TEXT: 1Corinthians 10:31-33
I. INTRODUCTION
- Soli Deo Gloria is often quoted by all Christians
- What is the Glory means?
- “The glory of God is something which no man can define" by Martyn Lloyd Jones
- Heb "Chabod" Greek "doxa"
- The glory of God is the invisible qualities, character, or attributes of God displayed in a visible"
- It is all about the weightiness or gravity of His being that every one should be tremble and fear.
- It has something to do with revelation and presence of God
II. BODY
- Apostle Paul summed up the entirety of the being of man in relation with the very glory of God
- Background:
- Paul is addressing the issue in the church in Corinth
- These people does not know how to live a Christian life
- Because of that there is disorder, conflict, and wars among them
- They misuse their freedom in Christ by not being caring and loving for others
- They became self-centered rather than service-centered
- And they think more about themselves than others, to the worst than of God -
- Their glory rather than God's glory
- Thinking of our own glory and not the glory of God, will lead to indifference toward others
- We think of our will, pleasure, emotion, the very entirety of us
CIS: Christian Life
is being aware of the Glory of God
1. The Purpose of
Christian Life is the Glory of God (v31)
- Why God created man? Let us go back to the Garden of Eden
- To do God's will because it is His pleasure and purpose
- But outside the Garden of Eden (presence of God-where His glory fills the place)
It
is about the glory of man (Cain wants his glory, Lacmech's glory, Nimrod's
glory of his Tower of Babel)
- POINT: Without the awareness of the glory of God as our purpose, we all live for our own glory.
- Life inside and outside church should not be different (the way you live at home, church, workplace,
should
be the same
- In any situation at any place at any period of time, think of GOD's GLORY (The Presence of God)
- Whether in what we called private or public, life must be of the same
- ILLUSTRATION: “Let us think often that our only business in this life is to please God. Perhaps all besides is but folly and vanity. ”
By Bro. Lawrence
- CHALLENGE: If our goal is the glory of God, we will live for the sake of God's glory in every situation, place, and time
2. The Practice of
Christian Life is the Glory of God (v31)
Christian
life is not a compartmentalized life but a life as a whole
- Eating, Drinking, Doing
- POINT: Without the awareness of the glory of God our practice of Christian life is contrary to Christ-likeness
- Life inside and outside church should not be different (the way you live at home, church, workplace,
should
be the same
- In any situation at any place at any period of time, think of GOD's GLORY (The Presence of God)
- Whether in what we called private or public, life must be of the same
- ILLUSTRATION: We are not Schizophrenic people with many identity.
We have one identity
and it should be of Christ's identity - Christlikeness
- CHALLENGE: If our goal is the glory of God, we will live for the sake of God's glory in every situation, place, and time
- The Priority of Christian Life is the Glory of God (vv32-33
- The Results if our priority is the Glory of God
- Pleasing any kind of people
- It is not about compromising
- Pleasing in a sense that every kind of people will feel that you care for them
- Mission - you're not thinking about yourselves, but the people out there
- Giving time to pray for others, communicate with them
- Seeking advantage for others and not yours
- Imagine the Law of God, It is about God and other people - it is not about you thought it be for your own benefit
- You know why they are hard to follow because it is thinking of God and other people.
- Because the Law reflects the Glory of God
- Reflecting the Glory of God will lead to salvation of people
- Matt 5:16 - Reflecting who God is in doing good works
III. CONCLUSION
The
Life of Child who wants to become an engineer: What is his purpose, practice,
and priority?
Let
us reflect: Is my life conscious of the Glory of God? Is it my purpose, my
practice, my priority
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