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Ask Pastor John

God’s Glory Illustrated — for Kids

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2016

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

When you want God over everything else, you glorify the value of God.

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0:00.0

Well, we end the week with a great question from Aaron Fletcher, a dad in Manassas, Virginia.

0:10.5

Hello, Pastor John my wife and I recently started going through a catacas and with a four-year-old

0:14.1

son.

0:15.1

We've had a hard time explaining to him what it means to glorify God.

0:18.8

The best definition I can come up with is to glorify God as to worship Him like we know

0:24.2

how important He is.

0:26.8

But that seems inadequate.

0:28.9

Do you have any advice on how to communicate such a huge concept to young children in a clear

0:33.4

way?

0:34.4

Yes, I do.

0:36.8

And I had a really good time with this question because I think you don't know what you

0:43.1

mean unless you can help a four-year-old.

0:45.4

Yes, right.

0:46.9

And so, first thing to say is children, oh, how different they are.

0:53.6

Every parent needs to figure out what works best to get across important truths to their

0:59.2

children.

1:00.2

So, let me simply give the basic principle and then try to provide maybe three illustrations

1:08.4

that I think will work with a four-year-old.

1:11.3

So, it's been a long time but I think so I had four boys and a girl.

1:16.3

The basic principle is that glorify does not mean make glorious, but see as glorious,

1:26.1

saver as glorious, celebrate as glorious, and of course, I don't mean you have to use

1:31.0

those words.

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