1. Guess What Happens When We Worship?
Pastor Jon Fulton
July 23, 2017
Series: Guess?

3. God created everything through
him [Jesus], and nothing was created except through him [Jesus].
--John 1:3 (NLT)

5. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature.
So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
--Romans 1:20 (NLT)

7. In theological terms, this is called General Revelation

9. “The chance that higher forms have
emerged in this way is comparable with the chance that a tornado sweeping through
a junk-yard might assemble a Boeing 747 from the materials therein...”
-Sir Fred Hoyle, regarding evolution-

11. The heavens proclaim the glory of God
The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship.
--Psalm 19:1 (NLT)

13. The Heavens “keep telling” the glory of God, his craftsmanship “keeps displaying” in the skies

15. Guess what worships God with us?

17. Everything on earth will worship you;
they will sing your praises, shouting your name in glorious songs.
--Psalm 66:4 (NLT)

19. the trees of the field will clap their hands!
You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and
the trees of the field will clap their hands!
--Isaiah 55:12 (NLT)

21. --Revelation 5:13 (NLT) And then I heard every creature in heaven
and on earth and under the earth and in the
sea. They sang: “Blessing and honor and
glory and power belong to the one sitting on the
throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.”
--Revelation 5:13 (NLT)

23. 19 For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. 20 Against its will, all creation was subjected
to God’s curse. But with eager hope, 21 the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death
and decay. 22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of... (cont’d)
--Romans 8:19-25 (NLT)

24. the day when God will give us our full rights as
...childbirth right up to the present time. 23 And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for
the day when God will give us our full rights as
his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. 24 We were given... (cont’d)
--Romans 8:19-25 (NLT)

25. this hope when we were saved
...this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it.
25 But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)
--Romans 8:19-25 (NLT)

27. The Greek word κτίσις (ktisis) used in this section of scripture which literally means “the creation, the universe” – not just Earth itself.

29. He made all the stars—the Bear and
Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations
of the southern sky.
--Job 9:9 (NLT)

31. There are a septillion stars rooting for your salvation!

33. There are thousands of moons modeling your salvation!

35. He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,
and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
--Isaiah 40:22 (NIV)

37. There is one planet that facilitates your salvation!

39. Guess What Happens When We Worship?
Pastor Jon Fulton
July 23, 2017
Series: Guess?