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Q2. Why do you think God’s glory is associated with judgment and consuming fire? What happens when people willfully disobey God and his laws? Why can’t God’s holiness coexist with sin? Judgement and consuming fire from God's glory is shown to human beings because we are no longer one with God due to our disobedience - original sin, from the fall of Adam - falling short of the glory of God. The glory of God was the original environment in which mankind lived, the Garden of Eden. The Garden had enclosed, or fenced us in, to God's glory and love. The glory of God is the essence of all that he is, and holiness is part of God's essence. Because he is holy, we are separated from him when we sin. Holiness is the complete absence of sin. Sin is an abomination to God. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God's command not to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, the 1st sin of mankind was committed. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ became the bridge to bring all human beings who repent and call him Lord and Savior back into acceptance and relationship with God.

Q1. Which glory is involved when you praise God? reputation glory Q1. Which glory is within you? derived glory

Q1. Describe the difference between (1) reputation glory, (2) derived glory, and (3) inherent glory. Which glory is involved when you praise God? Which glory is within you? (1) Reputation glory: a person or entity earns reputation glory because of the important or valuable thing(s) they have done. (2) Derived glory: a person or entity has derived glory when they are related to something else that already has glory in and of itself. (3) Inherent glory: an entity that has glory in and of itself as part of it's being; their glory was not derived from someone or something else.

These are great questions, right on target! > Why did Judas object to Mary’s extravagant act of devotion? Judas acted out of self interest because his motive may very well have been to take some of the money for himself after the perfume has been sold and then have the rest given to the poor - and keep the details of that transaction only to himself since, he was in charge of the disciples’ money, and was a thief! > Why did Jesus defend her? Mary’s act of devotion came from a place of pure love, (for something appropriate) and selflessness. The second reason is that Jesus knew that Mary knew that Jesus’s death was coming, and it was not only an act of devotion to anoint his feet with this extremely expensive perfume, but as an act of preparation for his burial. > Why did Mary do this? Mary’s love for Jesus was so immense because she has been seeing his great acts of compassion, love, and caring, all along. She perhaps felt that her action here might be a way of acknowledging, in kind, the acts of love that Jesus had performed. This act of devotion, then, seemed totally appropriate to her as a response to what Jesus had already done in his life among them. A second reason for what she did maybe that she intuited, or actually knew of, Jesus’s death coming up, and this anointing would also be preparing for that. This is shown directly in Jesus’ response to Judas Iscariot: “She did this in preparation for my burial.” > What does this teach us about worship? It shows how worship can take many forms. We can show our devotion to God in likely more ways that what we’re accustomed to. We can also, and often, worship things of this world as well. So worship in the broadest sense means giving recognition, attention, and the action of giving ourself over to something in our lives, with great passion, single-mindedness, and commitment. > Does your worship tend to be cheap or extravagant? My worship to God is cheap. It is not what is at all appropriate. And I want to change that. > For you, what would be extravagant worship? It would be the single-mindedness that I have had in the past in doing service, Bible study, prayer and meditation, church worship, and tithing - or - in doing any one of these things - to start again!