The Five Solas (2017): Soli Deo Gloria

This is a copy of God's Word, which I hope you have with you, that it's well read and treasured in your heart.

Turn with me to the book of Romans chapter 11, verse 33.

Romans 11:33

Today we're going to conclude our series on the solas of the Reformation.

And I'm going to preach from selected texts today.

I'm going to bounce this around a lot, which is not typically what I enjoy doing.

But I think to deal with the glory of God alone, we need to do so thematically this morning.

And so I want to begin our study with a reading from Romans 11, verses 33 through 36.

Romans 11:33–36

And then we're going to leave it.

I'll probably read it again in summary.

But I just want you to know, don't be thrown off when you go,

wait, Nathan's not talking about Romans 11, 33 through 36.

We'll bring other scripture.

And I want you to get ready, nimble fingers, to turn to other places with me this morning.

But I hope that this text will help draw your mind to the glory of God and the salvation of His people.

As Paul has spent the first 11 chapters of this great letter to the church in Rome,

outlining what the gospel is.

Our great need for justification by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

And then he writes this, beginning in verse 33 and following.

Oh, the depths of the riches and the wisdom and knowledge of God.

How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways.

For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been His counselor?

Or who has given a gift to Him that He might be repaid?

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.

To Him be glory forever.

Amen.

On Tuesday, we will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

Specifically, on the 31st, we celebrate the day that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses

to the door of the Wittenberg Church.

The 95 theses was a document outlining 95 reasons why the selling of indulgences by the Roman Catholic Church

was not biblical.

The prologue to this document reads as follows.

Out of love for the truth and from desire to explain it,

the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology,

an ordinary lecturer therein at Wittenberg,

intends to defend the following statements and to dispute on them in that place.

Therefore, he asks that those who cannot be present and dispute with him orally

shall do so in their absence by letter.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.

So we outlined his reasons and we will not get into them,

although you can find good English translations of them all over the place.

It's online.

It's especially easy to Google search this month.

One of the major concerns that Martin Luther had was that the selling of indulgences,

the teaching that justification could come by works of one kind or another,

were a degradation to the glory of God.

That maximized man and his work and it minimized God's working.

What precipitated from this document ignited a flame of doctrinal purification in Europe.

And we are beneficiaries of this purification.

God used the reformation in mighty ways that we might believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Now, much of the reformers' teaching has been summed up systematically in what are known as the solas.

The reformers didn't write it systematically in the way that we are studying it across these past weeks.

But we've brought it together.

We've encapsulated it in this way.

The reformers loved the word alone or only because recall that they were speaking to audiences that considered themselves Christian.

There was not opposition in the day to Scripture or grace or faith or Christ or the glory of God.

But there was so much addition to or subtraction from these key doctrines that the reformers loved to say only.

So a number of weeks ago, five weeks ago, we picked up the topic of sola scriptura.

That is to say that the Bible is our final authority.

It's the reigning authority over all other authorities.

So the Scripture alone is our authority.

And it teaches us that we are justified, have a right standing before God by grace alone, sola gratia,

through faith alone, sola fide, with the proper object of that faith being Christ,

in Christ alone, sola Christus.

And all things are for the glory of God alone, sola deo gloria.

As we end this series with a consideration of sola deo gloria,

know that we very well could have began our series with it.

God's glory is His renown or His fame.

And while we cannot make God more glorious than He already is,

we can mitigate it in our own hearts and to the detriment of others.

This was the predominant issue of the Reformation.

The glory of God expressed in the life of the church.

What do we believe to be true?

And how does our doctrine either shed a proper light on the glory of God

or lessen it, in a sense I'll get into momentarily?

A book I want to commend to you, but I'm not going to give to you, this morning anyway,

written by John Piper in a series he did called The Swans Are Not Silence.

There's a series of biographies.

This one's called The Legacy of Sovereign Joy.

He writes of an example from John Calvin's life.

He writes,

In 1538, the Italian cardinal Sadele wrote to the leaders of Geneva

trying to win them back to the Roman Catholic Church

after they had turned to the Reformed teachings.

He began his letter with a long conciliatory section

on the preciousness of eternal life

before coming to his accusations of the Reformation.

Calvin wrote the response to Sadele in six days in the fall of 1539.

