Picturing Theology

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P i c t u r i n g T h e o l o g y

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