The Mystery of God's Glory

Where does God show His glory today? He began showing His glory in the creation of the earth. He has shown it in everything He made. He was in the cloud and fire that lead the Israelites. He certainly showed us His glory in Jesus the Christ. He has shown His glory in the tabernacle. Moses saw His glory so up close God had to hide him in a cave so Moses could only see His back, that is how strong His glory is.

When Moses came down off the mountain he had to wear a veil because God's glory was so bright. But where does He show His glory now? I want to see God's glory, where can I see it? Hold on to your hats, here it goes,

GOD SHOWS HIS GLORY THROUGH THOSE THAT CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIAN!

We learned today that many people when they hear about Jesus and how He died for their sins, will ask for God's forgiveness and become a Christian. Then they will start to follow God and to be all God wants them to be. Then they run into something He asks and they are not ready to be obedient. People will often choose to follow their friends and the culture instead of the word of God, the Bible. Some people are so much looking to be cool, they end up not following God and can't figure out what went wrong.

God wants so much to fill us with His glory, and we have to be willing to allow Him. The way we do that is by surrendering to Him. I am not talking about surrendering this or that, that is good. I am talking about letting go of anything that comes between God and me. This could be a good thing or a bad thing, if God speaks to us and we are not obedient that is sin and it separates us from God's glory.

So how does God fill us with His glory? We give God our all. This can be done by praying and allowing God to show you what He is not in control of. We give it to God, we give Him our family, job, friends, money and anything that He puts His finger on. Then we come to the crossroad, we will give God ourselves completely, holding nothing back. At this time He will clean us from all sin, inner and actions. And then we can enjoy the glory of God.

We had several in our service do just that today. God changes lives all the time at TBWC and if you don't have a home church, come visit with us and see what God wants to do in your life. If you would like to know more about this complete cleansing power of God, just let me know.

I know this, God wants to cleanse each of us completely!

The Mystery of History

What an awesome time we had looking at life through God's eyes. We looked at God's love for us from Eden to Eternity. As we learned about His glory on earth and how He wants us to give Him glory, we learned just how much God loves us.


God made it all. He made everything beautiful and good. He started in Eden where God made it all for our good. This is act 1, God made it all. We can see how great God is by looking at everything He made. He made the sunrise, the mountains, and the sea. He made the stars, the sun and the entire universe. And He made it all for us. He wanted to show us how much He loves us. And after the sixth day, God said, "it is good.'

God made it all to express his love for us. Everything He made was for us. Everything was perfect. He even made us in His image to show us His love. Jesus came to earth and died for us to show us God's love. Everything good that happens is to show us God's love.

Act 2 we see Adam bringing sin into the world. This actually gave us all an equal playing field. We know that everyone is born with sin and no one ix exempt. We all need forgiveness. What came with sin? The worst thing is separation from God. Adam hid. Sin also turned this perfect world into a mess. We see it each day, as sin ruins lives. Sin takes everything that was perfect and messes it up. Sex was perfect; sin took it and made child molesters, prostitution and other perverted sex acts. God made it good for His glory, sin messed it up.

Act 3 is Jesus came to restore us to Him. Jesus came into this world to save us from eternal damnation, to keep us out of hell. He showed His love by teaching us how to live for God. He taught that following all the rules just is not good enough, even if we could. Just as sin entered the world though one man, Adam, sin was deafeated by one man, JESUS. He is the way, the light, the truth. To escape hell, we accept Christ forgiveness by asking for His forgiveness and believing Him when He says He forgives us. We know we have accepted His forgiveness by repentance, the Bible teaches. That is to turn away from doing wrong.

Act 4 is God gave us the ability to choose. The question is this, which will you choose? Will you choose to follow God? Or will you choose to follow your own way? How do you know His way? I learn from reading His Bible. I learn from attending His church. I attend TBWC, where He has called me. One thing we can know for sure, He has called each person to belong to a church. We are His family and we should be in His house with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. I learn from being in a small group. I learn from Godly relationships among other ways.

After learning, the choice is mine. I will answer to God for my choices and so will you. Do you choose God's ways or your ways?

Act 5 is Jesus will return for His family. One day, I don't know when, He will return. What will He find you doing? What relationship will you have with Jesus when He arrives? When He arrives it will be too late to start a relationship. This is the day the Lord has made and He made it to get glory by you giving your life to Him. What will you choose?

Don't miss this week’s sermon, "The Mystery of God's Purpose." I will explain God's perfect will for our lives. I know God's will for your life, do you? Find out at 10:30 AM on Sunday mornings at TBWC.