11/10/2012

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What is the Bible’s MAIN THING??

What brings God

Pleasure??

What is the Bible’s MAIN THING??

2 ways to read the Bible…

You are the centerpiece of the story

GOD IS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE STORY

Because God is the centerpiece you are included

11/10/2012

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What is the Bible’s MAIN THING??

The ultimate reason all things exist……for God’s glory

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard (Psalm 19:1-3 )

For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, (Romans 1:20)

And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory." (Isaiah 6:3 )

What is the Bible’s MAIN THING??

The ultimate reason all things exist……for God’s glory

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Gen 1:27 )

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. (Rom 11:36)

"Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages. Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you.” (Rev 15:3-4 )

What is the Bible’s MAIN THING??

What does God’s GLORY mean??

GLORY = weight, significance, value

God created to display the worth, value, significanceof who He is…that we might enjoy the fame of His Name

BEAUTY …hard word to define

The glory of God is the beauty of His infinite & overflowingfullness in all that He is and all that He does

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What is the Bible’s MAIN THING??God’s glory is the centerpiece of the Bible……because it is the centerpiece of creation

God is a God-centered Godwho is for the fame of His Name

This sounds so SELFISH!!

What could God give youto enjoy that would showHim most loving??

Because God is committed to His glory youget written into the story

Why did God send His Son to rescue youfrom the consequences of glory-thieving & bring you into the eternal enjoyment of His glory??

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-- to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. (Ephesians 1:3-6)

What is the Bible’s MAIN THING??

The Bible is a telescope that bringsthe unimaginably huge,

incomprehensively magnificentglories of God into view

S in to confess?P romise to trust?A ttitude to change?C ommand to obey?E xample to follow?P rayer to pray?E rror to avoid?T ruth about God

to believe?S omething to praise

God for?