# “Jesus Christ is the glory of the Lord” by Thomas Goodwin

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- Published: 2025-06-14T08:00:00-05:00
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“Now as the gospel only conveyeth the Holy Ghost to men, and the knowledge of it,
so the receiving of the Holy Ghost is to receive all glory. For the Holy Ghost will
never rest till he hath glorified you fully and perfectly.

As Jesus Christ’s work was to redeem you, so the Holy Ghost’s work is to work all
grace and glory into you; therefore when you receive the Holy Ghost you receive 
all glory in the seed and foundation of it.

It is the foundation of our union with Christ; ‘they that are joined to the Lord
are one spirit;’ it is by the Holy Ghost.

To give you an express scripture for it, **1 Pet 4:14**, ‘_The Spirit of glory shall
rest upon you._’ And the giving of this Spirit of the Holy Ghost unto you is more
than all grace and glory that ever you shall have.

If you would ask now what is the substantial glory of a man, that is the foundation
of all his parts and wit, and makes him capable of the glory the world puts upon
him, without which he would lose all in an instant, what is it?

It is his soul that dwelleth in his body; take that away and he is a beast; nay,
take that away and he is a dead carcase, he is sown in dishonour instantly as soon
as that is gone.

Therefore, in **Gen. 49**, the soul of man is called his glory, ‘_Into his secret_,’
saith he, ‘_let not my glory enter._’ Now look, what the soul is to a man, that 
is the Holy Ghost to a holy man.

He is the foundation of all glory, of all grace.

When He hath given you the Spirit, He hath given you all the grace and glory in 
the foundation that ever you shall have, for He will never leave you till He hath
wrought you up to glory.

And the gift of Him is the earnest of glory; so He is called expressly in **2 Cor.
5:5**.

Jesus Christ is the glory of the Lord to you _objectively_, but the Holy Ghost is
all grace and glory _efficiently_, yea in heaven.

And when you receive the Spirit, you receive glory, because you receive a Spirit
that will never rest till he hath made you glorious.

And this Spirit you receive by the gospel, and by nothing else, by no knowledge 
else, either of the law or whatever else.

Hence therefore the gospel that communicateth this is called a glorious gospel, 
in respect of what it ministereth; for, saith he, ‘_if the ministration of the letter
was glorious_,’ which did give nothing else but the literal knowledge of the law
in men’s heads, then the ministration of the Spirit is much more glorious.”

–Thomas Goodwin, [_The Works of Thomas Goodwin, Volume 4_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1601788487?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage, 1861/2006), 4: 326-327.

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