Here is a a book that I wrote several years ago. It was the first book I wrote and more than one article on this site is from it.  

The title explains the book fairly well.   As of right now I am only publishing it as an eBook.  

You may download it by Clicking the title Here:Where to Find the Glory of Jesus Christ. 

Below the image I will post the introduction of the book.

I normally do not quote much when I write books, but this one is an exception. I heavily quote John Owns, Jonathan Edwards, A. W. Pink, John Calvin, A.W Tozer, John Piper just to name a few.  If you like John Owen then I suppose you should really enjoy this book for it is full of Owens

When I wrote this book, being new at writing, I did not footnote as well as I do now.  So if you wish to know a source or where I sited something please Email me and I will be glad to give you the information. 

Sincerely: Oshea Davis 

Introduction:

         My hope in writing this book is to help the church center its eyes back again on that great object of faith, Jesus Christ and His glory.  Herein lies the only hope and firm foundation of the church.  I have divided this book into three sections, each with the intent of providing ways to better see the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.  I have approached this question of how to see the glory of Jesus Christ from three different angles or viewpoints-although I could have brought in many more.  I feel confident that if you see the overall picture of the glory of Jesus Christ which I have tried to preach in this book, by the grace of God you will see and love Him better.

        The first section is called "The Secret Exchange: Selling Out to Practicality." Here, I try to show how the glory of Jesus Christ is seen primarily in beholding the glory of His person and gospel.  First Timothy 6:3 (NAU) speaks of "the doctrine conforming to godliness."  In other words, the practical implication of our seeing or not seeing the beauty of Christ, as the main study of our lives, is huge.  Doctrine primarily focuses on truth about the beauty of God and His glorious gospel, which was accomplished by the blood of Jesus Christ, not on practical Christianity.  The way to stir more zeal and purity for God in your life is not by saying to yourself over and over, "Be passionate for Jesus Christ."  Instead, looking at, meditating on, memorizing, and singing about the glory of the gospel of Jesus Christ!

       The second section is titled "Mercy and Sovereignty."  Here, I show how God's glory is primarily seen in that He is both sovereign and merciful.  Psalm 138:5-6 proclaims, "For great is the glory of the LORD. [Because] though the LORD is high, He regards the lowly" (ESV).  After making my main argument, I take care to show how this has been taught by the greatest of our Christian fathers.  I do this hoping to burn in your hearts the importance of this truth: that God's glory is in both His sovereignty and love.  If one is overly emphasized or left out, then God's true beauty is diminished, and as a consequence our love for Him is equally diminished.

        The third section is titled "Holiness or Love."  Here I answer the question, what is the fundamental excellence or the essence of the Divine nature of God-His love or His holiness? This is a very important question, for in it we discover whether the church is able to worship and love God in His true image.  Two foundational things are at stake here.  The first is of infinitely greater importance than the second, for it deals with the honor of infinite worth and value.  I use the word "infinite" carefully here.  This question deals with the glory and honor of God as He is seen for who He really is and not dishonored by being worshiped in a false image.  It is a great dishonor to the Creator of the universe, who "upholds all things by the word of His power," if He is thought of or praised by His subjects for things He is not.  This same thought is heavily woven into the book of Romans, where God said He was "revealing" His "wrath" for the sole reason that people were "suppressing" the "truth" of His "glory" (Romans 1:18, 23).  All things derive their significance or vanity from the way they love and profess the true glory of Jesus Christ, and it is of first importance that the glory and honor of God are at stake. Second, both the salvation of sinners and the holiness of saints are hindered if God is not known and praised in His true glory and image.  Doctrine is primarily about who God is and what is His true glory.  This is the most important problem facing the church today.  How well do we answer the question, "Who is God?" and "What makes Him so Glorious?"

"The strong timber of the tree of evangelicalism has historically been the great doctrines of the Bible-

*God's glorious perfections,

*Man's fallen nature,

*The wonders of redemptive history,

*The magnificent work of redemption in Christ,

*The saving and sanctifying work of grace in the soul,

*The great mission of the church in conflict with the world, the flesh, and the devil,

*The greatness of our hope of everlasting joy at God's right hand." [1]

         What the church needs is to be still and contemplate how infinite and majestic this God really is.  This is so relevant in a culture as ours, which is bent on showing everything to be magnificent and famous except Jesus Christ.  I believe revival and reformation will come again to America only if it once again sees the fame and glory of Jesus Christ[2], and not the diminished image it has now.  If revival does come without our view of God being exalted to its proper place, then I would say it is a false revival.  This is why I believe people like Jonathan Edwards are so relevant for today.

