Essentials: Praise Yahweh

Introduction

Not getting a thank you when you were instrumental

Scripture Introduction

Jesus does not seek his own glory, but God seeks it.

“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing”

It is the Father who glorifies Jesus

Connection: Opportunity to praise God

Take Home: Our admiration for Yahweh's marvelous works inspires praise as we remain free from societal pressures and spiritual blindness.

Message Focus: How we can praise Yahweh and what we need to guard ourselves from.

People’s Precaution vv. 8-12

Then how?

Pharisee’s Prejudice vv. 13-17

Not from God

Parental Petrification vv. 18-23

Feared

Pupil’s Praise vv. 24-41

“Give glory to God”

To positively enhance people’s understanding of Jesus so to increase His honor.

A form of worship, which is the spreading of the praise and glory of God.

(Praise)

The word has a strong sense of genuine joy and opens enthusiastic expression of adoration for God. - Mark Keown

“One thing I know”

Recognizing God's work and openly glorifying Him for His mighty acts.

There may be many things we are unsure of, but we must focus on what we do know. Praise Him for what you do know.

Prayer for healing

“This is an amazing thing”

Magnify

People don’t directly experience God, but they do have contact with Christians and that influences how they view God.

1 Peter 2:9 “. . . proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”

Ephesians 3:10 “so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.”

Avenues

Words

Acts 17:22–23

“. . . I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.”

Psalm 146

Worthy of Every Breath of Praise vv. 1-2

No One Else Can Bring Victory vv. 3-4

Aid from the Omnipotent vv. 5-10

Actions

John 15:8 “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”

Overflow

1 Peter 2:12 “Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.”

Attention

Joshua 4:21 “And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’”

Summary

Our admiration for Yahweh's marvelous works inspires praise.

as we remain free from societal pressures and spiritual blindness.

Precautious; Prejudice; Petrification; Praise

A Possible Next Step

Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.”