January 03, 2012
Our Pastor, in his sermon last Sunday, made this statement: "God shares his glory with no one!" I knew I had recently read verses that said the same thing, so I looked several of them up.
Isaiah 42:8 - "I am the LORD. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another; I will not let idols take the praise that should be mine."
Isaiah 48:11 - "I do this for myself, for my own sake. I will not let people speak evil against me, and I will not let some god take my glory."
His sermon was about the lessons we can learn from the boy king, Uzziah. Uzziah's downfall and Jerusalem's downfall both stemmed from the same problem—pride and self-reliance. God gave them beauty and success. Everything they had came from God. But they took those things and then began to believe they were the ones who could do great things. They were the ones who earned their success. They were in control. This is mine instead of, this is what God gave. They took what God gave and used it to benefit themselves. They exploited what God gave for selfish purposes.
Ezekiel 16 - starts out with God saying over and over—I, I, I, I gave you. Then in verse fifteen it turns to—you, you, you. You took what I gave and acted as if it came from you. Selfishness. Pride. Greed. And yet, it was never enough. It says, "You could not be satisfied... you still were not satisfied... even this did not satisfy you," three different times in verses 28 and 29. You even paid money to be unfaithful. So engrossed in "who I am" that you just didn't "take" money to be unfaithful, but you "paid" money to further your unfaithfulness. What arrogance. What pride. And, what foolishness.
Next Entry: Ezekiel 15:1 – 20:44 (Continued)
Our Pastor, in his sermon last Sunday, made this statement: "God shares his glory with no one!" I knew I had recently read verses that said the same thing, so I looked several of them up.
Isaiah 42:8 - "I am the LORD. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another; I will not let idols take the praise that should be mine."
Isaiah 48:11 - "I do this for myself, for my own sake. I will not let people speak evil against me, and I will not let some god take my glory."
His sermon was about the lessons we can learn from the boy king, Uzziah. Uzziah's downfall and Jerusalem's downfall both stemmed from the same problem—pride and self-reliance. God gave them beauty and success. Everything they had came from God. But they took those things and then began to believe they were the ones who could do great things. They were the ones who earned their success. They were in control. This is mine instead of, this is what God gave. They took what God gave and used it to benefit themselves. They exploited what God gave for selfish purposes.
Ezekiel 16 - starts out with God saying over and over—I, I, I, I gave you. Then in verse fifteen it turns to—you, you, you. You took what I gave and acted as if it came from you. Selfishness. Pride. Greed. And yet, it was never enough. It says, "You could not be satisfied... you still were not satisfied... even this did not satisfy you," three different times in verses 28 and 29. You even paid money to be unfaithful. So engrossed in "who I am" that you just didn't "take" money to be unfaithful, but you "paid" money to further your unfaithfulness. What arrogance. What pride. And, what foolishness.
Next Entry: Ezekiel 15:1 – 20:44 (Continued)
No comments:
Post a Comment