          "All that is ever spoken of in the Scripture as an ultimate end of God's works is included in that one phrase, the Glory of God... The radiance shines upon and into the creature, and is reflected back to the luminary [God].  The beams of Glory come from God, and are something of God and are reflected back again to their original.  So that the whole is of God, and in God, and to God, and God is the beginning, middle and end in this affair." (J. Edwards, "The End for Which God Created the World")

My Passion For Writing

Below is my life's mission statement. I hope it will explain to you my passion for writing.

 Isaiah 66:19 says, "I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations:... to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles."

         Based on this verse, I have constructed the statement below and made it my life's mission.  God began to burn this into my heart as a young child and now it only burns stronger.

            "We exist to make known the glory and fame of God, so that all nations will enjoy the supremacy of Jesus Christ in all things for all times."

         The foundational passion and goal which I have in writing this book is summed up well by Sam Storms:

         "Also, I've said it before, but it bears repeating, that too much is said these days of passion for God and too little of God himself and why he is worthy of being passionately pursued.  How many more sermons must we endure that expound on the nature of commitment but say nothing of him to whom our hearts are committed?  Must we hear more of the importance and "psychological mechanics" of zeal and devotion and so little of the One for whom we are to be zealous and to whom we are to be devoted?"[3]

          Below is a quote from a letter I once wrote.  Upon reading it again, I was stirred in my spirit concerning being a faithful teacher of the truth of Jesus Christ and His glory.

          "At that same time I was in a Christian rock band, and I still am to this day. Around this time my father gave me, for my sixteenth birthday, a book called The Pleasure of God which began to heavily work on my spirit.  A few days later our band had an accountability and prayer meeting, one that I will never forget.  In this meeting all the guys in the band confessed to having in some degree a struggle with lust.  And then in the midst of our confession and edification, my brother said this, in the middle of our praying for one another-something I will always remember.

          "‘I feel like I am on the edge of a very step cliff and I am already falling off it.  All the while I see a nicely dressed preacher with his hands at his side smiling at me and in a calm voice telling me to come back.  Damn it, why won't someone grab me by the shirt collar and pull me back before I fall to my death?  Can't you tell I am already beyond the point of pulling myself back?  I need more than flattering words.  I need real help.  I need the real gospel that has the power to save!'"

          I hope no one may ever accuse me of this.  Dear God, may I never be in that place due to lack of desire or knowledge of the glories of Jesus Christ, or by trying to be so culturally relevant that I find myself irrelevant to helping Your precious elect in the way of holiness and godliness.  It seems to me that much of the preaching nowadays-whether it's been like this before I don't know-is of no real use to the saint.  Above all things, preaching seems to be missing the exalted Famous God of scripture.  The God of today is nothing more than a pagan god, raised from the low and ignoble thoughts of inductive imaginations.  The God of today is a weak and diminished being.  I am forced to conclude that the greatest challenge the church faces today is to once again find and worship the true exalted image of the glorious God, revealed in the Person of Jesus Christ.  If transformation into the likeness of Jesus Christ is primarily done as we see the glory of God (2 Cor.3:18), then the church must once again courageously reclaim the true image of Jesus Christ and His glorious gospel.

          This fuels the passion of my life's mission.  My desire is to help the church by proclaiming God's true fame and glory (Isa. 66:19).  I wish to do this not with my hands in my pockets, as if people going to Hell and saints not progressing in sanctification is of little concern to the Almighty God.  Passive or watered-down truth (or better said, cultured-down truth), although given with a nice smile, will be of little use to the saving of carnal souls and the edification of the saints.  Most of all, it will not be a pleasing aroma and sacrifice to the living God.

I believe this same passion caused saints such as Jonathan Edwards to preach sermons like "Sinners In the Hands of an Angry God" and "The Wisdom of God in the Way of Salvation."  Oh, that my generation would rise up and preach the like.

        "Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears." (Acts 20:31)

         "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." (Matthew 11:12)

[1] John Piper, A God Entranced Vision of All Things, page 21, 2004

[2] By seeing the Glory of Jesus Christ brings what seems to be a catalyst for revival: sincere repentance.  Beholding the glory of Jesus Christ seems to be a catalyst for reformation: passion to know the truth.

[3] Sam Storms, found on his website: www.enjoyinggodministries.com.   The article is called, God is the Gospel: Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself.