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Exploring HisExcellencies
He Is Glorious
John IsaacsSeptember 27, 2009
Kingsway Community Church
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“Everythingwill work out
fine,
if we press into
God's presence
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Remove allbarriers that
create gaps
between you
and God
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1. Un-confessed Sin
2. Relational Offenses
3. Disobedience
4. Idols
5. Distractions
Common Barriers To
“Pressing Into God”
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Not
Knowing
The Most Common
Barrier To“Pressing Into
God”
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We will experience
God more completelyand satisfactorily, aswe learn, more fully,
who the Bible teachesGod to be.
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Whois
God?
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Whatis HeLike?
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God iswho the Bible
(in its totality)
reveals Him to
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God’s attributesare classified as:
1. Incommunicable
2. Communicable
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Incommunicable
sovereign
self-existenceself-sufficiency
eternal
infinitude
immutability
omnipresence
omniscienceomnipotence
trinity
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Communicable
holiness
justicegoodness
love
gracious
mercy
wisdom
faithfulnessgenerosity
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The Bible Reveals God To Be
1. Good2. Powerful
3. Wise4. Eternal
5. Holy6. Just
7. Merciful8. Faithful
9. Near10. Sovereign
11. Love12. Glorious
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The Gloryof God
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God’s glory isthe sum total of
who God is, as
defined by His
attributes
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The glory of God is bothessential and
declarative.
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His essential glory
represents all that is in Himwhich is glorious.
His intrinsic greatness or weightiness, His manifold
majesty, brilliance, beauty,depth, and awesomeness. It is allHis attributes in perfect balance.
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His declarative glory
is the showing forth or therevealing of His attributes
that man can experience.
Summed up as His
goodness, greatness, and wisdom.
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Psalm 145:3-6 Speaks of
His Greatness
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Psalm 145:3-6
3 Great is the Lord, and greatlyto be praised; And His
greatness is unsearchable.4 One generation shall praise
Your works to another, Andshall declare Your mighty
acts.
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Psalm 145:3-6 (cont.)
5 I will meditate on the glorioussplendor of Your majesty,
And on Your wondrousworks.
6 Men shall speak of the might
of Your awesome acts, And I
will declare Your greatness.
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Psalm 145:7-10
Speaks of
His Goodness
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Psalm 145:7-10 (cont.)
9 The Lord is good to all, AndHis tender mercies are over all
His works.
10 All Your works shall praise
You, O Lord, And Your saints
shall bless You.
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Psalm 33:11
Speaks of
His Wisdom
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Psalm 33:11
The counsel of theLORD stands forever,
The plans of His heartto all generations.
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God is…
He is All Good
He is All GreatHe is All Wise
Glorious.
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The Gloryof God
comes toearth
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Isaiah 9:6
Unto us a Child is born, Unto usa Son is given; And the
government will be upon Hisshoulder. And His name will be
called Wonderful, Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace.
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2 Corinthians 4:6
For it is the God whocommanded light to shine out
of darkness, who has shone inour hearts to give the light of
the knowledge of the gloryof God in the face of
Jesus Christ
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1 Corinthians 1:24
but to those who arecalled, both Jews and
Greeks, Christ the
power of God andthe wisdom of God.
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Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of Hisglory and the express image of
His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power ,
when He had by Himself purged
our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
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The Gloryof Godfills theearth
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Glory’s PathGoodness, Greatness, and Wisdom
Evident In Creation
Always Present In The Godhead
Resident In His Holy Temple
Present With God’s People
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Glory’s Path
Manifested in God’s Son
Illuminated in God’s Word
Fills the earth
through God’s People!
Revealed by God’s Spirit
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John 17:22
And the glory which Yougave Me I have given
them, that they may be
one just as We are one.
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Isaiah 43:7
Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created
for My glory ; I have formed him, yes, I have made him."
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He does not mean He made us
so that He could become moreglorious in Himself. Instead
what Isaiah 43:7 means is that He created us to display His
glory, that His glory might be
known and praised.
- John Piper
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Colossians 1:27
To them God willed to makeknown what are the riches of
the glory of this mystery amongthe Gentiles: which is Christ
in you, the hope of glory.
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A “People” of Glory
That ye may show forth - By your
whole behavior, to all mankind.
The excellent glory - the virtues,wisdom, and power of Him, Christ,
who hath called you out of thedarkness of ignorance, error, sin,
and misery. - John Wesley
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