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Introduction
God is. . .
series is meant to:
correct our misconceptions of God.
open the box we’ve placed God in.
unleash the power, the presence, the joy of God in our lives.
ILLUST - Adam and I using a firehose to water grass
More power there than was needed to water the grass - could do damage if not used rightly.
Used rightly it caused things to grow.
Never even began to use the depth and breadth of its power.
Even the smallest drink from the faucet of God’s glory will leave you drenched in a profound understanding of who he is and his love for you.
We will be talking about something that lies at the foundation of our study on God.
This lies at the heart of all that God does, yet we often times spend so little time discussing it or focusing on it ourselves.
This concept is perhaps the most pervasive concepts throughout all of Scripture.
How we will explore this topic:
statement
explanation
implications
applications
Explanation
“Glory” = the external display of God’s intrinsic worth - his perfection and holiness
δόξα - used over 160 times
In the NT, however, the word is used for the most part in a sense for which there is no Greek analogy whatever and of which there is only an isolated example in Philo.
That is to say, it denotes “divine and heavenly radiance,” the “loftiness and majesty” of God, and even the “being of God” and His world.
How does the word come to have this new significance?
To answer this question it is necessary that we study the OT כָּבוֹד
כָּבוֹד
Glory of God
- root and derivatives used over 370 times in the OT.
literally means ‘heavy,’ or ‘weighty’ - generally not in physical sense but in the sense of importance
Ichabod - glory has departed - 1 Samuel - when ark of God was captured by Philistines
God’s glory is displayed in two different ways:
Physical manifestations
Sometimes referred to as shekinah glory - settled
2. The work of God that reveals his character
Implication / **Application
We are not the center of all things - God is.
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I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
I am the LORD; that is my name;
my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to carved idols.
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“The End for Which God Created the World” - Jonathan Edwards
The ultimate end of God’s work is God’s glory -
tells us
God chose his people for his glory:
he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.
In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
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says that God created us for his glory.
God called Israel for his glory:
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How is this not narcissism or make God a megalomaniac?
God rescued Israel from Egypt for his glory:
Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,. . . he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make known his mighty power.
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People we see fight for their own glory do so in a way that does not benefit others - only benefits themselves
tells us
God raised Pharaoh up (even in his rebellion against God )to show his power and glorify his name:
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”
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God defeated Pharaoh at the Red Sea to show his glory:
And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord . . .
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.
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God spared Israel in the wilderness for the glory of his name:
I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
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God did not cast away his people for the glory of his name:
Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil.
Yet do not turn aside from following the Lord . . .
For the Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake.
(l Samuel 12:20, 22)
Jesus sought the glory of his Father in all he did:
The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
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Jesus endured his final hours of suffering for God’s glory:
“Now is my soul troubled.
And what shall I say?
‘Father, save me from this hour?’
But for this purpose I have come to this hour.
Father, glorify your name.’
Then a voice came from heaven, ‘I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again’ ().
God forgives our sins for his own sake:
I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
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All are under judgment for dishonoring God’s glory:
They became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images.
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For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
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Jesus’ ultimate aim for us is that we see and enjoy his glory:
Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
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God’s plan is to fill the earth with the knowledge of his glory:
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
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Everything that happens will redound to God’s glory:
From him and through him and to him are all things.
To him be glory forever.
Amen.
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In the New Jerusalem the glory of God replaces the sun:
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives its light, and its lamp is the Lamb ().
God is not for YOU (even though God is FOR you)
This will get me in trouble
did you ever wonder what happens when two believers pray opposite?
God’s not sharing his glory.
(He will display it in and through those who follow him, but it is still HIS glory - it is still displaying HIS worth and weight)
Name it, claim it.
This coffee cup verse does not mean that God will make you happy at the expense of his glory.
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