The Divine Story of Jesus and You: For God’s Glory

The scripture text for today is from John 11:1-16 (Section 4.62 of our booklet on the Life and Teachings of Jesus of Nazareth). In our scripture sermon text, Jesus taught about the death of Lazarus, Jesus as the resurrection and the light raising Lazarus from death, and God’s call on us to show the glory of God’s divine greatness. God’s glory is a foundational theme of scripture. Glory is used as a designation for God and a description for God’s presence. The God we worship is intrinsically glorious in the fullness, sufficiency, majesty, beauty, and splendor as well as the display of God’s attributes, perfections, or person. We are called to praise and worship God as God is transforming us for God’s glory. Transforming for God’s Glory includes reaching out to others. There are 5 Lessons from Lazarus’ story for living our life. Lesson 1: Our story is bigger than we know or imagine. God knows us and every aspect of our story. Lesson 2: We decide if we want Jesus as part of our story and choose when to invite the divine God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit into our lives. Lesson 3: Lesson 3: God’s love is immutable and speaks a word of destiny over and into our life story. Lesson 4: God’s work in our life stories grows our faith for God’s Kingdom, God’s glory and God’s love. Lesson 5: As we trust in God, God has the final say in how our story ultimately ends...