The 5 Pillars pt 5- To The Glory Of God Alone
Soli Deo Gloria- to the glory of God alone
“sola we messed it up”
Glory- renown, fame, prestige, honor, magnificence, splendor, majesty, wonder, marvel, praise, worship, adoration.
If we think that life is all about us, we’re going to miss what life is all about.
Enduring word Quote-
“Demons are theology majors, and have systems of doctrine.
We find the first demonic doctrine in Genesis 3. There Satan, speaking through a serpent, taught Eve: “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God” (Genesis 3:4-5). Since then, every demonic doctrine has found its way back to this root: the idea that we can be gods, and operate independently from God”
7 Great Ways To Ruin Your Life
pride, envy, gluttony, anger, laziness, lust, greed
“Normal” and “Natural”= SIN
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned
Voddie Baucham quote-
“God is God, He’s not running for God, He was the only one around when the votes were cast, there’s never going to be a recount. God is God. The second thing is, God is greatest good. which means that if God were to not be jealous for His own glory, He would be guilty of sharing His glory with something lesser and therefore unworthy of His glory, which would mean that God would be an idolator and therefore not God.”
When we seek glory for ourselves, we’re thieves
Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
John 1:1-5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Ephesians 2:6-7
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
Hebrews 1:3
“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being”
John 1:4
“In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind”
S-U-N’s radiance=Temporary life
S-O-N’s radiance=Eternal life
John 17:1-6
After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. 6 “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.”
John 17:26
I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.
Isaiah 64:6
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags
If we think that life is all about us, we’re going to miss what life is all about.
Mark 8:36-37
36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.
Choose to put everything you do through this filter…
DOES THIS GLORIFY GOD?
God’s Word tells us that God created us for God’s glory
Isaiah 43:7
everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
1 Corinthians 10:31
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
“whatever you do”, “do it all” for the glory of God.
Is what I’m doing, what I’m saying, how I’m living… is it making more of God or more of me? DOES THIS GLORIFY GOD???