Sermon Tone Analysis

Purpose

Glorifying God by displaying and proclaiming Jesus.

Purpose Statement

St. Paul’s Congregational Church exists to glorify God by displaying & proclaiming Jesus within our church, to Greeley, & to the world.

We aim to make joyful, passionate disciples of Jesus who love God & love their neighbor.

Glorifying God

Synopsis

The giving of glory to God through acts of praise and obedience.

Believers are to glorify God in their lives, as Jesus Christ glorified him in his life.

Believers are to glorify God

Ps 96:1–9; Is 42:12

Psalm 96:1–9 (ESV) — 1 Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! 4 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

6 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!

9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!

Isaiah 42:12 (ESV) — 12 Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare his praise in the coastlands.

See also Is 43:5–7; Is 66:18–19; Hab 2:14

Isaiah 43:5–7 (ESV) — 5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.

6 I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

Isaiah 66:18–19 (ESV) — 18 “For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues.

And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them.

And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory.

And they shall declare my glory among the nations.

Habakkuk 2:14 (ESV) — 14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

God is entitled to be glorified

Ps 96:4–9

Psalm 96:4–9 (ESV) — 4 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

6 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!

9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!

See also Ps 29:1–2; Ps 115:1; Is 24:14–15

Psalm 29:1–2 (ESV) — 1 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.

Psalm 115:1 (ESV) — 1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

Isaiah 24:14–15 (ESV) — 14 They lift up their voices, they sing for joy; over the majesty of the Lord they shout from the west.

15 Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord; in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Glorifying God is the believer’s natural response to him

Ps 118:28

Psalm 118:28 (ESV) — 28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you.

See also Ps 34:3; Ps 69:30; Ps 86:12

Psalm 34:3 (ESV) — 3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!

Psalm 69:30 (ESV) — 30 I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 86:12 (ESV) — 12 I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.

God is glorified in Jesus Christ

Jn 13:31

John 13:31 (ESV) — 31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

See also Jn 14:13; Jn 17:4

John 14:13 (ESV) — 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 17:4 (ESV) — 4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.

Reasons for glorifying God

His holiness

Ps 99:9

Psalm 99:9 (ESV) — 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!

See also Re 15:4

Revelation 15:4 (ESV) — 4 Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name?

For you alone are holy.

All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

His great deeds

Ps 86:8–10

Psalm 86:8–10 (ESV) — 8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.

9 All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.

10 For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.

See also Is 25:1; 2 Co 4:13–15

Isaiah 25:1 (ESV) — 1 O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

2 Corinthians 4:13–15 (ESV) — 13 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.

15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

His loving mercy

Ps 63:3

Psalm 63:3 (ESV) — 3 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.

See also Ps 115:1; Ro 15:8–9

Psalm 115:1 (ESV) — 1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

Romans 15:8–9 (ESV) — 8 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 9 and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy.

As it is written, “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”

His righteous judgments

Re 14:7

Revelation 14:7 (ESV) — 7 And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

See also Eze 28:22–23; Ro 11:33–36; Re 11:13

Ezekiel 28:22–23 (ESV) — 22 and say, Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will manifest my glory in your midst.

And they shall know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments in her and manifest my holiness in her; 23 for I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the slain shall fall in her midst, by the sword that is against her on every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Romans 11:33–36 (ESV) — 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?”

35 “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?”

36 For from him and through him and to him are all things.

To him be glory forever.

Amen.

Revelation 11:13 (ESV) — 13 And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell.

Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Means of glorifying God

By praising God

Re 4:11; Re 7:12

Revelation 4:11 (ESV) — 11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

Revelation 7:12 (ESV) — 12 saying, “Amen!

Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever!

Amen.”

See also Lk 2:13; Ro 11:33–36; Ro 16:27; Heb 13:20–21; 1 Pe 4:11; 2 Pe 3:18; Jud 25