Impacted By Glory

1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” 4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

John 11:11–14 NKJV

11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” 12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

John 11:38–40 NKJV

38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”

John 11:43–44 NKJV

43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

Glory Makes The Work of God known

Glory is “the condition of being bright or shining, brightness, splendor, radiance”

It is

++To make visible

++To make known

++To draw attention to

The role of every follower of Christ is

++To Know God

++To Make God Known

Since the fall of man there has been a longing in man’s heart to reconnect to God. To gain that which was lost. It was a desire for God to show himself again.

God is Holy

++Purity

++Perfection

Glory tells us that God is

Hebrews 11:6 NKJV

6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

To be impacted by God’s Glory

++We must believe God

To be impacted by God’s Glory

We must believe God

++We must come to God

Matthew 11:28 NKJV

28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

James 4:8 NKJV

8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

To be impacted by God’s Glory

We must believe God

We must come to God

++We must abide in God

John 15:4 KJV 1900

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

Glory tells us that we have been chosen

Ephesians 1:4 NKJV

4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

We have been chosen

++By God

++To be in Him

++To be Holy

The audience of our Holiness

++is not man

++is not the church

++Is a Holy God

Glory tells us that we are called

1 Peter 1:15–16 NKJV

15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

Glory Tells us Who we are.

2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

2 Chronicles 5:13–14 NKJV

13 indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying: “For He is good, For His mercy endures forever,” that the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, 14 so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

The Glory Brought them together

2 Chronicles 5:13–14 NKJV

There was

++One Sound

++One voice

++In praise to the Lord

They declared the enduring nature of God

++The Lords Goodness

++The Lords mercy

They were impacted by Glory

Because of the glory

++All programming was lost

++The priest could not ministry

++It was a glory moment.

God’s Glory Rested

++on Places

Psalm 19:1 NKJV

1 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.

Exodus 24:16 NKJV

16 Now the glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

God’s Glory Rested

On Places

++On People

2 Chronicles 5:13–14 NKJV

God’s Glory Rested

On Places

On People

++On a Promise

Isaiah 55:5 NKJV

5 Surely you shall call a nation you do not know, And nations who do not know you shall run to you, Because of the Lord your God, And the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.”

God’s Glory Rested

On Places

On People

On a Promise

++On a Person

John 17:5 NKJV

5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

Ephesians 2:18 NKJV

18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

Ephesians 3:11–12 NKJV

11 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.

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