Pew2You
8-6-17
Pastor Tom Weaver
A Glorious Life Part 2
Highlights:
You and I are hardwired by God for Glory.
You are created in the image of God. People are glory oriented creatures, we are attracted to glorious things. We chase bigger and better things.
God’s Creation Points to His Glory.
God intentionally placed us in a world full of glory. Every created glory is meant by God to function as a spiritual GPS that points us to the only Glory that that will ever satisfy our hearts, the Glory of God.
Only God’s Glory can satisfy the glory hunger in our hearts.
Do you think there exists within you a hunger to see His glory? Do you think it’s possible that a lot of what we think, desire, say and do is done out of a quest for glory? I think the answer to both of those questions is Yes. God understands this. That’s why He tells us to do the normal everyday things for HIs Glory.
Sin is Glory Theft
The original design was for human beings to exist in perfect relational harmony with a glorious God. But sin corrupted the original design, and now you and I have the desire to live for ourselves. Sin is Glory thievery!
God’s grace alone has the power to cure our glory dysfunction.
Living for the glory of self can seem more natural to us than acknowledging and living for the Glory of God. In the teaching of the two houses, the difference was in the foundation. One had one and one did not. That foundation is the gracious work of the death of Jesus on the cross.
Discussion Questions:
Using Pastor Tom’s analogy about the Disneyland sign, where have you stopped at the signs that point to God’s glory instead of completely entering into the glory that the sign points to?
Pastor Tom posed the questions, “Do you think it is possible that a lot of what we think, desire, say and do is done out of a quest for glory?” “Do you think there exists within you a hunger to see His glory?” What is happening in your life that is an indicator of a divine thirst for an ever increasing knowledge and experience of God’s glory?
In a culture of spiritual pluralism, where many things are spiritual but nothing is ultimately powerful, what can you take from today’s message as a marketplace minister in your work, homes and relationships?
Key Scriptures and Quotes:
-Psalm 113:4New International Version (NIV)
4 The Lord is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.
-Isaiah 40:12New International Version (NIV)
12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance
-Isaiah 40:15New International Version (NIV)
15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.
-1 Corinthians 10:31New International Version (NIV)
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
-”Where we chase after glory can vary, but one thing is for certain: this hunger for glory will never ever be satisfied by created things. Even if you could experience the most glorious situations, locations, relationships, experiences, achievements or possessions in this life, your heart still would not be satisfied.” Paul Tripp
-”To be loved but not known is superficial. To be known and not loved is our great fear. But to be known and loved, that transforms you.” Timothy Keller
-”Within the heart of every sinner is a deep and abiding glory dysfunction.” Paul Tripp
-Matthew 7:21-23New International Version (NIV)
True and False Disciples
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’