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INTRODUCTION:
Tom Brady’s 2014 and 2016 Superbowl jersey’s have been the news recently.
The 2016 jersey was valued at over 500,000 dollars, but was stolen on Super Bowl night.
Police were able to track the jersey and a number of other valuable football memorabilia to a news anchor in Mexico City.
Why is a football jersey in the News, why would someone pay 500,000 for the jersey, and why would someone steal that jersey?
Tom Brady - memerabilia stolen
Afterall, I have had t-shirts stolen before and no one put my t-shirt on the news.
Anybody who wants to buy my t-shirt for 500,000, let me know because I would gladly give to you.
Tom Brady - memerabilia stolen
Frankly, many people in the United States idealize men like Tom Brady.
Tom Brady has played in the NFL since 2000 and has been the quarterback for 5 Superbowl winning teams.
Even those who do not follow football would find that as an impressive record.
Therefore, people who love football would pay 5000,000 for a jersey to collect dust on the wall.
They idealize the moment, the people, the teams, …
Now, let me ask you a question.
Sure, Tom Brady has had an impressive career, but is worth idealizing?
Peter tells us in our text this morning who we should adore and why we should adore him.
Peter tells us in our text who we should adore and why we should adore him.
Notice the main point of this passage is that you “conduct yourselves with fear”
Proposition:We ought to live in Adoration for God.
fear of God - in this passage doesn’t mean that you ought to cower down being afraid, but instead is the idea of being in awe of God and adoring him, revering him.
If you are a true believer, you ought to adore God.
Now notice the subtle shift here in word usage.
is talking about Holiness.
In fact, says this;
Now many believe that he just continuing this idea of holiness.
I disagree.
You see, Holiness and Adoration (‘fear of God’) are not exactly the same.
Someone adores God, will be Holy, but being Holy is not the same thing as adoring something.
Adoring caries the idea of not simply being pure, but also in being in awe of something.
ILLUSTRATION:
For example, Saying I adore my wife is not the same thing as saying I don’t yell at my wife.
You would say, adoration carries more than purity of conduct.
It means I am captivated by something.
It is a matter of consuming Interest.
Far more than simply purity.
So in my opinion, there is a subtle switch here from a call to Holiness to a call to adoration.
Proposition:We ought to live in Adoration for God.
Transition: And This text gives us 3 works of God that demonstrate why we should adore Him.
The first reason,
1. Prayer Demands Adoration.
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True believers in Jesus Christ are marked by prayer.
Simply take sometime and look at the opening and closing paragraphs of the Epistles.
Many of them, especially of Paul’s, are marked with personal prayer for the churches and believers.
A.W. Tozer said this,
“Some churches now advertise courses on how to pray.
How ridiculous!
That is like giving a course on how to fall in love.”
—A.
W. Tozer
(http://awtozer.org/home/books/prayer/)
The fact is, true believers pray.
It is one of the main markers for a true believer.
Peter assumes this knowledge and fact, and then asks a very pointed question.
Peter is asking a question, but by doing so he is really make a point.
If you are calling on God, then you are a believers, and as a believer who calls upon God, you ought to live in fear of God.
Now we have already said that the fear of God is the idea of adoration.
Then, if call on GOd, is snynomous not simply prayer, but belief and fatih.
- A citizen.
you ought to live with reverence.
If you are a true believer, you ought to adore God.
Now notice the subtle shift here in word usage.
you ought to live with reverence.
Why, - know he is Holy
Why,
is talking about Holiness.
In fact, says this;
Now many believe that he just continuing this idea of holiness.
I disagree.
You see, Holiness and Adoration (‘fear of God’) are not exactly the same.
Someone adores God, will be Holy, but being Holy is not the same thing as adoring something.
Adoring caries the idea of not simply being pure, but also in being in awe of something.
ILLUSTRATION:
For example, Saying I adore my wife is not the same thing as saying I don’t yell at my wife.
You would say, adoration carries more than purity of conduct.
It means I am captivated by something.
It is a matter of consuming desire.
Far more than simply purity.
So in my opinion, there is a subtle switch here from a call to Holiness to a call to adoration.
We ought to adore God.
But why should I live in adoration for God?
Under the category, “you pray” he gives us the reasons why we should adore him.
a. God is Holy.
Many of our translations use the word “and”, but this also can be a word the connects two large ideas together.
When it is used this way, it is often translated “then”.
and judges impartially.
“Then” refers back to the call of Holiness.
A Slight paraphrase, the text says this “Then if God is Holy, and if you call upon God, conduct yourself with fear or adoration”
Because God is Holy, you ought conduct yourself in adoration.
What does God’s purity have to do with adoration?
Part of what we ought to do is adore God because he is Holy.
Humanity is a pure stream of wickedness without God.
ILLUSTRATION:
You see, God’s holiness is like pure stream of mountain fresh water.
But Humanity is like the slime and sledge that pours out of a pipe into the cool clear water, polluting all that it touches.
The stark contrast between God’s holiness and man’s wickedness makes an encounter with God transformative.
An encounter with God leads people to adoration because they realize
- their wickedness,
- God’s Holiness,
- and their need for the cross.
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