The Line in the Sand: Who's the Glory?

1 Corinthians 5:6. In the context, Paul is addressing sexual immorality in the Corinthian church, it was so bad that Paul says that this type of immorality was not even named among the gentiles. The reason why they had this issue among them, was because they were more preoccupied with showing who was "the greatest" among them (more gifts, more work, more authority, etc.), what Paul defined as "personal glory". If you've been in a church for a while, you probably saw people fighting each other to impose their ideology, taste, etc. Unfortunately, when this happens, someone or something is receiving the glory that supposed to be God's and that's when things go bad (division, sinful behavior, etc.). God does not share His glory with no one else. Today, more than never, we see organizations (also called churches), people and ministries being exalted so high, that they become recipients of a glory that belongs to God. No wonder we don't see God's glory revealed here on earth. If the glory is not going to God alone, His Glory will never descend here on earth. From Abel, who glorified God and saw God's glory consuming his sacrifice, to John the Apostle, who also glorified God and saw God's glory revealed through his ministry, we can see through the Bible that this was the case with all those who experienced God's Power, they glorified God even facing death. Because we lack the "fear of God", we've failed to discern who's receiving the glory, we don't even bother trying to find out, we just keep shouting "glory to God" when the glory is not going to Him. On of the keys to see God's glory being revealed in our lives is through holiness (sanctification), the more i am "sanctified", the more God is "glorified" in me. The "lesser" i become, the "greater" Jesus becomes in me and God's glory is revealed in my life. God is a jealous God, He doesn't share His glory with idols, people, organizations, etc. Exodus 20:5. We need to go back to the beginning (early church Christianity), when they lived to glorify God, to sanctify His Name. We must break the bondage of this "institutionalized Christianity" and live the "freedom" of Christ's Christianity! There are some questions we need to answer: When i go to church, who's receiving the glory? Is my "worshiping" only a lip service? Is God the center of my life? Am i living to glorify the Lord and sanctify His Holy Name? Habakkuk 2:14. God was displeased with Moses when he hit the rock instead of speaking to the rock, even Moses being meek, faithful and obedient up to that point, God says to Moses that he wouldn't enter the promise land because his lack of faith who lead him to disobey God. Numbers 20:12. When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, he said: Matthew 6:9. Failing to Hallow (Sanctify) God's name will always lead us to lose the promise God made to us, because by doing that, we will be giving the Glory that belongs to God to someone or something else. May God teach us to fear Him in order to never receive or give to another the glory that belongs to Him: Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 9:10.