June 30th. Day 30 of walking through “Reasons to Rehearse the Gospel Daily” — Part 1 of “A Gospel Primer for Christians” by Milton Vincent.

Today’s reason — To Him be the Glory.

Our final reason is another BOLD proclamation as to why we MUST keep the gospel at the center of all we do and say, think and feel.

And about this final reason to rehearse the gospel daily, Vincent says this...

“‘To the praise of the glory of His grace… To the praise of His glory… To the praise of His glory.’ {Ephesians 1:5-14} These refrains fly as banners over the gospel truths parading through the earthly verses of Ephesians. They herald the ultimate motive of God in all His gospel acts on behalf of those whom He has saved. They also announce the effect which the gospel will most certainly wield upon those who experience its fullness. It is no surprise, then, that the Apostle ends his gospel review in Ephesians 3 by bowing his knees in worship and ascribing all glory to God. {Ephesians 3:14-21} ‘Unto His be the glory,’ Paul exclaims at the end of Ephesians 3. ‘To…Him be the glory,’ he cries after his gospel meditations through Romans. {Romans 11:33-36} ‘To the King…be glory,’ he urges in 1 Timothy after speaking of God’s merciful saving of him. {1 Timothy 1:15-17} Clearly, the gospel generated in Paul an enormous passion for God’s glory; and the gospel does the same in me as I make it the meditation of my heart each day.”

He continues by saying...

“Understanding that I am not the ultimate end of the gospel, but rather that God‘s glory is, actually enables me to embrace my salvation more boldly than I would otherwise dare to do. For example, when my timid heart questions why God would want to love one so sinful as I, I read the answer, ‘to the praise of the glory of His grace.’ I figure, then, that my unworthiness must actually be useful to God, because it magnifies the degree to which His grace might be glorified as He lavishes His saving kindness upon me. This line of reasoning makes perfect sense to me and convinces me to embrace the gospel with greater passion so that God might glorify Himself through me, an unworthy sinner.”

Vincent concludes by saying this...

“Indeed, the more I embrace and experience the gospel, the more I delight in the worship of God, the more expressive my joy in Him becomes, and the more I yearn to glorify Him in all I say and do.” {1 Peter 1:6-9, 1 Corinthians 10:31}

Oh what a sweet 30 days this has been… Walking through these reasons to rehearse the gospel daily with each of you. Knowing the “why” behind our “walk” makes our daily walk with Him more consistent, more dependent upon Him, and more useful for His kingdom. I am convinced now more than ever that the gospel has everything to do with Him, and little to do with me — and that little it has to do with me is still ALL for His Glory! I am grateful for the gospel. I will not stop preaching it to myself and others each and every day — take hold of it and be bold with it!

Are you with me? Or a better question… Are you with Him? Have you given your life to Christ? If you are not sure how to answer that questions or you have other questions, I’d love to help. Just message me.