Matt Chandler: God is for God

Recently Matt Chandler preached at Elevation Church in North Carolina. If you've heard about it, likely it was due to some mild controversy that followed. Having listened to the sermon, I frankly am not exactly sure what the source of the controversy was. What I am sure of is this: This is a fantastic, Christ-exalting sermon that you will blessed to listen to.

Glorifying God

I saw this post last week and meant to share it, but never got around to passing it along. In it, Trevin Wax considers John 17:4, where Jesus, on the night he would be betrayed, prays, “I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.” He points out,

Jesus could boldly say that God the Father had been glorified, because – as the Son – he had finished the master plan that had been set out for him from the beginning of time. We, in turn, must not relegate our worship to a passive, once-a-week event that makes us feel good.

Instead, we must exemplify the lifestyle of worship that has at its center, the will and purposes of Almighty God, who has loved, saved, and regenerated us “according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.”

You can read the whole post here.