What Is The Glory Of God?
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August 11th, 2009
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What Is The Glory Of God?
This is the first and most important of the basic principles of our work.
Real Christianity is God--centered. Real Christianity recognizes,
as Jesus Himself said, that the first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, strength and mind.
Those who have glimpsed the greatness, the grandeur, the majesty and the excellence of our God through the eyes of trust in Jesus never get over that vision.
An obsession with the glory of God is the hallmark of true knowledge of God.
What is the glory of God?
The original meaning of glory has to do with weightiness.
The glory of God summarizes the seriousness, the perfection, and the infinite significance of all of the attributes of God.
It sums up who He is, in the awesome brightness and weightiness of all His perfections.
What does it mean then for us to glorify God?
We cannot add to His glory, for He is already perfectly and infinitely glorious.
Rather, for us to glorify God means for us to ascribe the glory that is due His Name in worship.
It means that we acknowledge His glory by living as though His perfections are as serious and significant as they really are,
so that we reflect His glory through a pure mirror.
It means that nothing horrifies us more than the thought of bringing dishonor to His glorious Name,
and nothing delights us more than to feel His pleasure as we live to the praise of His glory.
It also means that we declare His glory among the nations, inviting others to join us in our love affair with His glorious perfection.
Glorifying God thus consumes and defines every aspect of our life and witness as well as our worship.
If the glory of God is our supreme passion, this will redefine both the goal of our task and the manner in which we pursue that task.
The goal of our task is that the earth be filled with the knowledge of His glory as the waters cover the sea.
Our passion is to see Him receive the glory that is due His Name from every tribe, tongue, people and nation.
Everything else is simply a means to that end.
We are not seeking to add numbers that we can report to the organization;
we are seeking to add worshippers to the choir of heaven, who will live every area of their lives to the praise of His glory.
This focus invests a new, holy seriousness to discipleship and the life of the church.
We are not content unless His glory is proclaimed, reflected, upheld and adored among the people to whom He has called us.
The task is not about us, and it's not even ultimately about the nations.
The focus is on Him.
That’s The Glory To God!
May He Bless You and Keep You Today!
With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie
Please click below to see something Jesus left for your Spirit!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6354CAYQc
August 11th, 2009
Please share our website with your friends and family
http://www.faithitout.com/blog.html
Will you please take a few minutes to sign our guestbook
www.faithitout.com
What Is The Glory Of God?
This is the first and most important of the basic principles of our work.
Real Christianity is God--centered. Real Christianity recognizes,
as Jesus Himself said, that the first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, strength and mind.
Those who have glimpsed the greatness, the grandeur, the majesty and the excellence of our God through the eyes of trust in Jesus never get over that vision.
An obsession with the glory of God is the hallmark of true knowledge of God.
What is the glory of God?
The original meaning of glory has to do with weightiness.
The glory of God summarizes the seriousness, the perfection, and the infinite significance of all of the attributes of God.
It sums up who He is, in the awesome brightness and weightiness of all His perfections.
What does it mean then for us to glorify God?
We cannot add to His glory, for He is already perfectly and infinitely glorious.
Rather, for us to glorify God means for us to ascribe the glory that is due His Name in worship.
It means that we acknowledge His glory by living as though His perfections are as serious and significant as they really are,
so that we reflect His glory through a pure mirror.
It means that nothing horrifies us more than the thought of bringing dishonor to His glorious Name,
and nothing delights us more than to feel His pleasure as we live to the praise of His glory.
It also means that we declare His glory among the nations, inviting others to join us in our love affair with His glorious perfection.
Glorifying God thus consumes and defines every aspect of our life and witness as well as our worship.
If the glory of God is our supreme passion, this will redefine both the goal of our task and the manner in which we pursue that task.
The goal of our task is that the earth be filled with the knowledge of His glory as the waters cover the sea.
Our passion is to see Him receive the glory that is due His Name from every tribe, tongue, people and nation.
Everything else is simply a means to that end.
We are not seeking to add numbers that we can report to the organization;
we are seeking to add worshippers to the choir of heaven, who will live every area of their lives to the praise of His glory.
This focus invests a new, holy seriousness to discipleship and the life of the church.
We are not content unless His glory is proclaimed, reflected, upheld and adored among the people to whom He has called us.
The task is not about us, and it's not even ultimately about the nations.
The focus is on Him.
That’s The Glory To God!
May He Bless You and Keep You Today!
With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie
Please click below to see something Jesus left for your Spirit!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6354CAYQc
posted by Pastor Connie Ciccone | 10:46 AM
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