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Holy Relish Satisfied in a Holy God

This final episode restates the hope of radical transformation in this life based on 2 Cor. 3:18. Salvation is all about beholding God's glory and being transformed. This theme is underscored in Jonathan Edwards' descriptions of conversion and growth in Christ, which, contrary to popular caricatures of his theology, does not harp on sin but on "holy relish," the sense of God's glory that deepened as he grew in Christ. And Edwards pinpoints how apprehension of this glory is absolutely essential "to count all things as loss" in order to gain Christ. Total repentance and commitment to Christ largely rests on visions of the glory of God in the face of Christ. The episode closes with an exhortation to embrace the bigger salvation picture, that we all behold the glory of Christ, and are ourselves transformed into "little Christs" in the process.