To Know Him and Make Him Known
We’ve spent a lot of time in this series thinking about how to live a life that God will bless, but when was the last time you thought about blessing God? Join us this morning as we turn the theme of “blessing” on its head and contemplate how to pour blessings on our God.
“If our ultimate purpose is to make sure that God is glorified in everything, we will discover very quickly that the only way we can adequately do that is together as the family of God. Join us this morning as we wrestle with Peter’s guidance of how to go about doing that.”
God has gone to great lengths to enable us to show the world His greatness, in our words and our actions. Let’s take advantage of this great privilege and glorify God today!
The Holy Spirit was sent by God to insure that God’s ambitious plan (of revealing His character and glory to the world through the Church) is ultimately successful. He is the ultimate “closer.”
The final phase in God’s plan to show the world what He was truly like was a surprising one – to replicate the character and glory of Jesus in His followers and then send them out to show the world what He is like. Have you embraced the privilege?
When the “Direct” approach proved unfruitful, God adapted His strategy by sending Jesus to be the ultimate revelation of His glory, character, and nature. While a huge improvement over the “Direct” approach, it still had some downsides. In the end, it comes down to a choice: will you believe, or not?
God has often taken a direct approach to revealing His glory to humanity, where He shows up in visible form, speaks up in audible words, and takes action in observable miracles. While this approach has occasionally worked, it also has some significant downsides that make it clear that another approach is needed.”