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Benjamin Ng

How to Give God the Glory

Father in heaven, Lord, we're so thankful.

Thankful for the blessed Sabbath, not just so that we can rest, but that we can also focus upon Jesus Christ, our Savior.

For without Him, Lord, the Sabbath would really be meaningless.

It would be no different from the rest of the world.

And so Father, we are asking for a spiritual blessing this morning, more than just physical rest, that You give us the spiritual rest, that You'd sanctify us as You have sanctified this day, and that You'd bring our thoughts higher and closer to You today.

And at this very time, as we open Your Word, may Your Word speak so very clearly to us, we pray, in Jesus' name, Amen.

So, for the past few weeks, we've been looking at preaching and what to preach.

Well my suggestion was the 3 angels messages.

This really is our responsibility during the time of this pandemic.

When everybody is running around, they're uncertain about what's happening.

Friends, we have the answer, and God, He's asking us to preach about the 3 angels' messages.

And just to recap real quickly last week, when we looked at that first part of the first angel's message, it talks about fear God.

And we looked at that story of Abraham and we looked at several other texts as well of course, But the main point that I wanted you to take away from Fear God is learning to obey even when we don't understand the reason why.

And so I want you to come back with me in your Bibles now to Revelation chapter 14.

Looking at that first angel's message, we're going to recap again verse 6 and 7.

Revelation 14 verse 6 and 7, this is what the Bible says, And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment is come and worship Him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters." Friends, God calls us to fear Him, not to be scared of Him, but that unquestioning obedience.

And it is only them that we can give glory to God.

The natural progression is when we learn to obey even when we don't understand the reason why.

When we learn to obey without continually questioning, God, He can then help us to give glory to Him.

Well, in Psalms chapter 8, let's turn our Bibles there.

Psalms chapter 8 and verse 3, the Bible says this, that thou visitest Him.

For thou hast made Him, speaking of man, a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned Him with glory and honor." Friends, when God created us at the very beginning, He crowned us with glory.

And so, when the 3 angels' messages tell us that He wants us to give glory to Him, really, it's a call for us to go back to the original intent of why God created us at the very beginning.

Isaiah 43 and verse 7, Isaiah 43 verse 7, the Bible says this, Even everyone that is called by my name, For I have created him for my glory.

I formed him, yea, I have made him." God's original intent for us is to give him glory.

This is the reason why He created us at the very beginning.

This is the whole creation story of Adam and Eve.

He instilled in us, He put in us His glory, His character.

And so, friends, really the first angel's message is a call all the way back to creation.

The original purpose of why God created us.

And friends, we lost that glory at the very beginning when Adam and Eve sinned.

In Romans 3, verse 23, we're all too familiar with this text.

For all have sinned and come short of what?

Because of sin, because of transgression, we lost that glory.

And friends, I do want you to pray for me.

It seems like the internet is fluctuating a bit here.

Let's pray for the internet connection that it will be stable throughout our time of worship here this morning.

Because we sinned, we lost God's character.

So friends, really, when we fear God, remember we connected fear God with His commandments, Exodus 20, 20 and Ecclesiastes 12, verse 13.

So when we sin, we are disobeying God's law, we're breaking His law, we're coming short of His glory, and His glory is associated with the 10 commandments with the 10 Commandments, friends.

And so, when we talk about glory, it has to do with His law.

But wait a minute, that really just sounds like the message of fear God.

Let's turn our Bibles now to 2 Thessalonians 2 and verse 14.

What does the Bible say here about the gospel and glory?

2 Thessalonians 2, 14, whereunto He called you by our gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Friends, the purpose of the gospel is to bring us back to the original intent of what God had for us at the very beginning.

And the 3 angels message is the everlasting gospel, you see.

And what's very interesting is when you look at the end of the 3 angels messages in verse 12, here is the patience of the saints.

Here are they that keep the commandments of God.

You see the commandments mentioned at the very beginning in fear of God.

You see it also mentioned at the very end as well.

And so really the heart of the Gospel and its foundation is His law.

And that is very much got to do with God's glory.

But friends, look, we can't give glory if we don't obtain glory first.

We can't give glory to God if we don't have it.

So, in 2 Thessalonians 2, 14, it is the obtaining of the glory of God.

Friends, before you Go and preach to others the gospel.

Before we can give glory to God, we got to obtain that glory first.

2 Corinthians 3, verse 18, the Bible says this, 2nd Corinthians 3.18, the Bible says this, the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Before you give the gospel a certain sound, make sure you're spending time with the gospel.

Make sure you are beholding the glory of God.

This is the reason why Jesus came friends, not just simply to die.

In John 1 14 it says, Friends, Jesus came to live among men and not just simply for the sacrifice of sin at the very end of His life, but we may understand in practice through His life what that glory was all about.

And so Jesus, He came to be the living word.

When you look at His name, Jesus, in Matthew chapter 1 and verse 21, let's turn the Bibles there.

Matthew chapter 1 and verse 21, the Bible says, And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins." Friends, if sin made us to fall short of God's glory, and Jesus, He comes to save us from our sins, He is the only 1 that can help us to obtain that glory again.

And so, friends, really the 3 angels' messages is all about Jesus.

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