Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction:

[[Power of personal testimony Wednesday night - Paul giving testimony Acts 22]]

Terry Leprino - she headed the Young Life group in my city-- she took a special interest in me I was at a young age learning about God’s Word and I became a Christian as a young teen in a great Christian Church with a great home with a wonderful mom.

Really, to describe my life as a senior in high school, I was a great example of defiant mediocrity.

Although some, I wasn't getting into a lot of trouble.

I didn't realize my spiritual condition at the time.

Terry Leprino took an interest in me.

And she would say, “You know Josh, it would really be a great thing every day for you to pick up your Bible and read from God's word and ask Him to speak to your heart and develop your life.”

And I was agreeable to that so I’d say, “that means a lot, a great thing, I'll do that!”

Yet by the next time I would see her, she would question if I said Hey you said did you read your Bible this week?”

I said, “No, not yet I was just about to do that this evening and I didn't really get it done.

But I started to not want to get too close to Terry.

I would look to avoid her because I knew she would be asking me the same question.

I go through my day without having any kind of personal quiet time.

At that point my life, I really did not develop any consistency with the word of God.

But Terry kept on in her patient persistence, asking me regularly.

I still remember the day I decided well I'm I'm going to have something to tell her because she have invested time and money into me.

So I thought I'm going to read so I turned to random passages and I read that random chapter.

I would try to pick out a verse about some spiritual thing just so I would have something to tell Terry.

When it came to telling her what I read, I remember walking away with a great sense of satisfaction.

God had yet to really be working on my heart with His Word.

But I had begun a personal devotional time albeit weak and with little structure.

So I began reading a chapter a day this is near the end of the school year I graduated I went off into the world without a care loosing that devotional time.

So in my early to mid 20’s I worked night shift alone and so I opened up my Bible and read a chapter to pick up a habit of devotional time.

Transition:

And when the night I came to 1 Corinthians, I was reading chapter 10.

I'd like for you to turn there with me for just a moment.

I want to share with you how this began to unfold in my life.

I came to chapter 10 and I have read through like I was reading through every other chapter for that night.

I was going to have a brief time of prayer and get back to work.

Scripture Reading:

When I read verse 31 for some reason that night, the word was like a knife into my heart and confronted me with my entire life.

You see I was at that stage has just finished my senior year of high school, I would argue about everything.

In fact my whole senior year, I follow the rules but I'd argue about all of them.

“Show me a verse that says I can’t... Well I don't agree with that.

That's what they think.”

People would talk about music, they talk about standards, they talk about activity, and I just said “well show me in the Bible” very argumentative spirit.

Really what it was, I had a resistance to any authority in my life.

It's a pretty common thing.

Because I didn’t like anyone telling me what to do or how to do it and I always wanted to argue with that person.

Now I was confronted with a philosophy of living: “Doing all to His glory” Here is how it hit me: my whole life was be lived out for my own glory, and my own pleasure, and my own will.

But YHWH now was and is challenging me about living every in every way in doing everything to His glory.

Well I prayed and I went to back to work that night.

Then the next night, I opened up my Bible and turned to chapter 11--the next chapter.

I couldn't read it!

My eyes kept going back to verse 31.

That night, YHWH had done one of the greatest works in me.

In fact, this verse had more impact on me than almost any other verse in the Bible.

The theme is a magnificent theme: The glory of God.

In fact, it's an overwhelming theme, it is an inexhaustible theme.

The glory of God--how can I begin to describe His glory?

From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible speaks of the glory of YHWH and I feel so small in light of His Glory.

But in this verse, It's a very clear and pointed proposition.

Do all to the glory of God.

Transition:

This morning I like to sure 3 concepts of His Glory:

There is no greater declaration then the declaration of His Glory.

There is no greater demonstration then the demonstration of His Glory.

There is no greater desire then the desire for His Glory.

I.

The Declaration of His Glory

There is no greater declaration then the declaration of His Glory.

When we think about the declaration of the glory of god and you think of the great magnificent theme throughout the Bible.

The majesty and glory of His name.

It transcends the Earth.

It fills heavens.

It is the grandest theme of the ages from eternity to eternity.

Romans 11:36

And what should be our philosophy of life and living?

we would describe it as doxological-- doxo = glory.

We sing ‘the Doxology.”

The glory of god to me is the overarching theme.

From eternity to eternity, YHWH’s great desire is His glory.

Some would say it's salvation.

Really salvation is not a theme that runs from eternity to eternity is limited to only a period of time.

But above all of these themes in life, of all of the doctrines, of all of the messages-- above everything is this:The glory of God.

And I think you would agree with me that there is no greater declaration of the declaration of His glory.

It fills the earth.

Transition:

Secondly there's no greater demonstration...

II.

The Demonstration of His Glory

... then the demonstration of His Glory.

YHWH demonstrates His glory to us in who He is, and what He does.

YHWH Himself is the eternal God.

In Ps 90:2

“from everlasting to everlasting you are God”

He receives glory in the fact that He is eternal.

He is the God that never changes Malachi 3:6

“I the Lord do not change”

YHWH is not inconsistent, He is not fickle, He is not going back on His word.

He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

The glory of His knowledge--His omniscience--He knows everything, nothing is hid from Him: Hebrews 4:13

YHWH receives glory in His infinite knowledge

His power Jeremiah 32:27

God receives glory in that he has all power--Omnipotence.

Nothing is too hard for him.

The glory of His presence: He is always there—Omnipresence.

No matter where you go, no matter where you find yourself in life, no matter how deep the pit.

The Glory of YHWH in His presence.