"I DO NOT RECEIVE GLORY FROM PEOPLE!"

John 5:37-42                   (ESV)
"37 And the FATHER who sent ME has HIMSELF borne witness about ME. HIS voice you have never heard, HIS form you have never seen,
38 and you do not have HIS Word abiding in you, for you do not believe the ONE whom HE has sent.
39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about ME,
40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
41 "I DO NOT RECEIVE GLORY FROM PEOPLE".
42 But I know that you do not have the love of GOD within you.
43 I have come in my FATHER's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him."



JESUS did not come into "this world" to win friends!  As a matter of fact, HE came to be sacrificed for my sins!  On Palm Sunday, one week before HIS crucifixion, the people of Jerusalem crowded the streets hailing JESUS as Messiah.  Yet within a week that praise turned into shouts of "Crucify HIM", as public sentiment had taken a huge adjustment.

It is very important to NOT seek the praise and adoration of people.  Public opinion can shift on you in a moment and then what will you be left with!  Rather, JESUS said the Luke 12:4-5 ""I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.  But I will WARN you WHOM to fear: fear HIM who, after HE has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear HIM!"

When JESUS said "I DO NOT RECEIVE GLORY FROM PEOPLE", HE didn't say HE was not to be glorified.  In John 17:1 HE prays that the FATHER would glorify HIM so HE could in turn glorify the FATHER.  The praise from people will not satisfy nor fulfill.  It can be hard to attain, and prove even harder to keep as most people are driven by reasoning and emotions!  JESUS was instructing us to seek LASTING glory that would satisfy and fulfill.

Receiving glory from others can be an extremely dangerous thing.  We must become as JESUS and pray that GOD be glorified by our actions.  Giving GOD glory won't make sense to those who have yet to have their eyes opened (1 Corinthians 1:18).  "I DO NOT RECEIVE GLORY FROM PEOPLE" shall be my desire as I want my life to glorify GOD and honor JESUS CHRIST!