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Glory
of God
God’s Glory
God’s ‘glory is how we
describe the sum effect of all of his attributes. Grace, truth, goodness,
mercy, justice, knowledge, power, eternality—all that he is. Therefore, the
glory of God is intrinsic, that is, it is as essential to God as light is to
the sun, as blue is to the sky, as wet is to water. You don’t make the sun
light; it is light. You don’t make the sky blue; it is blue. You don’t make
water wet; it is wet. In all of these cases, the attribute is intrinsic to the
object.
In
contrast, man’s glory is granted to him. If you take a king and take off all
his robes and crowns and give him only a rag to wear and leave him on the
streets for a few weeks, when put next to a beggar you’ll only glory a king has
is when you give him a crown and a robe and sit him on his throne. He has no
intrinsic glory.
That’s
the point. The only glory that men have is granted to them. The glory that is
God’s is his in his essence. You can’t de-glory God because glory is his
nature. You can’t touch his glory. It cannot be taken away. It cannot be added
to. It’s his being. ── Michael P. Green《Illustrations for Biblical
Preaching》
God’s Glory
Almost everything said of
God is unworthy, for the very reason that it is capable of being said” – Pope Gregory
the Great
God’s Glory
In 1715, Louis XIV of
France died. Louis, who called himself “the Great,” was the monarch who made
the infamous statement “I am the State!” His court was the most magnificent in
J.S. Bach said,
"All music should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the
soul's refreshment; where this is not remembered there is no real music but
only a devilish hub-bub."
He headed his
compositions: "J.J." "Jesus Juva" which means "Jesus
help me."
He ended them
"S.D.G." "Soli Dei gratia" which means "To God alone
the praise."── Kingdom Conflict, J. Stowell, Victor, 1985, p. 77ff.