It was one of his earliest writings

and spread his name as a Reformer across Europe.

Luther read it and said,

Here is a writing which has hands and feet.

I rejoice that God raises up such men.

So Calvin writes this response to this cardinal

who's trying to draw the Reformer leaders back to Roman Catholicism.

And his response to a teaching that said

that justification was not by grace through faith in Christ

was this, and I quote,

Your zeal for heavenly life is a zeal which keeps a man

entirely devoted to himself

and does not, even by one expression,

arouse him to sanctify the name of God.

There he goes on to say that the goal of every person's life

ought to be to set before man

as the prime motive of his existence

zeal to illustrate the glory of God.

To make much of God.

To know God as he is

and to help others to know God as he is.

This was the great cry of the Reformation.

So we could have also started with

Soli Deo Gloria,

but it's also apt to end with this theme,

this idea of to God alone be the glory.

Now the Bible reveals God's glory in two ways.

And this will be the outline for our study this morning.

The Bible reveals God's glory in two ways.

Number one,

as God's intrinsic reality.

God is glorious.

And number two,

as the external manifestation of God's glory.

So his glory expressed in the world.

Number one is God's intrinsic reality.

And number two,

as the external manifestation of God's glory.

So number one,

God's glory expressed as God's intrinsic reality.

In the Old Testament,

the primary Hebrew word for glory,

which is pronounced,

I believe,

kabod,

meant a heavy weight.

Such as a rich man's possessions,

which,

when weighed,

added up to a great deal of weight.

The richer he was,

the more his possessions would weigh.

With this wealth came a degree of clout,

or a heavy influence upon others in the community.

Thus,

glory came to represent the greatness of a man,

which commanded the respect of others.

So not just how well a man would be known,

not famous like people are famous in our day,

and then they try to have influence on people,

right?

But famous for being famous in some respects.

But this is a fame that has influence.

God's weight,

or glory,

is the greatness of who he is.

His glory is the awesome gravity of his name.

I am who I am.

The infinite wealth of his divine attributes,

as is found in his holiness,

his sovereignty,

his wrath,

his justice,

his grace,

his goodness,

and so on.

Every aspect of his character

is immeasurably heavy,

weighty,

incomparably great,

beyond any human's character,

or ability.

Being absolutely perfect,

God is awesome in every way.

Steve Lawson,

who's a contemporary pastor,

told the following account in an article

concerning the intrinsic reality of God's glory.

He wrote this.

Years ago,

Donald Gray Barnhouse,

pastor of 10th Presbyterian Church

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

delivered a message that aired on CBC radio.

In this national address,

the noted Bible teacher speculated

about what would be

the most diabolical strategy

that Satan could employ

against the church

in the years to come.

You catch that?

He said,

this is what I think

would be most diabolical

that Satan could do

as a strategy against the church.

To the astonishment of many listeners,

Barnhouse imagined

that all of the bars in Philadelphia

would be closed.

Prostitutes would no longer walk the streets.

pornography would no longer be available.

The streets would be clean

and all the city neighborhoods

would be filled with law-abiding citizens.

All swearing and cursing would be gone.

Children would respectfully say,

yes, sir, and no, ma'am.

Every church in town,

Barnhouse added,

would be packed to overflowing.

There would not be one church pew

that could not contain one more citizen.

What, you ask,

could be wrong with this?

Barnhouse then delivered

the knockout punch.

The deadliest,

most diabolical danger,

he said,

would be that in each of these

filled-to-capacity sanctuaries,

Jesus Christ would never be preached

and the glory of God

would never be exalted.

And beloved,

this is all too true

in many of our churches today.

I have actually found myself

in these past five weeks

feeling a heaviness

about the state of American Christianity.

the degree to which

the heirs of Rome

have slipped into

our evangelical churches.

The magnitude

of a soft prosperity gospel.

Many call it

moralistic, therapeutic deism,

which goes something like this,

and you can pick this up

in so many sermons today.

Do good

so that you'll feel good

so that you'll get good.

Next Sunday,

we're going to

I hesitate on the word celebrate.

We're going to gather together

and consider

the persecuted church

as it's the International Day of Prayer

for the persecuted church.

Try to preach that garbage

at some places in the world.

Some of our pastors today,

great theologians,

well-studied,

doctors of theology,

would be shut down

by the simple faith

of suffering Christians.

around the world.

