infinite perfection of the Saviour. The reference is to the suffering of the Son of Man at the Cross. We see that in those awful sufferings the Son of Man is glorified. To be glorified is to have all the qualities that exalt a person brought into full display. At the Cross all the infinite perfections of the Son of Man were displayed in the highest degree.
In the first statement, “Now is the Son of Man glorified,” we learn the perfection of the Son of Man. In the second statement, “God is glorified in Him,” we learn the perfection of His work. In the third statement, “God shall glorify Him in Himself,” we learn God’s perfect satisfaction with that work. In summary, then, we have a perfect Saviour who has done a perfect work to God’s perfect satisfaction. Hallelujah! What a Saviour!
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