back to indexGod’s Glory Illustrated — for Kids
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- Well, we end the week with a great question 00:00:07.320 |
from Aaron Fletcher, a dad in Manassas, Virginia. 00:00:10.720 |
Hello, Pastor John, my wife and I recently started 00:00:12.640 |
going through a catechism with our four-year-old son. 00:00:30.540 |
such a huge concept to young children in a clear way? 00:00:36.740 |
And I had a really good time with this question 00:00:53.340 |
Every parent needs to figure out what works best 00:00:57.180 |
to get across important truths to their children. 00:01:04.760 |
and then try to provide maybe three illustrations 00:01:20.900 |
does not mean make glorious, but see as glorious, 00:01:29.460 |
And of course, I don't mean you have to use those words. 00:01:31.580 |
I'm not giving you yet what you give your four-year-old. 00:01:40.480 |
just 'cause I like the way they sound. (laughs) 00:01:50.180 |
You have to enjoy or admire or value his glory. 00:01:55.660 |
You have to praise or cheer or make known his glory. 00:02:09.020 |
Now, I'm still teaching the parents. (laughs) 00:02:14.220 |
When we beautify a room, we make it more beautiful. 00:02:19.220 |
When you glorify God, you do not make him more glorious. 00:02:38.660 |
Now, when we glorify God, we see him as glorious. 00:02:44.980 |
We help others see him and love him that way. 00:02:53.460 |
It may be with acclamations or maybe with demonstrations. 00:02:57.220 |
And I get that from all over the New Testament, 00:03:03.620 |
So he's using words to acclaim the great mercy of God. 00:03:07.700 |
And then when he gets to chapter two, verse 12, 00:03:09.900 |
he tells them to conduct themselves in a certain way 00:03:38.740 |
that some things are really, really, really valuable 00:03:48.020 |
that some things are really, really beautiful 00:04:01.700 |
can grasp the categories of size, value, and beauty. 00:04:14.100 |
to help him understand the meaning of glorifying God 00:04:21.860 |
and his value, really, really precious, valuable, 00:04:39.540 |
that distinguish between making something big, 00:04:47.220 |
and helping people see that something is already big, 00:04:53.740 |
even though they might not at first think so. 00:04:56.460 |
So here are my three practical illustrations. 00:04:59.860 |
So for example, you are driving down the highway, 00:05:29.700 |
and it is 100 times taller than your child is. 00:05:50.580 |
And then we have to be amazed at how tall it is, 00:06:00.780 |
show people, show people how tall it really is. 00:06:06.860 |
Well, maybe let's take a picture of me standing beside it 00:06:35.980 |
who's only five feet nine inches tall for a bigger daddy, 00:06:45.140 |
"No, I want my daddy, I don't want his daddy." 00:06:55.300 |
is because he's so really, really, really valuable to you. 00:06:59.700 |
And you prefer, you introduce that word to him, 00:07:04.500 |
You want him more than you want the other daddy. 00:07:09.100 |
And that's the way it is with the value of God. 00:07:12.980 |
When you know God and how really valuable he is, 00:07:17.260 |
you want him more than you want anything else. 00:07:20.520 |
And when you want your daddy over all other daddies, 00:07:27.780 |
Doesn't matter whether the other daddy's taller. 00:07:35.980 |
Last illustration, number three, regard to beauty. 00:07:47.220 |
in which there is a very, very ugly, evil character. 00:08:02.820 |
and is glad when the ugly, dangerous villain is dispatched, 00:08:16.980 |
It's not just like the beauty of sunsets or flowers. 00:08:24.700 |
and all of that in the service of being a good hero 00:08:30.740 |
And you ask your child, how do we glorify that character? 00:08:35.740 |
How do we glorify the strength and the wisdom 00:08:38.900 |
and the goodness and the love, the beauty of this hero? 00:08:43.620 |
And then you can help him see that you glorify him 00:09:00.980 |
that sometimes dresses up in an attractive suit. 00:09:14.780 |
We glorify the size and the value and the beauty 00:09:42.180 |
may God grant that his grasp goes deeper and deeper. 00:09:52.020 |
the answer and the trio of illustrations, very helpful. 00:10:03.940 |
go to our online home at zeroinggod.org/askpastorjohn. 00:10:08.860 |
Monday we return and hear from a pastor in the Philippines 00:10:13.060 |
when it comes to his emphasis on Christian hedonism. 00:10:15.900 |
Can we overdo it and what would that look like? 00:10:18.780 |
Thanks for listening to the Ask Pastor John podcast 00:10:20.700 |
with longtime author, theologian and pastor, John Piper.