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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
We must beware of those things in our life that would steal glory from God.
STEALING GOD’S GLORY Acts 17:22-33 INTRO. (You will need your Bibles open today and I want you to follow along carefully with me during this sermon.) Our text is a familiar one. These people did not know who God is. Paul tried to show them. Some listened and some did not. The message and ...read more
Scripture: Acts 17:22-33
Denomination: Baptist
Usurping God's glory leads to judgement. A study of Herod Agrippa's death because he accepted glory that properly belonged only to God.
“Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food. On an appointed day, Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat ...read more
Scripture: Acts 12:20-24
Part of the High Priestly prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ was that God’s glory might be in them. What our Lord prayed for is staggering.
A story is told of a boy who was drawing a picture. His teacher asked what he was drawing. “I’m drawing a picture of Jesus, miss,” he replied. “But, Johnny, we don’t know what Jesus looked like.” Johnny paused for a moment, perked up, and said, “but they will when I’ve finished” We laugh at that ...read more
Scripture: John 17:20-26
Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican
All theology must lead to doxology. Our position in Christ should lead to praise which will lead to practice. Our response should be wow, wonder and worship.
Living for the Glory of God Romans 11:33-36 Rev. Brian Bill 11/16/08 A generation ago J.B. Phillips wrote a book with this title: Your God Is Too Small. This captures the struggle many of us have because our God is much smaller than the God of the Bible. This morning one of my goals is to help ...read more
Scripture: Romans 11:33-36
God’s love and glory empower us to shine with Christ’s light and purpose, overcoming darkness and reflecting His presence wherever we are.
Some mornings feel like a fresh page; others feel like a fog. You wake up to headlines that bruise the heart, to to-do lists that shout instead of whisper, to memories that linger longer than you prefer. Yet into that very real world, God speaks a word that warms like sunlight through a window: You ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:30, Isaiah 60:1-2
Topics: God's Glory, Carriers, Glory Bearers
Reviewing our vows of belonging to the body of Christ...are we living what we promised?
LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. 3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 8:1-9
Denomination: United Methodist
We need to prepare for the Glory of the Lord by beginning to understand the aspects and concepts of the Glory of the Lord.
Preparing for God’s Glory Isa 40:3-5 A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the LORD ; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 40:3-5
Denomination: Assembly Of God
Too often We waddle away from worship the same way we came in. Unchanged. It should Not Be. When we Genuinely worship God We are responding to God¡¦s grace giving Him our lives Allowing Him to change us and make us better people.
TITLE: Worship - FOR GOD’S GLORY Psalm 95:1-7 Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. [2] Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. [3] For the Lord is the great God, the great ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 95:1-7
Repentance will bring Salvation! A God’s plea to humanity!
The Lord was willing to be a loving husband to an unfaithful wife (ch. 1–3) and a dedicated father to a rebellious son (ch. 11). Hosea described how the people had turned away from God, how they stop loving and being faithful to Him, their religion had become a religion of words and ...read more
Scripture: Hosea 14:1-9
Romans 11:36 shows that God alone is to be glorified.
Scripture During this fall, we are focusing our attention on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The Reformation began when an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther nailed Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. His propositions sparked a debate that ...read more
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Solo Deo Gloria — to the glory of God alone — means that the entire process of salvation — and creation, for that matter — has as its goal glorifying God.
To God’s Glory Alone (Ephesians 2:8-10) 1. Some people do not get it. I handed the teller at my bank a withdrawal slip for $400.00 I said “May I have large bills, please”. She looked at me and said “I’m sorry sir, all the bills are the same size.” I explained it to her. 2. When we talk about ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-10
Denomination: Independent/Bible
All glory for our change goes to God. He provided us with salvation. We do not need to do good works to merit salvation, but we should do good works because we have received salvation. This is God’s plan for every believer.
Opening illustration: Can a man be officially alive after being declared legally dead? That question became international news when a man from Ohio showed up in good health after being reported missing more than 25 years earlier. At the time of his disappearance he had been unemployed, addicted, ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Cain and Abel brought sacrifices to God. One was accepted, the other was not. Find out what God wants you to bring to Him.
Last week we looked at how Satan mixed the truth of what God said with a lie and deceived Adam and Eve. The original sin was disobedience, as long as they never ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil they were operating in obedience to God. As soon as they partook of that tree, they ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 4:1-9
Denomination: Church Of God
Daniel chapter 7 moves from the historical to the prophetic. The entire chapter moves us to ask the question, Have I invited Jesus to set up His throne in my life.
Intro: Theoretically, television may be feasible, but I consider it an impossibility--a development which we should waste little time dreaming about. Lee de Forest, 1926, inventor of the cathode ray tube. I think there is a world market for about five computers. Thomas J. Watson, 1943, Chairman ...read more
Scripture: Daniel 7:1-28
Have you ever been in a relationship with someone and it seemed like you could not please them? That’s somewhat true of God, because if you try on the basis of your own behavior to earn God’s approval or his glory, you’ll miss the target every time.
INTRODUCTION People often say about others, “To know him is to love him!” This is really true of Jesus. To know Jesus is to love him. If you know him, you love him. If you don’t know him, you can’t love him until you do know him. I hope today you will meet him if you ...read more
Scripture: Romans 3:21-31
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