Christians ought to seek to live lives that are glorifying to God. Still, many Christians don’t have any idea what that means. When the Apostle Paul encountered the risen Christ on the road to Damascus, he wasn’t a great guy. He was self-righteous, acting like he was better than others because of his ethnicity and role. He was also destructive to the church; he was looking for Christians so he could persecute them. He had a bad reputation until God confronted him. God entered Paul’s life in a real way when he encountered Jesus on that road. And that was when Paul’s life started to glorify God. This wasn’t because of Paul’s work. Jesus transformed Paul’s life. He turned from self-righteous to saint. Jesus took a persecutor of the church and turned him into a preacher of the gospel. The change was radical, but it didn’t affect only Paul. It affected the people around him in the churches too. People who once feared Paul were now enjoying fellowship with him. Instead of running from Paul, the Christians were coming to him. Before, they were asking God to protect them from Paul; now they were glorifying God because of Paul. Paul’s example shows us how we glorify God: by letting Him take control of our lives. The best way to make God’s glory known is to allow His Spirit to do His work and transform us. Then, as we submit to God, people will also glorify God because of us. – Pastor Rory
Sunday at Liberty
9AM: BTH–Athanasius of Alexandria–Colossians 1:15–17
10AM: Pastor Nate–No Other Savior but Christ–Galatians 1:13-24 (sermon notes)
6PM: Missions Emphasis Night–John Paton
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