Pastor/Teacher

Jim Rickard

www.GraceDoctrine.org

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Grace Fellowship Church

Eph 2:8-10,“For by grace you have been saved

through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10For we are His workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that

we would walk in them.”

The Book of Ephesians

Vs. 11 - 12

Our Predestined Inheritance is the Praise of God’s Glory.

The Doctrine of Glory

C. The Mechanics of Glorifying God.

1. The Lord is glorified through our hymns, songs and psalms, Ex 15:1-20;

Judges 5:3; 2 Chron 5:13: Psa 7:17; 21:13; 22:22ff;

66:1ff; Acts 16:25.

Ex 15:1, “Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and

said, “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea. 2The LORD is my

strength and song, and He has become my salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will extol Him. 3The LORD is a warrior; The

LORD is His name.”

2. The Lord is glorified through the confession of our sins, Joshua 7:19-20.

Joshua 7:19, “Then Joshua said to Achan, ‘My son, I implore you, give

glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and tell me now what you have

done. Do not hide it from me’.”

3. The Lord is glorified through our priestly service,

1 Chron 16:4: 23:5, 30; 2 Chron 7:6; 8:14; Ezra 3:10; Neh 9:5.

4. The Lord is glorified through our prayers,

1 Chron 29:10-20.

5. The Lord is glorified through our thanksgiving, Psa 106:47; 2 Cor 4:15;

Heb 13:15; Rev 7:12.

2 Cor 4:15,“For all things are for your

sakes, that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the

glory of God.”

Rev 7:12,“Saying, "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and

thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our

God forever and ever. Amen".”

6. The Lord is glorified by submitting to governing

authorities, Rom 13:1-7;

1 Peter 2:13-15.

7. The Lord is glorified as a result of faithfulness in suffering, 1 Peter 1:6-9.

8. We will glorify the Lord in the eternal state,

Isa 45:23; Rom 14:11; Phil 2:10-11;

Rev 5:11-13; 19:1-6.

a. The resurrection body is described in terms of glory, 1 Cor 15:43. It is raised in glory because we are in the

status quo of everlasting life. We will live forever in a state

of glory. Cf. 2 Thes 2:14.

D. Glory is used in a number of ways in the

scripture.

1. The right woman is the glory of the right man,

1 Cor 11:7, 15.

2. The grace of God is described as glory, Eph 1:6. The pursuit of grace means

living by grace and living by grace glorifies God.

3. The provision of God’s grace is also called wealth, “the riches of His glory,” Eph 1:18; 3:16; Phil 4:19.

4. A negative use of glory is human glamor, 1 Peter 1:24; Phil 3:19, which is temporal.

5. There is a glory in the future which is beyond human cognizance called the glory of eternity. Heaven and eternal life are described as glory.

1 Tim 3:16; Heb 2:10; 1 Peter 5:10; 2 Peter 1:3, 7.

6. Glory is used to describe the wonders of the universe,

1 Cor 15:40-41.

7. Glory is associated with Operation Footstool and the

presentation of the Church as the bride of Christ at the

Second Advent, Heb 2:9-10.

Communion

Grace OfferingLuke 6:38,

“Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down,

shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your

standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

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