Obtaining the Glory of God
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In “Obtaining the Glory of God,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about the glory of God, the condition of the church, prayer. Drawing especially from Hebrews 8, 1 Chronicles 5, John 14, the teaching emphasizes that God’s glory exposes sin, deepens reverence, and changes those who seek His presence. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.
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Odle focuses on the glory of God. The message argues that God’s glory exposes sin, deepens reverence, and changes those who seek His presence. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that God’s glory exposes sin, deepens reverence, and changes those who seek His presence. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the glory of God while working through Hebrews 8. The message argues that God’s glory exposes sin, deepens reverence, and changes those who seek His presence. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the authority of Scripture. The message argues that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. It connects this with the conviction that a durable Christian life must be built on Christ, sound doctrine, and obedient response to Scripture. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the glory of God. The message argues that God’s glory exposes sin, deepens reverence, and changes those who seek His presence. It connects this with the conviction that Saul’s decline illustrates the danger of insecurity, partial obedience, and resistance to correction. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on repentance. The message argues that repentance involves turning from known sin and bringing conduct into agreement with God’s word. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to respond with honest repentance and concrete obedience.
Odle focuses on prayer while working through John 14. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that revival begins with repentance, renewed hunger for God, and practical obedience among His people. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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us when you ascended back to heaven jesus you sent your holy spirit your comforter your sheer power your presence your glory to be in us and upon us and lord forgive us for every time we've grieved the holy spirit quenched or resisted the holy spirit in our in our lives god because we need your glory we need that anointing we need that power to destroy the works of the devil and lord i just pray god that you teach us how to lay hold upon that how to pursue getting you to rend the heavens and step down and manifest your glory in the church again and in the community again until there is revival well we pray that this morning in jesus name amen and amen yeah i think we're going to do something a little different today what makes us different than any other religion on the face of the earth what makes us different than any other church on the face of the earth there's all kinds of churches there's all kinds of dead religion there's all kinds of demonic false religion in the world [Music] the first thing that makes it different is that we are absolutely positively sure that the bible is unique to all religious writings it's ever been written [Music] bible is absolutely proven to be god's inspired infallible word through archaeology through history through prophecy we've seen it really the most ignorant statement somebody can make is that the bible is not god's word or it's full of errors or all this different stuff that all these so-called intelligent people try to claim but they show their foolishness and they show they really just don't know matter of fact i've started to just tell some of them when they comment on facebook or i hear them say something and they try to sound intelligent by saying the bible is fiction and i said you probably one guy told me recently said the bible fiction ha ha ha laughed you know i said you probably believe evolution now that's some fiction [Music] but folks let me tell you right now you can either be an anointed christian with the glory of god the
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power of god on you and flowing through you or you can be a dead christian did you know that [Music] and you know what's so bad sometimes is it's hard to tell the difference because the dead christians have a form of godliness they have a form of christianity meaning on the outside it looks like they have christianity but he says but they deny or they reject the power of the holy spirit and we've talked a lot about that over the last few weeks but i feel like the lord wants me to just completely shift gears this morning and talk to you about the importance of obtaining the glory of god in your life and in the church and when i say the glory of god you see a lot of people don't even know what you're talking about when you talk about the glory of god and some people think it's only an old testament thing that the glory of god only appeared actually manifest in physically in the old testament but how many of you know that that's not the case the glory of god i'm talking about the presence and power of god literally at times became visible to the people of god and even to the wicked in the new testament see this is what i don't get listen folks if anything we need to just realize we serve the living god he is i am that means he is present now in our present he is living and just because he is he is alive with glory and with power and he has a presence that he carries with him and if you get close enough to him it rubs off on you and sometimes if you'll get close enough sometimes if you'll dive in deep enough sometimes if you'll press on into it if the glory will become so strong it'll actually become physical you'll actually see it in the physical realm and you'll see it with your eyes and you'll feel it with your body not just your spirit not just your mind but you will feel the presence and power and glory of the lord jesus christ that will shake you and change you [Music] the glory of god the presence tangible manifest presence of god is what every christian needs it's what every church needs it's what every community needs but we we chase after other things we sin you know why the bible says all have sinned the word says and come short of the glory of god sin keeps you from the glory of god sin blocks you from having that presence
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and that power and sometimes that sin can just be pride or a bad attitude or rebellion or laziness it doesn't have to be lust or drunkenness or pornography sometimes it's just the fact that you're lazy you don't pray you don't fast you don't hunger and thirst you don't desire him more than everything else don't complain about the pastor the church or anybody else if you don't have the glory and the presence of god in your life that's on you friend but i can tell you this if enough people in a church will get filled and covered and immersed in the glory of god and bring that glory with them when they come to church the church will be filled with god's glory [Music] this is what you want to know what revival is i love what the old minister who led the hebrides revival duncan campbell said he said revival is when god steps down from the heavens and truly manifests himself among his people and folks this is a new testament concept and i want to tell you we're teetering here on the brink we're teetering around the veil you know i want to share with you you think this is odd we're going to i'll share with some new testament scriptures in just a second about this but just to share with you how important the glory and presence of god the tangible manifest glory you know a few weeks back right before christmas and i don't think thomas cole or katie would have a problem with me sharing that they contacted me and thomas had been coming to the bible study and he'd been sharing what he was learning with his girlfriend katie and they they text me and said can you come see us we want to get saved and we want to do it right and so they said we want to get saved and we want you to to show us what we need to do to get saved so i went to thomas's apartment right before christmas and i sat there and i made sure that they understood what they were doing i made sure that they understood what it meant to totally surrender your life to repent and turn from sin to become a disciple of jesus not just say i believe and we went through for about two hours before i did just pray with them for about two hours we went through the scriptures and we talked about did they really understand
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and we talked about what it meant to be truly be born again born of the spirit a supernatural experience when you truly make jesus christ lord of your life when you give up your sin your rights your plans your dreams your desires and you completely surrender to the lordship of jesus christ not just him as savior but he becomes lord of your life lord means master it means boss see a lot of people want a savior but they don't want a lord well you can't have him just as savior if he's your lord he will be your savior if you are lord of your life he will not be your savior matter of fact i don't know you can just check me on this look at how many times the bible calls him lord versus savior it's unbelievable [Music] but we talked about that and what was powerful is as i shared with them i asked them okay i said are you guys ready to pray and ask jesus to forgive you of your sins to come into your heart to be your lord and savior and you're going to give up your life and your sins and your own plans and you're going to give your life to him and they said we're ready to pray now we prayed i led them in a prayer because the bible does say for with the mouth right for the heart man believes into righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation you have to confess it the lord jesus you have to believe in your heart that god raised him from the dead you have to believe it in your heart and confess it with your mouth and repent and turn from your sin and your life so i led them in prayer and after i led them in prayer i bought i could see katie just tears running out her face dripping on the and i said just keep your head bowed because i want to get up and i want to come over and lay hands on you and the presence of god came in that room y'all the glory of god came in that room so strong and i walked around and i laid hands on both of them and i prayed for both of them that god would touch them and reveal himself to them and god would become real in their life and i don't know what all i prayed but when i walked back around to the other side of the coffee table and sat down in the chair where i had been sitting katie looks up with tears running down her face so she never felt anything like what she was feeling thomas looked up and said i feel so much of god's presence he really says he said i just feel like i'm drunk he said and then they both said that they saw this light around me
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