First Peter “GLORY”

***9 Times in 1 Peter the word glory is used

***Peter saw the glory of God when Jesus was transfigured in Mark 9

***Moses refers to the glory of God in Exodus 33:18

         WHAT IS THE GLORY OF GOD?

-IT IS THE WEIGHT OF GOD’S PRESENCE……………

-it is something you can sense, feel, experience and see

Luke 7:17-22

John 2:11

(1) THE GLORY OF GOD IS ALL ABOUT JESUS – ACTS 2:17-21

-We are not worshipping or following manifestations or the glory of God.  We are following Jesus – Matthew 4:19

(2) CLOUDS IN THE BIBLE REPRESENT THE GLORY OF GOD

-sometimes clouds just represent clouds

Matthew 24:29-30 and Revelation 1:7

-Jesus is returning with power and great glory

-we know Jesus is coming back because of the signs here on earth

*Corruption

*Violence

*Signs in the stars and sky

*earthquakes

*hatred of Israel

*The outpouring of the Holy Spirit

BELIEVERS CAN FORM CLOUDS

-the glory of God can form and rest on a believer.  How can a believer form a glory cloud?

***THROUGH PRAISE AND WORSHIP – 2 Chronicles 5:1-7, 11-14

—For praise and worship to bring in the glory of God:

1.  v1 – you need a house of worship to assemble together

-Solomon built a temple to worship the Lord

-a building is empty without the presence of the being there

2. v5 – You need the presence of the Lord

-the ark represents the presence of the Lord

3.  v6 – You need sacrifices

sacrifice – means a killing

***We must kill our ego, position, reputation, the flesh, our apathy if we really want to let go and truly and sincerely worship the Lord

***vs11-14 – the priests – representing all born again believers in the NT – all praised the Lord.

-singing…declaring…instruments…v13 – they were heard….

          PRAISE AND WORSHIP STATEMENTS

(1.) GOD IS THE SAME WHETHER YOU PRAISE HIM OR NOT – Heb 13:8

-God is never changed by our praise and worship or our lack of it

-we praise the Lord because it affects us as believers.  It helps us to form a cloud of glory in and on and around our lives…

(2.) HOW WE PRAISE THE LORD DEPENDS ON HOW WELL WE KNOW THE ONE WE PRAISE – John 15

-the depth of our relationship with Jesus determines our worship

-as we spend time with Jesus we form a cloud of glory upon our lives

-when we attend church or go anywhere then we are always ready to praise the Lord