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“Whatever you do, whether you eat or

whether you drink, do everything to the

glory of God." 1 Cor 10:31

“Whatever you do, whether you eat or whether you drink, do everything to the glory of God.“

Worship and the glory of God

God is most glorified in me when

I am most satisfied in Him



The main purpose of God….

….is to enjoy God and glorify himself

forever



The main purpose of God is to enjoy God and

glorify himself forever.

1. God saved you for his own glory (Eph 1:6, 12, 14)

to the praise of his glorious grace (6)

might be for the praise of his glory (12)

to the praise of his glory (14)





1. God saved us for his own glory (Eph 1:6, 12, 14)

2. You were created for the glory of God. (Isaiah 43:6)

"Bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the

earth; everyone whom I created for my glory."







3. God rescued his people Israel from Egypt for his

glory. (Psalm 106:7)

"Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your

ways or your wonderful works. They rebelled against you at the

Red Sea. Yet you saved them for your name's sake, that you

might make known your power and your glory."









4. Jesus came and died for God's glory. (Romans 15:8)

"Christ became a servant to the circumcision to show God's

truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the

patriarchs, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his

mercy."










5. Jesus is returning to get glory. (2 Thessalonians 1:9)

"Those who do not obey the gospel will suffer the punishment of eternal

destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of

his might, when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints and to be

marvelled at in all who have believed."





1. God saved us for his own glory (Eph 1:6, 12, 14) 2. We were created for the glory of God. (Isaiah 43:6)

3. God rescued his people Israel from Egypt for his glory. (Ps 106:7)


5. Jesus is returning to get glory. (2 Thessalonians 1:9)

6. Christians are called to serve for God’s glory (1 Peter 4:11b)

“If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in

all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and

the power for ever and ever”



We Must Magnify God like Telescopes not

microscopes



If God is God-centred, how can He be good

and loving?

1. God is not an idolater

2. He gives those He loves what is best for them



1. The main purpose of God is to enjoy God

and glorify himself forever.

2. The main purpose of a human being is to

glorify God by enjoying him forever



“One has to wonder,

given all of life's

uncertainty and pain,

how do we get through

it? Well, sometimes the

illusions work better

than the medicine.”

Narrator



“The worship of Mammon (money) . . . has become

many people's life purpose. I think it is very natural

that many other people will not be satisfied . . . will

seek some meaning for their lives so that when

Christianity falls into their lives, they will seize it very

tightly.” Professor He Guanghu



"I must have my heart

happy in God or I will be

of no use to anybody. I'll

use them and try to get

them to satisfy my

cravings and my

vacancies.“

George Muller



Be a Christian hedonist (Pursue pleasure) Objections

1. Does the Bible really teach that you should pursue your joy with all

your heart and mind and soul and strength.

2. What about self-denial? Didn't Jesus say, "If anyone would come

after me, let him deny himself?"

3. Doesn't this put too much emphasis on emotion? Isn't Christianity

essentially a matter of the will, whereby we make commitments and

decisions?

4. What becomes of the noble concept of serving God as a duty when

it's hard and you don't feel like it?

5. Doesn't this just put me--and not God--at the centre of things?



1. Does the Bible really teach that you should pursue your joy?

a) With commandments. (Psalm 37:4, Philippians 4:4)

"Delight yourself in the Lord."

"Rejoice in the Lord, and again I say, rejoice."

b) By Threats (Deuteronomy 28:47)

"Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness and gladness of

heart, therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against

you."

c) By presenting saving faith as essentially being satisfied with all that

God is for you in Jesus. (Hebrews 11:6)

"Without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who would draw near to

God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him."



1. Does the Bible really teach that you should pursue your joy?

a) With commandments. (Psalm 37:4, Philippians 4:4)

b) By Threats (Deuteronomy 28:47)

c) By presenting saving faith as essentially being satisfied with all that

God is for you in Jesus. (Hebrews 11:6)

d) By defining sin as the insanity of forsaking the pursuit of your

pleasure in God. (Jeremiah 2:12-13)

“Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror,’ declares the

Lord.

‘My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of

living water,

and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water”.



1. The main purpose of God is to enjoy God

and glorify himself forever.

2. The main purpose of a human being is to

glorify God by enjoying him forever

So pursue pleasure

For God is more glorified in you when you

are most satisfied in Him

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