Teamwork in the Local Church Lesson Three: The Goal to Glorify God

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Teamwork in the Local Church Lesson Three
The Goal to Glorify God
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Do we understand what it means to glorify God?

• To magnify Him To enlarge His significance, lift
  up His importance, and call attention to His
  greatness!

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Psalms 341-3 (NASB)

• 1 I will bless the LORD at all times His praise
  shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall
  make its boast in the LORD The humble shall hear
  it and rejoice. 3 O magnify the LORD with me,
  and let us exalt His name together.

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Psalms 1134 (NASB)

• The LORD is high above all nations His glory is
  above the heavens.

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1 Chronicles 2910-11 (NASB)

• 10 So David blessed the LORD in the sight of all
  the assembly and David said, "Blessed art Thou,
  O LORD God of Israel our father, forever and
  ever. 11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness and the
  power and the glory and the victory and the
  majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens
  and the earth Thine is the dominion, O LORD, and
  Thou dost exalt Thyself as head over all

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1 Chronicles 2912-13 (NASB)

• 12 Both riches and honor come from Thee, and
  Thou dost rule over all, and in Thy hand is power
  and might and it lies in Thy hand to make great,
  and to strengthen everyone. 13 Now therefore, our
  God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name.
  

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Do we understand what it means to glorify God?

• To magnify Him.
• To praise Him To express our approval and
  admiration of Him.

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Psalms 1061-2 (NASB)

• 1 Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD,
  for He is good For His lovingkindness is
  everlasting. 2 Who can speak of the mighty deeds
  of the LORD, or can show forth all His praise?

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Psalms 1111-4 (NASB)

• 1 Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the
  LORD with all my heart, in the company of the
  upright and in the assembly. 2 Great are the
  works of the LORD They are studied by all who
  delight in them. 3 Splendid and majestic is His
  work And His righteousness endures forever. 4 He
  has made His wonders to be remembered The LORD
  is gracious and compassionate.

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Do we understand what it means to glorify God?

• To magnify Him.
• To praise Him.
• To honor Him To highly esteem Him and show great
  respect or reverence for Him.

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Revelation 49-10 (NASB)

• 9 And when the living creatures give glory and
  honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne,
  to Him who lives forever and ever, 10 the
  twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who
  sits on the throne, and will worship Him who
  lives forever and ever, and will cast their
  crowns before the throne, saying

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Revelation 411 (NASB)

• 11 "Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God, to
  receive glory and honor and power for Thou didst
  create all things, and because of Thy will they
  existed, and were created."

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Our number one goal should be to glorify God in
the church.

• Ephesians 320-21 (NASB) 20 Now to Him who is
  able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that
  we ask or think, according to the power that
  works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the
  church and in Christ Jesus to all generations
  forever and ever. Amen.

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Keeping God
Front and Center.

• Glory belongs wholly to God.

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Revelation 191 (NASB)

• After these things I heard, as it were, a loud
  voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,
  "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong
  to our God.

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• If brethren arent careful, they will place the
  preacher or elders front and center in the
  church instead of God! (1 Cor. 111-15 34-5,
  21-23).

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Psalms 8612 (NASB)

• I will give thanks to Thee, O Lord my God, with
  all my heart, and will glorify Thy name forever.

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Psalms 1151 (NASB)

• Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Thy name
  give glory because of Thy lovingkindness, because
  of Thy truth.

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Revelation 710-12 (NASB)

• 10 And they cry out with a loud voice, saying,
  "Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and
  to the Lamb." 11 And all the angels were standing
  around the throne and around the elders and the
  four living creatures and they fell on their
  faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12
  saying, "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and
  thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to
  our God forever and ever. Amen."

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Keeping God
Front and Center.

• Glory belongs wholly to God.
• Glorifying God in the church demands a team
  effort.

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Romans 155-6 (NASB)

• 5 Now may the God who gives perseverance and
  encouragement grant you to be of the same mind
  with one another according to Christ Jesus 6
  that with one accord you may with one voice
  glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
  Christ.

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Keeping God
Front and Center.

• Glory belongs wholly to God.
• Glorifying God in the church demands a team
  effort.
• Whatever we do, we do all to the glory of God.
• In every aspect of our worship, there is a
  deliberate effort made to give the glory to God
  (Rev. 191-7).

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Prepare to Glorify God!

• Psalm 100 (NASB) 1 Shout joyfully to the LORD,
  all the earth. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness
  Come before Him with joyful singing. 3 Know that
  the LORD Himself is God It is He who has made
  us, and not we ourselves We are His people and
  the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter His gates with
  thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give
  thanks to Him bless His name. 5 For the LORD is
  good His lovingkindness is everlasting, and His
  faithfulness to all generations.

