For God's Glory

Most Christians today believe the glory of God is only something to be experienced, a feeling in worship or a moment in a service. But the early Church saw it differently.

To them, the glory of God was something to be lived out, and that is exactly what the New Testament commands: "Do all to the glory of God" (1Cor 10:31).

The Greek word for glory, doxa, speaks of reputation, honor, and weight.

To glorify God is to live in such a way that others see Him as He truly is.

By His power, we become mirrors that reflect His character, His worth, and His majesty, directing all praise and credit back to Him rather than to ourselves.

Jesus lived this way.

The apostles opened their letters with it.

For centuries, believers built hospitals, fed the hungry, confronted emperors, and crossed oceans, and when asked why, the answer was always the same: for the glory of God.

Then the Church turned inward.

Faith became private, personal, and centered on what God can do for me.

The result is a self-focused Christianity that is failing on continent after continent.

➡️ But this is the truth most Christians have never been taught: when a believer lives for the glory of God in Christ Jesus, their life changes.

Their family changes.

The world around them changes.

They become world changers.

It is time to recover the conviction that changed the world.

Robbie Patterson

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Kingdom Logic 2 & 3: What Is God? (and Who Made God?)

There are seven questions every believer must be able to answer, not with a rehearsed statement, but with the logic and Scripture behind the answer.

This teaching covers questions two and three.

God is spirit, eternal, unchanging, and perfect in power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.

He is one God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and He has made Himself fully known in Jesus Christ, who reigns now as King.

This teaching also answers a question many ask: Why do I need Jesus?

Why can't I just come to God on my own? Scripture is clear.

No one knows the Father apart from the Son. Not by heritage, not by religion, and not by private spirituality.

There is one God, and there is one way to Him.

When someone asks, "Who made God?" they are not asking about the God of the Bible.

They are picturing a created being, something with a beginning. The true God never began. He is the uncreated Creator, and everything else exists because of Him.

Daniel 11:32 says the people who know their God shall be strong and do exploits.

The early Christians knew Him. That is why they would not compromise with a fallen world or bow to its demons in any form, why they outlasted Rome, and why they turned the world upside down.

Today the gods have new names, and the world still demands compromise, now disguised as neutrality and tolerance.

A shrunken view of God produces a shrunken Christianity that surrenders ground to darkness.

It is time to return to true biblical Christianity. When we know our God, we know the purpose of our lives and our role in the earth, and a people who know their God will never bow.

Jesus Christ is Lord, and every ruler, court, and culture answers to Him.

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Kingdom Logic #1: The Purpose of Life

There are seven questions every believer must be able to answer, not with a rehearsed statement, but with the logic and Scripture behind the answer.

This series takes them one at a time, starting with the most important: the purpose of your life.

You were made by God and for God, to glorify Him in the earth, and you are not your own.

➡️ Knowing this is what led Christians to change the world.

The early church walked into a world given over to demons and turned it upside down, toppling empires and pointing generations to Jesus Christ, because they knew their life's purpose.

➡️ Not knowing this truth has led many Christians into a dangerous attitude of self-preservation and a small view of Christianity that keeps faith private and hands cities and nations back to the demonic.

In 1 Timothy 4:1, Paul warns that in the last days some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, and their first target is always to keep you from your life's purpose.

Today that ground is being surrendered, even by believers in seats of authority who call their silence wisdom.

This teaching is a call for the church to settle its purpose, get back into the public square, and push back the darkness once again.

Every believer must know this answer, and every parent must make sure their children know it too.

Key Scriptures: 1 Timothy 4:1–2, Colossians 1:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19–20, 1 Corinthians 10:20, 2 Corinthians 5:15, Philippians 1:21, Acts 17:6, Acts 5:29, John 12:42–43, Psalm 94:16

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