That they would say to them,

oh, but to be like Christ.

This past week,

a church called

First Baptist Dallas,

pastored by a man

named Robert Jeffers,

Dr. Robert Jeffers,

a church that is part

of our denomination,

invited Sean Hannity

to come and be interviewed

as part of the preaching.

This is last week.

Because he is the executive producer

of a film,

a faith-based film,

Sean Hannity has,

for a long time,

espoused himself

as a Roman Catholic.

So he sits on the stage

talking to Dr. Jeffers

and proceeds to talk about

how he's not sure

if he really considers himself

a Catholic any longer,

but more a,

and I quote,

born-again Christian.

And then he goes on

to talk about

how the ill feelings

he would have

as a young man

after partying all night,

he'd wake up feeling horrible.

He thought was God

working and speaking

in his conscience.

And so he stopped

doing those things.

He stopped partying.

He started hanging out

with other people.

He stopped working

in the restaurant industry.

He started working

in the construction industry

instead.

And he finds that

if he just will listen

to this conscience

God telling him,

helping him to do

good things,

that he feels good.

You're hearing

do good

and the feel good

in there.

And at the conclusion

of this,

Dr. Robert Jeffers

says to him,

brother,

I am so glad

that I'm going to see you

in heaven one day.

Trampled the gospel

of Jesus Christ.

Justification by,

through grace,

by grace alone,

through faith alone

in Christ.

Alone.

A horrible travesty.

And I hope you feel that.

I hope that you don't go,

I don't really understand

what's bad about that.

Sean Hannity said,

I'm earning my way

to heaven.

And a Southern Baptist pastor,

a well-known,

outspoken,

published Southern Baptist pastor

said,

yeah,

you sure are.

Dr. Jeffers

helped damn

Sean Hannity

this past Sunday

did not speak

clearly to him

the gospel

of Jesus Christ

and they were applauded.

It makes me tremble.

I'm so afraid

for American Christianity.

God's glory

may have already

left our churches.

He may have already

moved on

places like China

where it's reported

that 10,000 people

come to faith

every day.

He may have already

left us

to this

diabolical

strategy

of Satan.

let this not be

true

of us.

Despite all of this,

despite the troubling

state of American

Christianity,

God

is

glorious.

He is

intrinsically

glorious.

Nothing that we

feel,

think,

say,

or do

will add

to or subtract

from God's

intrinsic

glory.

King David

declares

in Psalm

Psalms 138:5

138,

verse 5,

great

is the

glory

of the

Lord.

In Ephesians

3,

16,

the Apostle

Paul

asks that

the Ephesian

believers

be strengthened

with power

according

to the

riches

of God's

glory.

In Isaiah

42,

8,

God says,

I am the

Lord,

that is

my name,

my glory,

I give

to no

other.

So God

is himself

glorious.

And not only

that,

but we see

in Isaiah

42,

8,

that he

is a

glory

miser.

And this

is good

for us

because we

are glory

thieves.

We love

to have

glory for

our self,

to be made

famous,

to have

influence

for us.

We're always

wanting to make

more of ourselves

than we ought

to,

and in

so doing,

make little

of God.

God

is

weighty,

whether or

not we want

him to be,

and so

God is

right in

being zealous

for his

own fame.

Beloved,

it is so good

for us that

God is

God-centered,

that God is a

miser of his

own glory

because he

is

God.

God.

It would

always be

wrong for

any one

of us

to try

to heap

up glory

for

ourselves

because we

are not

God.

But God

himself,

the Lord,

the great

I am,

the self-existent

one,

the intrinsically

glorious

one,

would do us

no favor

allowing us

to have glory

for ourselves.

He does

us

infinite

favor

in showing

us

how glorious

he is,

pointing to

himself

all the time

and in so

many ways.

Look at

me,

the glorious

one.

And that

we get this

right is so

important.

That in our

thinking and

therefore in our

living,

God is

huge and

we are but

tiny.

God is

glorious and

we are

humble.

It's a

massive

importance.

A.W.

Tozer said,

what comes

into our

minds when

we think

about God

is the

most

important

thing

about us.

So,

is God

glorious

in your

mind?

Is his

holiness,

his

separateness

from us

massive

to you?

Is it

humbling

to consider

God?

