Hello Everyone,

The church exists for the GLORY of God.

He created us for His glory (Isaiah 43:7).

He predestined us to be his children for his glory (Ephesians 1:6).

He appointed us to live for his glory (Eph. 1:12).

1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Whether it is the church worshiping, the church building up the body, the church evangelizing, or fellowship in the church the final goal is the same at every point—that God be glorified.

The church should have a vision of a GREAT, HOLY, FREE, and GRACIOUSLY sovereign God—a vision of God to be savored in worship, a vision of God to be strengthened in discipleship, a vision of God to be spread in evangelism and a vision of God to be shared in fellowship.

Romans 11:36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.

Now to Romans 4. If the goal of all we do is to glorify God—to magnify His worth, clarify His beauty, exalt His excellence, portray his perfections—if that is our goal, then Romans 4:19-21 gives us the answer as how we are to go about it.

Abraham got the promise of God that he would have a son when he was a hundred years old and Sarah was also old AND barren. His response, Paul says, glorified God.

¹⁹Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah's womb was also dead. ²⁰Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, ²¹being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

Oh How HE Loves Us!

Pastor Phil