Why are we here, what are we to be doing, where are we going? These and many other questions often fill our minds. But there is only one thing that can truly fill our whole being!

3. To God Be the Glory!
• Mt 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A
city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
• Mt 5:15 Neither do men light a candle,
and put it under a bushel, but on a
candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that
are in the house.
• Mt 5:16 Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

4. Have you ever just sat down and
thought about the word glory?
Do we really understand what this word means?
• Glory = a high renown honor won by notable
achievements; magnificence; great beauty; very
impressive; worship and thanksgiving offered to
God (Oxford Univ. Dict.)
• The word “glory” is found 380 times in the Bible,
“glorified” 48, “glorious” 43 and “glorify” 25 times,
that is almost 500 times!
• With this word being used so much, we want to
come to properly understand what it means and
why we are to give God glory?

5. I. To God Be the Glory Because of
His Person!
• First and foremost, we give God glory
because of His person! There is no one else
like God! His is the “Eternal One!” (Gen.
1:1)
• “In the beginning God” God is the
beginning of all things, but God has no
beginning!
• God is the only self existing one, God is
not depended on us, but rather we are
depended on God!

6. Because of His Person!
• God is not held by the boundaries of
time!
• Ps 90:4 For a thousand years in thy
sight are but as yesterday when it is
past, and as a watch in the night.
• 2Pe 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant
of this one thing, that one day is with the
Lord as a thousand years, and a
thousand years as one day.

7. There are three words often used to
describe the person of God!
• Omniscient = God is “all” knowing, He
doesn’t just know some things, He knows
everything! (Eccl. 12:14; Heb. 4:13)
• Omnipotent = God is “all” powerful, there is
no one greater in power than God! (Rev. 19:6)
• Omnipresent = God is “all” places, He is
everywhere at all times! The phrase “I am with
you” 22 times in the Bible! (Mt. 28:20)
• We should glory God because of His person!

8. II. To God Be the Glory Because of
His Position!
• This point follows our last, because of the person
of God we give Him glory, but also because of His
position!
• Mt 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spake unto
them, saying, All power is given unto me in
heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I
have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you
always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

9. Jesus has “all” authority!
He is in charge!!!
• Joh 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and
receiveth not my words, hath one that
judgeth him: the word that I have spoken,
the same shall judge him in the last day.
• Col 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in
word or deed, do all in the name of the
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the
Father by him.

10. Because of His Position!
• The Apostles understood this!
• Acts 4:19 But Peter and John
answered and said unto them, Whether
it be right in the sight of God to hearken
unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
• Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other
apostles answered and said, We ought
to obey God rather than men.

11. One day we will all answer to God!
Every knee will bow and everyone will answer! (Is.
45:23; Rom. 14:11; Phil. 2:10; 2 Cor. 5:10)
• Even those in “high positions” are greatly
inferior to God!
• All power and authority belongs to God!
(Rom 13:1-2)
• God “rules” in the kingdoms of men! (Dan.
4:24-25)
• There is no one else like God, we give God
glory because of His position!

12. III. To God Be the Glory Because of
His Pardon!
Truly God is good to us! A-men!
• Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is
from above, and cometh down from the Father of
lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow
of turning.
• Even knowing that we would sin, God still created
us knowing what it would cost His Son to save us in
the end! (Jn. 3:16)
• Pardon = the action of forgiving or being forgiven
for an error or offence; the remission of legal
consequences of an offence or conviction

13. God has done for us what we could
never do alone!
2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who
knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.
• Jesus paid the price we owed so that we could be set
free and pardoned from sin!
• Re 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful
witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the
prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
• 1Jo 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not
for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• We give God glory because of His pardon!

14. Conclusion:
• Truly God is worthy of all glory! To God be the glory!
• Have you come to know the person of God? Have you
come to know His position? Have you come to receive His
pardon? Have you come to know the glory of God?
• If you are here and not yet a Christian, then today is the
day to receive the glory of God in your life and then to
share that glory with others!
• If you are a Christian have you been bringing God glory
by the life you are living?
• Mt 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your Father which
is in heaven.