If not,

I would

suggest to

you that

you do

not know

the God

of the

Bible.

Get into

the

Scripture

and read

about this

glorious

God.

But also,

we come to

the second

way that

the glory

of God

is revealed

as the

external

manifestation

of God's

glory.

So we have

his glory

in the

Scripture.

We can

behold his

intrinsic

glory in

the Bible.

But also,

in the Bible,

we're taught

other ways

in which

and ways

in which

we read

it in

the Scripture,

the external

manifestation

of God's

glory.

And I

have four

ways in

which he

manifests his

glory

externally.

Number one,

God has

manifested and

is manifesting

his glory

in his

creation.

So we

look around

us.

The beauty,

I'm glad to

do this in

October because

things are really

beautiful right

now.

Are they not?

We live in a

beautiful place.

It gets

ignited with

beauty for a

couple of

weeks in

October.

I'm told you

should drive

north this

week, not

too far, and

the leaves are

just an

astounding

color right

now.

Beholding the

manifest glory

of God comes

in so many

ways in his

creation.

The psalmist

says in Psalm

19, 1-4,

the heavens

declare the

glory of God

and the sky

above proclaim

his handiwork.

Day to day

it pours out

speech and

night to

night reveals

knowledge.

There is no

speech, there

are their

words whose

voice is not

heard.

Their voice

goes out

through all

the earth

and their

words to

the end

of the

world.

So we

behold the

manifest glory

of God

in creation

and standing

at the edge

of the Grand

Canyon on

the north

rim watching

the sun

rise, in

catching a

brook trout

in a North

Georgia stream,

in skein,

heavy,

powdery

drift.

We see the

glory of God

and the

beauty of

his creation.

Psalm 104

Psalms 104:24

verse 24 and

25 and then

verse 31,

psalmist says,

O Lord,

how manifold

are your works.

in wisdom

have you made

them all.

The earth

is full

of your

creatures.

Here is the

sea, great

and wide,

which teems

with creatures

innumerable,

living things

both small

and great.

May the

glory of the

Lord endure

forever.

May the

Lord rejoice

in his

works.

Paul writes

in Romans

Romans 1:20

chapter 1

verse 20,

of God

for his

invisible

attributes,

namely his

eternal

power and

divine nature

have been

clearly perceived

ever since the

creation of the

world in the

things that

have been

made.

God has

manifested

and is

manifesting

his glory

in his

creation.

And beloved,

we do well

when we enjoy

these types

of things,

but when we

begin to worship

the things

themselves,

we become

idolaters.

sometimes our

worship doesn't

go quite

high enough.

It needs

to go above

and beyond

the God

who made

these things.

This feels

a bit like

an obligatory

plug,

but maybe

once a year

I need to

say something

about football

because I

hear that's

what pastors

do.

Yesterday,

for UGA

fans,

it was a

pretty big

deal that

UGA beat

the Florida

Gators.

I had to

rehearse

that line

in my

head,

just so

you know.

I looked

it up

this morning

for your

benefit.

We don't

do well

when we

stop at

worshiping

UGA

football,

but we

do well

when we

enjoy UGA

football and

the God

who created

the incredible

athleticism of

these people.

We're created

as people

who worship.

We are

drawn to

look at

magnificent

things,

amazing

feats.

It happens

naturally.

There's an

impulse in

all of us

to do

that.

It channels

in all

kinds of

ways,

but every

bit of

it ought

to be

aimed

at the

glory of

God.

God

made

all

things.

Those

things that

are admirable

are to

pull our

minds

to Him.

So God

has manifested

and is

manifesting

His glory

in His

creation.

More

particularly,

number two,

God has

manifested

and is

manifesting

His glory

in the

person

of Jesus

Christ.

God

Himself

condescended

to become

a man.

Came as a

baby in a

manger,

so humble,

the son

of a

carpenter

in a

little town

called

Nazareth.

Colossians

1,

15-18.

Paul says

this of

this

Jesus,

Jesus

Christ

is the

image

of the

invisible

God,

the

firstborn

of all

creation.

For by

Him all

things were

created in

heaven and

on earth,

visible and

invisible,

whether

thrones or

dominions or

rulers or

authorities,

all things

were created

through Him

and for

Him.

And He

is before

all things

and in

Him all

things hold

together.