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Preaching or teaching that seeks to glorify God
above all.

• Psalms 2222 (NASB) I will tell of Thy name to
  my brethren In the midst of the assembly I will
  praise Thee.

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Why we do the good works that we
do.

• John 158 (NASB) "By this is My Father
  glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove
  to be My disciples.

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Glorifying God in Our Worship.

• Prayers that Praise!
• Those that lead prayer seeks to call attention to
  Gods greatness, not to themselves (Mat. 61 /
  Ps. 3518).

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Matthew 65 (NASB)

• "And when you pray, you are not to be as the
  hypocrites for they love to stand and pray in
  the synagogues and on the street corners, in
  order to be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they
  have their reward in full.

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Psalms 3518 (NASB)

• I will give Thee thanks in the great
  congregation I will praise Thee among a mighty
  throng.

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• Our prayers demonstrate great reverence for God
  and contain many praises for what we appreciate
  about Him (Mat. 69
  Heb. 1315).

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Glorifying God in Our Worship.

• Prayers that Praise!
• Singing that magnifies Gods greatness.

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Psalms 961-6 (NASB)

• 1 Sing to the LORD a new song Sing to the LORD,
  all the earth.2 Sing to the LORD, bless His name
  Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day
  to day. 3 Tell of His glory among the nations,
  His wonderful deeds among all the peoples. 4
  For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised
  He is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the
  gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made
  the heavens. 6 Splendor and majesty are before
  Him, strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

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• Song leaders need to have a balance in the
  selection of songs
  songs that teach, admonish (Col 316), and praise
  and magnify God (Ps. 6930).

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Glorifying God in Our Worship.

• Prayers that Praise!
• Singing that magnifies Gods greatness.
• To lift up Christ at the Lords Supper.

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To lift up Christ
at the Lords Supper.

• The Lords Supper is not a meal where Christians
  satisfy hunger, socialize, or seek to arouse
  their emotions.
• Not about looking at ourselves, but about making
  sure (examine) we honor Jesus in our
  hearts by remembering His sacrifice.

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1 Corinthians 1124-25 (NASB)

• 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it,
  and said, "This is My body, which is for you do
  this in remembrance of Me." 25 In the same way
  He took the cup also, after supper, saying, "This
  cup is the new covenant in My blood do this, as
  often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."

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1 Corinthians 1126-28 (NASB)

• 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink
  the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He
  comes. 27 Therefore whoever
  eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in
  an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body
  and the blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man
  examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread
  and drink of the cup.

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The Lords Supper

• A special time of admiration for Him, to lift up
  His importance, to give thanks for Him
  Christ our Passover is
  sacrificed for us! (1 Cor. 57b)

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Glorifying God in Our Worship.

• Prayers that Praise!
• Singing that magnifies Gods greatness.
• To lift up Christ at the Lords Supper.
• To demonstrate thanksgiving in our offering.

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• Some have been deceived by the Prosperity
  gospel giving only so that they may one day
  become materially rich (cf. Mat. 1322).

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• Others boast in giving, seeking the glory of men
  (Mat. 62 Amos 45).

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• Giving of our means on the first day of the week
  (1 Cor. 161-2) is an opportunity to give to the
  Lord (2 Cor. 85 cf. 1 Chron. 2917).

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1 Chronicles 2917 (NASB)

• Since I know, O my God, that Thou triest the
  heart and delightest in uprightness, I, in the
  integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all
  these things so now with joy I have seen Thy
  people, who are present here, make their
  offerings willingly to Thee.

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Philippians 418 (NASB)

• But I have received everything in full, and have
  an abundance I am amply supplied, having
  received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a
  fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice,
  well-pleasing to God.

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Glorifying God in All Our Preaching and Teaching.

• The goal of every lesson should be to glorify God
  and His wisdom.
• Teachers of world lift themselves up as wise men
  promote their doctrines.
• Seeking our pleasure or entertainment is not
  glorifying God.
• The aim should always be to bring people closer
  to God and magnify His wisdom above mens.

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1 Corinthians 21-3 (NASB)

• 1 And when I came to you, brethren, I did not
  come with superiority of speech or of wisdom,
  proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 2 For I
  determined to know nothing among you except Jesus
  Christ, and Him crucified. 3 And I was with you
  in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. 4
  And my message and my preaching were not in
  persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration
  of the Spirit and of power

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1 Corinthians 21-3 (NASB)

• 5 that your faith should not rest on the wisdom
  of men, but on the power of God. 6 Yet we do
  speak wisdom among those who are mature a
  wisdom, however, not of this age, nor of the
  rulers of this age, who are passing away 7 but
  we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden
  wisdom, which God predestined before the ages to
  our glory

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• Preaching just the gospel
  instead of our opinions reveals the righteousness
  of God and glorifies His power as supreme!
  (Romans 115-17).

