THE GLORY OF GOD
This Sunday we found ourselves on the Mount of Transfiguration with the glory of God revealed in Christ. Here are some thoughts about the Glory of God from John Piper...
Consider:
the glory of his eternality that makes the mind want to explode with the infinite thought that God never had a beginning, but simply always was;
the glory of his knowledge that makes the Library of Congress look like a matchbox and quantum physics like a first grade reader;
the glory of his wisdom that has never been and can never be counseled by humanity;
the glory of his authority over heaven and earth and hell, without whose permission no person and no demon can move one inch;
the glory of his providence without which not one bird falls to the ground or a single hair turns gray;
the glory of his word that upholds the universe and keeps all the atoms and molecules together;
the glory of his power to walk on water, cleanse lepers, heal the lame, open the eyes of the blind, cause the deaf to hear, still storms with a word, and raise the dead;
the glory of his purity never to sin, or to have a two-second bad attitude or evil thought;
the glory of his trustworthiness never to break his word or let one promise fall to the ground;
the glory of his patience to endure our dullness for decade after decade;
the glory of his sovereign, slave-like obedience to embrace the excruciating pain of the cross willingly;
the glory of his grace that justifies the ungodly; and
the glory of his love that dies for us even while we were sinners.
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