And He is

the head of

the body,

the church,

He is the

beginning,

the firstborn

from the

dead,

that in

everything He

might be

preeminent.

Now you need

to hear that

closing phrase,

not that He

possibly could

be first,

but that He

will be

first,

supreme,

exalted,

glorified.

Hebrews 1,

3,

the writer of

Hebrews says,

Jesus is the

radiance of

the glory of

God and

the exact

imprint of

His nature,

and He

upholds the

universe by

the word of

His power.

So God has

manifested and

is manifesting

His glory in

the very

person of

Jesus Christ.

And so when

we see

Jesus,

we see the

glory of

God.

Thirdly,

God has

manifested and

is manifesting

His glory in

the work of

Jesus Christ,

namely the

salvation of

His people.

So this

Jesus who

came and

lived a

perfect life

on our

behalf,

that we

might fulfill

the righteous

requirement of

the law,

we would have

His righteousness

imputed,

given to

us,

who died a

sinner's death,

the greatest

tragedy of

all history,

that He was

punished for

us in our

stead.

He bore the

wrath of God

on our

behalf,

was buried

three days

later,

raised again,

that by grace

through faith

in His person

and work,

we can be

saved.

God has

manifested and

is manifesting

His glory in

this.

Just listen to

some of what

Scripture says

concerning it.

Psalm 96,

2-4,

Sing to the

Lord,

bless His

name,

tell of His

salvation from

day to day,

declare His

glory among

the nations,

His marvelous

works among

all the

peoples,

for great is

the Lord and

greatly to be

praised.

He is to be

feared above

all gods.

Or Isaiah

43,

6-7,

God says,

I will say

to the north,

give up,

and to the

south,

do not

withhold.

Bring my

sons from

afar,

my daughters

from the

end of

the earth,

everyone who

is called

by my

name,

whom I

created

for my

glory,

whom I

formed

and made.

Or Ephesians

Ephesians 1:3

chapter 1,

verse 3,

and following,

blessed be the

God and

Father of our

Lord Jesus

Christ,

who has

blessed us

in Christ

with every

spiritual

blessing in

the heavenly

places,

even as He

chose us in

Him before

the foundation

of the world,

that we

should be

holy and

blameless

before Him.

In love,

He predestined

us for

adoption to

Himself as

sons through

Jesus Christ,

according to

the purpose

of His

will.

And then

verse 6,

so all of

this working

together,

God working,

verse 6,

to the praise

of His

glorious

grace.

Paul again,

2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 4:6

chapter 4,

verse 6,

For God

who said,

let light

shine out

of darkness,

has shown in

our hearts

to give the

light of the

knowledge of

the glory of

God in the

face of

Jesus Christ.

If we have

beheld Him

in His

person and

His work,

we have

seen the

glory of

God and

it is now

given to

us to

help others

see the

glory of

God.

Spurgeon

quote of

the week,

it would

seem,

that's on

the front

of your

bulletin,

he said

this,

we endeavor

to glorify

Him now

by our

actions,

but then

He will be

glorified in

our own

persons,

in the fact

that we are

redeemed ones

of God,

He will be

glorified,

and character

and condition.

He is glorified

by what we

do,

but He is

at the last

to be glorified

in what

we are,

because He

made us.

We are saved

by grace alone,

through faith alone,

in Christ alone.

Regeneration

preceded our

faith, I would

contend,

and so all

praise is due,

to Christ.

Fourthly,

and lastly,

God has

manifested,

and is

manifesting

His glory

in the work

of His

church.

So having

been saved

by Christ,

now being

empowered by

His Spirit,

we are

about the

work of

bringing

honor and

glory to

God.

And do you

see the two

ways that it's

taught in the

Scripture?

God is Himself

glorious,

we can't

add to

that glory,

but we can

show Him

more as

He is.

John Piper

has this great

little analogy.

He talks about

magnifying God

being the same

as glorifying

God.

He talks about

how there's two

types of

magnification.

The type of

magnification that

a microscope

does makes

very tiny things

look bigger

than they really

are.

Sometimes people

think in this way

wrongly about

glorifying God.

God is not a

tiny thing

who needs

your help

to be made

look bigger.

But there's

also the type

of magnification

that a

telescope does

where it

makes a

massive thing,

a weighty

thing,

a glorious

thing look

more like

it actually

is.

