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We Are Created to Behold God’s Glory

by Matt Chandler | December 19, 2019

We were all designed for the same purpose: to behold the glory of God. In this clip from the James: Faith/Works study, Pastor Matt Chandler explains how living our lives for any other purpose other than gazing upon the glory of God will not satisfy and leave us unfulfilled.

 

The entire video is above, and the complete transcript is below.


To gaze upon the beauty, glory, magnitude, and might of the Creator God of the universe is what our hearts have been created for and every other promise turns to ashes in our mouths. It is God and God alone that will satisfy the longings of our heart. 

The world swings around and goes, “No, no, no. No, no, no. You need a partner in life. You need a husband. You need a wife. You need a boyfriend. You need a girlfriend. You need money. You need a good job. You need this. You need that.”

And all of that betrays. All of that doesn’t work in the end. They’re all good things, but they’re not ultimate things. You make them ultimate things, they’re gonna turn to ash in your mouth. You’re gonna spend all your days chasing the wind. 

No, what you need, what I need more than anything else is to behold the glory of God. To see His magnitude, His might, His power, His glory. We have been designed for this. Our hearts are restless until they see it.

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James Bible Study

This 13-session study examines the core message of James: the relationship between faith and works. In our own ability, we cannot stand in the face of adversity. Without faith we could never find the strength to trust God. 

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About Matt Chandler

Matt Chandler serves as Lead Pastor of Teaching at The Village Church in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Under his leadership since 2002, the church has grown from 160 to over 11,000 members across five campuses.
Alongside his current role as lead pastor, Matt is involved in church planting efforts both locally and internationally through The Village and various strategic partnerships. Matt also serves as the President of Acts 29, a worldwide church-planting organization. He is a frequent conference speaker and the author of several books including Creature of the Word, The Explicit Gospel and The Mingling of Souls. Matt and his wife, Lauren, have three children.

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