God the Father, Mentor's Guide, MG06

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G O D T H E F A T H E R

Giving Glory to God (continued)

III. The Redeemed of the Lord Were Selected by God in Order to Bring Glory to Him, 1 Pet. 4.11, 14

While God intends for all things to praise him, he has especially brought his people to him in order that they might praise him in a higher mode. God saved you, cleansed you, brought you back from a life of sin and disgrace in order that you might now be a light, a trophy, a shining example of his grace and power. He saved you in order that you might glorify his name.

A. Scriptures

1. Isa. 43.7, 21

2. 1 Pet. 2.9-10

3. 1 Cor. 10.31

4. Eph. 1.5, 6, 12

5. Col. 3.16-17

6. John 15.8

7. Eph. 5.19-20

B. Illustrations

1. What is the glory of a thing? To do well what it was made for!

a. A chain saw

b. A surgeon’s scalpel

c. A guitar

d. We are his people, and the sheep of his hand, Ps. 95.6-7.

2. In letting our light shine, God receives more glory, Matt. 5.14-16.

3. We glorify God in proportion to our recognition of the good things that he has done for us.

a. Isa. 63.7

b. Ps. 9.13-14