What does it mean for a man to have the glory of God in him?

Robert McCurley addresses this question in his video by pointing to Jesus Christ as the perfect man who exhibited the glory of God in both His service to God and to other people. By studying Jesus’ life and ministry, we can see how biblical manhood involves using one’s strength and authority for the benefit of others, rather than for self-serving purposes.

Jesus’ ministry shows us how men ought to serve God and others. McCurley points to Jesus’ holy zeal for his Father’s house, which led him to cleanse the temple and confront false teachers. He also notes Jesus’ meekness, which is actually a strength that has been harnessed. Jesus drew sinners to himself by offering grace and compassion, and He used his authority to serve and uplift others. Biblical manhood, according to McCurley, involves using one’s strength and authority in a similar way.

In contrast to biblical manhood, the world often distorts and perverts the concept of manhood. Men may either retreat from responsibility and diligence, or they may use their power for self-serving purposes rather than for the glory of God and the benefit of others. By studying Jesus’ example, we can gain a clearer understanding of what it means to have the glory of God in us as men and how we can use our strength and authority for the service of God and others.

1 Corinthians 10:31 "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God."

So the question, what is the glory of God in a man or how does the glory of God manifests itself in a man has to be answered by looking to the only perfect man. So the Lord Jesus Christ who is fully God and fully man, is the one who exhibits for us, who shows us, showcases for us what it is for man to have the glory of God. We read that in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwelt bodily. That in beholding him we behold the glory of God in his face. And so to answer that question you have to study the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We can read in the Gospels of his ministry and we see him using his manhood both in the service of God and in the service of other people. So he has a holy zeal for his father's house and it results in him cleansing the temple and chasing out the money changers. It results in him confronting the false teachers that were leading people astray and so on. But it also is manifested in how he deals with people, including broken sinners. He says that he is meek and lowly.

That meekness is actually strength that has been harnessed. And you see him wooing and drawing sinners unto himself with the invitations to receive grace from him. And so his manhood is used in service of God and in service of fellow creatures, fellow men. We recognize that his authority, like all men, all of their authority, is to be employed not for one's own benefit but for the benefit of those that are under our authority. So that's one of the differences between biblical authority and authoritarianism.

And authoritarianism exceeds the parameters that God set for it, and it uses it in a self-serving manner. The Lord Jesus Christ is quite the opposite. He came as the Lord's servant, as is so often said. He's the servant of all servants. And we see him employing his strength on behalf of the weak and in bringing a message of grace to those who are lost and so on so if we want to understand the glory of God working its way out within biblical manhood, we have to do a diligent study of the perfect man, the Lord Jesus Christ himself.

Now that, of course, is in stark contrast to what we find in the world. So the world perverts and distorts everything about what God has created and prescribed. And so either manhood is abdicated and men retreat from responsibility, from diligence, from courage, from using their position for the benefit of others so they can retreat from that. Or, On the flip side, they can use it as a means that, as I noted earlier, self-serving. And so power that is employed for their own purposes rather than for the glory of God or the benefit of those that they're interfacing with.