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Glory of God: Spiritual Gift Key

Introduction

Welcome to the Spiritual Gifts Podcast. Before we start today, I want to clarify 2 points from our first two podcasts.

The first two podcasts and this third one comprise the introduction to the Spiritual Gift Podcast. Going forward, the podcasts will be more directly pertaining to Spiritual Gifts.

From the beginning, it was important that we understand some key principles. Podcast #1 and Podcast #2 are about that. Make sure you listen to those two and this one, which could be the most important.

Another question we entertained asked, “Is this podcast for churches or people?” Both.

We ARE the church. However, we know church “leaders” and staff are the determining groups that make a church a Spiritual Gift-operated church or not. It is neither a quick nor easy process unless everyone is unified, which takes time. Helping individual people is faster. We hope to offer online classes soon instructing people on discovering their God-given Passion, their God-given Spiritual Gifts, and their God-given Style.

Today we are going to talk about God’s glory. We will look at it from several perspectives, including numerically, by definition, and examples of inspired action caused by it. We will present two Hall of Fame Glory passages. We will conclude with four Bible verses that define for us a way to Glorify God every day and every moment.

Let’s get started with how often glory is in the Bible.

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Of Him, Through Him, To Him    Part 8 of 8 Articles  From the Writings of Marvin J. Rosenthal – Published in Zion’s Fire Magazine in March/April, 1995

Marv Rosenthal, in the 1990s, preached three sermons on glory. He told this story: “In anticipation of preparing a sermon on God’s glory, I asked some friends to define God’s glory for me. He wanted to see how believers commonly understood this important term. Some suggested that God received glory through the saving of souls; others quoted verses that referred to the glory of God but ventured no definition. A few thought that the glory of God related in some way to the holiness of God. These were vague responses and underscore the fact that the concept of God’s glory is difficult for most of us to define clearly. We know that it is important, but there remains vagueness about it. … Again, the question is asked: Since the purpose for men and women’s existence is to glorify God, what is the glory of God?”

In this three-night, three-part series, he answered the question by defining “glory”:

Men and women only see themselves as they really are when they first see God as He really is. The intrinsic, eternal perfections of God (His glory) is the only platinum yardstick by which to measure life. Here is the absolute standard by which every thought and deed may be appraised. And herein is the bedrock problem of the present hour of history. America has loosed herself from the moorings of God’s Word and now finds that she is hopelessly adrift in a broken craft with a storm brewing.

What are the intrinsic, eternal perfections of God?

Glory Insights

A.W. Tozer helps us with his incredible book: Knowledge of the Holy.

Freely download: https://christlifemin.org/assets/pdf/the_knowledge_of_the_holy_tozer.pdf

Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (Word Study) (p. 2874). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition defines it like this: “The glory of God is the revelation and manifestation of all that He has and is”

Biblegateway.com / Encyclopedia of the Bible / $39.99 a year / Explanation

It provides an exhaustive look at the mentions of glory without defining it and it is helpful in our understanding of glory.

Bible Encyclopedia Glory Outline

1. Terminology
   a. Old Testament
   b. New Testament

2. The Glory of God

3. The glory of God in creation and in man.

4. The glory of Christ

5. Eschatological glory.

Glory Inspired Actions

Luke 2:9 – Jesus Birth — And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid

John 1:14 – Jesus the Word – ¹⁴ And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (Diety)

John 2:11 – 1^st Miracle – This (turning water to wine at the wedding), the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

Matthew 6:13 Lord’s Prayer –

Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
¹⁰ Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread.
¹² And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
¹³ And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
^[d]For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Hall of Fame Passages of Glory

 Exodus 33:12 Show me your Glory – ¹² Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ ¹³ Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”

¹⁴ And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

¹⁵ Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. ¹⁶ For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people `

¹⁷ So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

¹⁸ And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”

¹⁹ Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” ²⁰ But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.” ²¹ And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. ²² So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. ²³ Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”

Isaiah 6:1 – Holy — Isaiah 6: 1 – In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;

the whole earth is full of his glory.”

4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.

5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

My hope for you is that you understand God’s glory in such a way that you will be like Isaiah and be compelled to say, Send me.

John 17:20 – Christ in Garden — “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

1 Corinthians 10  – Do all –  ³¹ Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. ³² Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God, ³³ just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

John 7:18 – seek own glory — He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and righteousness is in Him.

Acts 12:21 – Herod struck dead — So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them. 22 And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.

As we wrap up today’s topic, let us finish with 4 appropriate Bible verses and a few additional comments.

Romans 12:1 — Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.

1 Peter 2:11-12 — Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

1 Peter 4:9-10 – Cheerfully share your home (hospitality) with those who need a meal or a place to stay. God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking (teaching)? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

Luke 14:10 – Practice Humility – positive attention/not dishonor

⁷ Jesus told a parable to those who were invited, when He noted how they chose the best places, saying to them: ⁸ “When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him; ⁹ and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place. ¹⁰ But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. ¹¹ For whoever exalts himself will be ^[c]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

We live our life in a way that we bring positive attention to God in all that we do.  The opposite of this is dishonoring God. As Christians we must never dishonor God in our actions, thoughts and what we say. We are in the business to glorify God and so think of it as constantly being a good example and positive example of the name of Jesus to our community. Our actions remind those we serve we love them and that is glorifying to God. The reason we have spiritual gifts is to glorify God and edify others.

1 Thess 2:12 – We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you to share in his Kingdom and glory.

In coming months, you will be reminded how using your spiritual gifts brings God glory. We will show you how to bring glory to God every day of your life through your gifting. These experiences give you satisfaction, and a type of fulfillment you cannot experience any other way. Once you experience using your spiritual gift this way, you will be unstoppable in advancing the Kingdom of God in your community.

As we finish today, I hope you understand the two words God’s glory and will live the rest of your life doing what you can to bring God glory by serving as a positive force through your Spiritual Gifts the Holy Spirit deposited in you.

In the name of Jesus, I ask you Lord to make your face shine down on us. We want to glorify you in Jesus’ name.

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After listening, share the podcast with 10 others. Do this every week for 10 weeks and  encourage each person you tell to do the same, in 10 weeks, we could reach 10 billion people. If those 10 billion people knew Christ and knew the Holy Spirit was in them and they knew how God had spiritually gifted them and they used that gift to serve their neighbor and glorify (give positive attention) to our King, Christ, the world would be transformed into the Kingdom of God !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Are you ready?