The World’s Last Night Joel D世界上最后的夜晚乔尔. Heck.pptxVIP

The Weight of glory “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” (2 Cor. 4:17, KJV). A Sermon St. Mary the Virgin Lewis preached here twice Sunday evening Later published in Theology (November 1941) April 26, 1941 letter to Mrs. Mary Neylan (former student and convert to Christianity): “On being ‘patted on the head’…” “The Weight of glory” in context The London Blitz: In August 1940, the Battle of Britain began, and on Sept. 7 German bombers struck London. The Blitz struck London for fifty-seven consecutive days and did not end until May 10 and 11, 1941, the worst part of the Blitz, just a few days after Lewis had his microphone test in preparation for his first series of BBC broadcasts (later Mere Christianity). Preached “The Weight of Glory” on June 8, 1941 So what? An outline Our desires are too weak, not too strong Natural examples of reward Christians are like the schoolboy The desire Inconsolable secret in each of us Made from the enchantment of worldliness No natural happiness will satisfy it The desire uncertain of the object Promises of Scripture Why God produces anything more than the first An outline (continued) Glory Fame Luminosity The practical use of this lesson We need to follow Him Your neighbor is the holiest object Summary by Paragraph Paragraph 1: The highest virtue should be a positive—the rewards of the Gospels—rather than a negative, such as unselfishness. “Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.” (1) Summary by Paragraph 2: “We mu