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Glorifying God in All Our Preaching and Teaching.

• The goal of every lesson should be to glorify God
  and His wisdom.
• Preachers especially need to make sure God is
  glorified in the work they do.
• Due to the public nature of a preachers work,
  evangelists must work hard to give God the glory
  and not seek it for themselves.

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1 Thessolonians 23-4 (NASB)

• 3 For our exhortation does not come from error
  or impurity or by way of deceit 4 but just as we
  have been approved by God to be entrusted with
  the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men but
  God, who examines our hearts

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1 Thessolonians 25-6 (NASB)

• 5 For we never came with flattering speech, as
  you know, nor with a pretext for greed God is
  witness 6 nor did we seek glory from men,
  either from you or from others, even though as
  apostles of Christ we might have asserted our
  authority.

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• Like Paul, every preacher must
  not presume to speak of anything except what
  Christ has accomplished through him!
  (Rom. 1518).

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• The church must give the glory to God (not the
  preacher) for the good that is accomplished by
  preaching Gods word (Acts
  2119-20a).

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Acts 2119-20a (NASB)

• 19 And after he had greeted them, he began to
  relate one by one the things which God had done
  among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20 And
  when they heard it they began glorifying God.

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Glorifying God in the Work We Do as a Church.

• Committed to the spiritual work God has given the
  church to do.

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Work that glorifies who?

• Many local churches desire to do the kind of work
  that the world views as valuable, desiring the
  glory of men more than wanting to glorify God.
• Examples Recreation, theatre, camps, banquet
  halls, secular education, orphan homes, fight
  world hunger, health care, housing, counseling,
  politics, social justice.

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• To truly glorify God, the local church must work
  as a team to fulfill the spiritual work God
  has given her to do.

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Evangelism/ Preaching the gospel

• Matt 2819-20 (NASB)
  19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all
  the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
  Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20
  teaching them to observe all that I commanded
  you and lo, I am with you always, even to the
  end of the age. "

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Evangelism/ Preaching the gospel

• Philippians 415 (NASB) And you
  yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the
  first preaching of the gospel, after I departed
  from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the
  matter of giving and receiving but you alone

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Edification/ Building up Christians

• Ephesians 416 (NASB)
• from whom the whole body, being fitted and held
  together by that which every joint supplies,
  according to the proper working of each
  individual part, causes the growth of the body
  for the building up of itself in love. cf.
  Acts 2032

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Benevolence/Helping needy Christians

• Acts 244-45 (NASB)
  44 And all those who had believed were
  together, and had all things in common 45 and
  they began selling their property and
  possessions, and were sharing them with all, as
  anyone might have need.

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Benevolence/Helping needy Christians

• Acts 1129 (NASB)
  And in the proportion that any of the
  disciples had means, each of them determined to
  send a contribution for the relief of the
  brethren living in Judea.

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• By doing only the work God has planned for us to
  do is to truly honor the Lord and respect His
  wisdom as superior to our own! (Isa. 558-9).

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Glorifying God in the Work We Do as a Church.

• Committed to the spiritual work God has given the
  church to do.
• We give God the glory for all our achievements
  (Ps. 1151).

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Psalms 1151 (NASB)

• Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Thy name
  give glory because of Thy lovingkindness, because
  of Thy truth.

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• Successful teamwork in the church requires
  recognition of where our gifts or talents came
  from by the grace of God (Rom. 123-6a).

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1 Peter 410 (NASB)

• As each one has received a special gift, employ
  it in serving one another, as good stewards of
  the manifold grace of God

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1 Peter 411 (NASB)

• Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, the
  utterances of God whoever serves, let him do so
  as by the strength which God supplies so that in
  all things God may be glorified through Jesus
  Christ, to whom belongs the glory and
  dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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Leading People to Glorify God instead of the
Church.

• Our good works are ultimately meant to lead
  people to the Lord, not to us.

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Matthew 516 (NASB)

• Let your light shine before men in such a way
  that they may see your good works, and glorify
  your Father who is in heaven.

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Leading People to Glorify God instead of the
Church.

• Our good works are ultimately meant to lead
  people to the Lord, not to us.
• When people are saved, it is to the praise of
  the glory of His grace.

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Ephesians 15-6 (NASB)

• 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through
  Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind
  intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the
  glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on
  us in the Beloved.

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• Whenever a soul is saved,
  it is to God that we are to give the glory (1
  Cor. 35-7).

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• What Will You Do to Bring Glory
  to God in His Church?
  Let us Work as a Team to Fulfill the Goal to
  Glorify God Everyday!