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Exploring His Excellencies He Is Glorious  John Isaacs September 27, 2009 Kingsway Community Church

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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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1. Revealing God’s Character .

2. Demonstrating God’s Power .

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Our Mission

Filling the earth

with His Glory!