Cathedral of HIS Glory

A Word from Glory

Introduction: The Story
Esau and Jacob were the two sons of Isaac. Although twins, they were two different kinds of men.

Esau was “Daddy’s boy,” and Jacob was “Momma’s boy.”

Rebecca, “Mamma,” wanted her boy to have the blessing of the eldest.

When Isaac was old and blind, Rebecca devised a scheme to have “her Jacob” receive the blessing.

Esau was filled with such rage that he had thoughts of killing his brother.

Rebecca sent her son away to uncle Laban.

With Laban, Jacob prospered.

There are all kinds of theology and theory as to how, or what, it takes to be a Christian. Actually, the only way one can really know is by following the Scriptures. That’s what I want to do, follow the Scriptures so that you can be sure that you are “in Christ.”

Romans 3:21 - 26 (NKJV) 21But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Introduction: The two great tasks of Jesus were to usher in salvation through the cross and to baptize the Church in the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 3:7 - 12 (NKJV) 7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, 9and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Luke 7:29 - 50 (NKJV) 29And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John. 30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him. 31And the Lord said, “To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like? 32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying: ‘We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you did not weep.’ 33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35But wisdom is justified by all her children.”

Jesus related his parables to the daily life around him. While Nazareth was not on the sea, Jesus spent a lot of time in Galilee, located on the inland sea. It was from Galilee that he called his fishermen disciples. So they well understood this story.

Matthew 13:47 - 51 (NKJV) 47“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, 48which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away. 49So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, 50and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.” 51Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

Pastor Dennis Willis

Pastor Tom

This is the Gospel of the Gospels. In it we have three parables concerning three lost men. One compared to a sheep simply wondered off; the second, compared to a coin was accidently lost; the third a prodigal son decided to go on purpose. Notice the reason for all three stories: "This Man receives sinners and eats with them."

A Word from Glory

It is possible to be a follower of Jesus and not be a disciple of Jesus - to be a camp-follower without being a soldier of the King. A man was talking to a great scholar about a younger man: “I understand that he is one of your students.”

The scholar answered, “He may have attended one of my classes but he definitely was not one of my students.”

There is a world of difference in attending a lecture and being a student! It is the supreme handicap of the Church that there are so many followers and so few disciples.

uke 11:5-13 (NKJV) 5And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? 8I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs. 9“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”