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Revealed by His GloryUnaware That We Are Taking God’s Glory: Part 2 | Message 15 (WIP)
This message continues the study of our motives in serving God and how easily our efforts can change from serving in love into a service of duty.
We are much like Cain and Abel. Both had a desire to please the LORD with their offerings, but Abel’s offering was from the heart as evidence of his appreciation for the LORD’s blessings and his motive was the LORD’s pleasure. Whereas Cain’s offering was meant to gain more favor by impressing the LORD with the quality of his efforts.
Jesus said “If ye love me keep my commandments”. We see things from the outside, like keeping a score board. How many in attendances, offering sizes, number of conversions and so on and if they show growth they make us feel successful but Jesus said “without me ye can do nothing”. The way to tell the difference between the outward appearance and the heart is who you want to benefit from your efforts.
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Scripture References
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Lk. 17:7-10
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Jn. 15:4-5
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Is. 42:5-12
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Is. 48:6-11
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Prov. 3:5-6
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Mk. 4:35-41
Salient Points
Self justification, What to expect from a sinner, Just tools, Cain’s failure, Looking to criticize, Got in on God’s deal, Humbled or hardened, Glory in the heavens, When God had it alone, Why God made us, We get in the way, Trusting God’s ways, Passive prayers, Unanswered prayers, Selfish prayers, Looking for relief, God wants total trust, Still creating, Fearful and without faith, Real fear, Fixated on self, Where is the storm from, How much is God doing in our life, Asking God the right way.
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Unaware That We Are Taking God’s Glory: Part 1 | Message 14
Unaware That We Are Taking God’s Glory: Part 1 | Message 14 (WIP) This message is a serious look into our motives for serving God and how our motive can cause us to take credit for His results. In much the same way as a child who had been given money to buy a present may feel about how much they...
Video Slideshow
This video presentation is similar to a screen saver that automatically advances with celestial images of the heavens from the Hubble, NASA, STScI and James Webb sites. They all have an accompanying scripture, or portions which can help illustrate Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork”.
This series on the Glory of God was originally introduced with only ten Hubble slides shown on a large screen while fifteen verses were being read. It lasted about ten minutes. When completed there will be around 400 images in the Video Slideshow with related scriptures.
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