Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Thursday, May 20,

Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

Memory Verse John 15:13, “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”

John 15:8 God is Glorified through Fruit Bearing Disciples. Part 2

How the Believer Glorifies God.

1. God is glorified at the moment of our salvation through adoption into the Family of God. Eph 1:5 ‑ 6

2. God is glorified through His Plan for the indwelling of Christ in the Church Age believer.

Col 1:27, “To whom the God decreed to make known what is the riches (wealth) of the glory of the mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope (confidence) of glory.”

3. God is glorified by means of the Church when believers attain spiritual adulthood and move to Spiritual Maturity. Eph 3:19-21

There are three categories of spiritual adulthood:

There are three categories of spiritual adulthood: a. Spiritual Self-Esteem as cognitive self-confidence.

There are three categories of spiritual adulthood: b. Spiritual Autonomy as cognitive independence.

There are three categories of spiritual adulthood: c. Spiritual Maturity as cognitive invincibility, when you are manufactured into an invisible hero.

4. The believer glorifies God when he parlays the Life Beyond Gnosis into the Life Beyond Dreams. Eph 3:19-20

a. The Life Beyond Gnosis is EPIGNOSIS Doctrine in the Right Lobe of your soul which is achieved by the consistent function of post-salvation renewing of your mind, Rom 12:2.

b. With spiritual momentum SM parlays the Life Beyond Gnosis into the Life Beyond Dreams, which becomes the basis for maximum glorification of God.

5. The pattern for glorifying God includes suffering for blessing. 1 Peter 1:6-9 with John 15:2

There are three categories of suffering for blessing: a. Providential Preventative Suffering. b. Momentum Testing. c. Evidence Testing.

6. God is then glorified by your Divine Good Production as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. John 15:8

There are three categories of Divine Good Production: John 15:2, 5, 8 a. Bearing fruit, b. Bearing more fruit, c. Bearing much fruit.

7. Glorification of God through Divine Good Production includes:

a. God is glorified through the confession of our sins. Joshua 7:19-20

Joshua 7:19-20, “Then Joshua said to Achan, ‘My son, I implore you, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me’.”

b. God is glorified through our priestly service. 1 Chron 16:4: 23:5, 30; 2 Chron 7:6; 8:14; Ezra 3:10; Neh 9:5, with 1 Peter 2:5-9

c. God is glorified by submitting to governing authorities. Rom 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-15

d. God is glorified through our prayers. 1 Chron 29:10-20

e. God is glorified through our thanksgiving. Eph 1:3-14; Heb 13:5

f. God is glorified through our hymns, songs and psalms. Ex 15:1-20; Judges 5:3; 2 Chron 5:13; Psa 7:17; 21:13; 22:22ff; 66:1ff; Acts 16:25

Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, May 20, 2010 Tape # God is Glorified through Divine Good Production, Part 2 Upper Room Discourse, Part 371 John 15:8; Eph 1:5-6; 3:19-21; 1 Peter 2:5-9, Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, May 20, 2010 Tape # God is Glorified through Divine Good Production, Part 2 Upper Room Discourse, Part 371 John 15:8; Eph 1:5-6; 3:19-21; 1 Peter 2:5-9, James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010