So in that

way,

we bring

honor,

we bring

glory,

we glorify

God by

being reflections

of who

He is.

And you

see how

this is more

glory building

for God,

right?

Because we

have no way

of saying,

look at me

and how

great I

am in

following God,

but look

how great

God is

as I

follow Him.

It's a

humble posture

that brings

glory to

God.

In 1646

and 1647,

a group

of divines

met together

at a

synod

at Westminster

to help

bring the

Church of

England into

greater

conformity

with the

Church of

Scotland.

And they

wrote a

number of

documents.

We know

them as

the

Westminster

Confession,

the

Westminster

Shorter

Catechism,

and the

Westminster

Larger

Catechism.

Maybe well

known to

you,

the first

question of

the

Westminster

Shorter

Catechism

is this.

What is

the

chief

end

of

man?

And the

answer

that they

wrote is

man's

chief

end

is to

glorify

God

and to

enjoy

Him

forever.

And I

like

Piper's

alteration

on that.

I think

it's

correct.

I think

this is

what they

meant.

Man's

chief

end

is to

glorify

God

by

enjoying

Him

forever.

And just

to your

benefit,

I don't

know if

you're

aware

or not

of the

Westminster

larger

catechism.

Very few

of us

pay much

attention

to it.

Question

one is

a bit

different

and the

answer is

a bit

different.

And I

just think

it's

good.

It's

a little

expanded.

Question

one is

what is

the chief

and

highest

end

of

man?

So

not only

the

primary

but

the

best

end

of

man.

And

the

answer

is

man's

chief

and

highest

end

is

to

glorify

God

and

fully

to

enjoy

him

forever.

And so

we're

meant

to be

about

this

work.

This

is

the

chief

high

end.

Jesus

said

in

Matthew

5.16

Let

your

light

shine

before

others

so

that

they

may

see

your

good

works

and

give

glory

to

your

Father

who

is

in

heaven.

My

father

has

this

wonderful

analogy

that I

have

used

rather

widely

and

so

if

you've

heard

it

before

my

apology

to

you.

He

uses

it

and

I

have

used

it

most

specifically

about

church

leaders

but

today

I

want

to

expand

a

little

bit

to

all

of

us

all

of

those

who

claim

to

know

Christ

and

to

follow

him

and

it's

an

analogy

about

a

race

horse

versus

a

plow

horse

my

dad

always

starts

it

this

way

he

says

our

denomination

needs

more

plow

horses

and

fewer

race

horses

and

he

goes on

to

explain

that

race

horses

get

a

lot

of

applause

right

they

do

something

that's

not

extremely

meaningful

running

around

a

track

but

we

all

praise

the

race

horse

we

want

to see

the

race

horse

run

fast

right

and

crowds

gather

to make

see

this

happen

and

applaud

them

on

the

plow

horse

doesn't

really

get

applauded

by

anybody

right

the

plow

horse

gets

hooked

up

to

a

plow

and

it

puts

its

head

down

and

it

draws

a

long

straight

line

and

at

the

end

of

that

row

it

gets

turned

around

and

it

puts

its

head

down

and

it

does

it

again

long

straight

line

and

the

only

people

that

possibly

praise

the

plow

horse

are

the

family

for

whom

he

helps

provide

food

and

that

plow

horse

lives

a

long

faithful

life

to

that

family

and

one

day

passes

on

we

need

more

plow

horses

I

would

suggest

that

the

Christian

is

meant

to

be

a

plow

horse

humbly

!

serving!

loving!

Putting

our

heads

down!

And

simply

doing

the

next

right

thing

quietly

lives

lived

to

the

glory

of

God

teaching

the

truth

propagating

it

everywhere

we

go

if

we

would

have

more

plow

horses

Ephesians

2.10

Paul

says

for

we

are

his

workmanship

created

in

Christ

Jesus

for

good

works

which

God

prepared

beforehand

that

we

should

walk

in

them

so

whatever

it

is

that

you

do

in

your

life

you

can

be

sure

if

you

are

a

Christian

you

are

meant

to

glorify

God

in

it

you

work

to

the

glory

of

God

you

study

to

the

glory

of

God

you

sing

music

to

the

glory

of

God

you

cut

your

lawn

to

the

glory

of