Excerpts from Owen's "The Glory of Christ" (part 4)

"It is by beholding the glory of Christ by faith that we are spiritually edified and built up in this world, for as we behold his glory, the life and power of faith grow stronger and stronger. It is by faith and powerful love, which give us rest, peace and satisfaction, we must seek them by diligently beholding the glory of Christ by faith."

Excerpts from Owen's "The Glory of Christ" (part 3)

"John writes not only of himself but of his fellow apostles also, "We beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth' (John 1:14). Now what was this glory of Christ which they saw, and how did they see it?

It was not the glory of Christ's outward condition for he had no earthly glory or grandeur. He kept no court, nor did he entertain people to parties in a great house. He had nowhere to lay his head, even though he created all things. There was nothing about his outward appearance that would attract the eyes of the world (Isa. 52:14; 53:2-3). He appeared to others as a 'man of sorrows.'

Neither was it the eternal essential glory of his divine nature that is meant, for this is no man can see while in this world. What we shall see in heaven we cannot conceive."

Exerpts from Owen's "The Glory of Christ"

"Unbelievers see no glory in Christ. They see nothing attractive about him. They despise him in their hearts. Outwardly they cry, like Judas, 'Hail Master', but in their hearts they crucify him. Thus they strip him of his glory, deny the 'only Lord that bought us' and substitute a false Christ. Others think little of Christ and his glory and see no use for his person in Christianity-as though there were anything in our religion which has any truth or reality apart from Christ!"

Excerpts from "The Glory of Christ" by John Owen

"Only a sight of his glory, and nothing else, will truly satisfy God's people. The hearts of believers are like a magnetized needle which cannot rest until it is pointing north. So also, a believer, magnized by the love of Christ, will always be restless until he or she comes to Christ and beholds his glory. The soul which can be satisfied without beholding the glory of Christ, that cannot be eternally satisfied with beholding the glory of Christ, is not a soul for whom Christ prays."