FROM GLORY TO GLORY --- 2 Corinthians 3:18.
"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory." --- 2 Corinthians 3:18.
Therefore, Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. Philipians 2. 5. Leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps. 1 Peter 2:21.
If, before we say or do anything, we would always consider whether it was agreeable to the pattern of Christ, a multitude of sins would be avoided. O Lord, however guilty and miserable I am, yet when I can humble myself before thee as the vilest of sinners, and look unto thee by faith, depending only upon thy free grace, I enjoy peace.
Grant, therefore, O my God, that this beholding of thee by my constant execise, and that by this means I may be strengthened cheerfully to follow thy pattern, and be daily changed into the glorious image of thy love, patience, and humility, and thus be ripening for eternal life.
My dear Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy word;
But in thy life the law appears
Drawn out in living characters.
Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,
Such deference to thy Father's will,
Such love, and meekness so Divine,
I would transcribe, and make them mine.
Be thou my pattern, make me bear
More thy gracious image here;
Then God, the Judge, shall own my name
Among the followers of the Lamb.