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“I am the Lord your God, your Savior, you are precious to me.” Look, have I not subjugated other peoples in order to save you (verses 3–4)? Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place. He delays his wrath for his own name’s sake and for the sake of his praise, and he will not yield his glory to another (Isaiah 48:9-11). 472 topical index results for “for his glory”, New International Version (NIV), And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. Listen to what God says and contrast it with what the tower builders said: Now the Lord said to Abram: “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. The text I have chosen to focus on is Isaiah 43:1–7. For you are called by my name, I created you for my glory. I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.

For My name’s sake I withhold my anger. Where this perspective is lost, and the magnifying of God’s glory is no longer seen as the great aim of redemption, pitiful substitutes arise — man centered philosophies that exalt human value in a way that distorts the work of redemption and belittles the primacy of God. And I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, that you may not receive again the disgrace of famine among the nations. Bible search results Exodus 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. First, our salvation is for God’s sake. The tower of Babel was a manifestation of that rebellion.

When John said, “God is love,” he no doubt meant that no matter how deep we probe into the motives of God, we will never arrive at a layer which is not love. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength…, Psalm 96:7,8 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength…, Pulpit CommentaryVerse 36.

All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. There is a judgment day and the issue for every one of us will be: Have we been with God in his great goal to glorify himself or has his glory been a matter of indifference to us or even animosity? But instead of abandoning the human race, God starts a new thing in chapter 12 of Genesis. My glory I will not give to another. Since you are precious in My sight, since you are honored and I love you, I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.

What sorts of things must we think and feel and do for God to get glory from us? What was his motive before there was even a people to love? That’s the first thing that needs to be stressed from Isaiah 48:9–11: our salvation is for God’s sake. “My glory I will not give to another.” That’s why I said at the beginning, it is a fearful thing to be at cross-purposes with your maker. And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the, From the west, people will fear the name of the, What if he did this to make the riches of, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be, The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve, Forbidden to mourn the death of his son, Nadab and Abihu, Traditional forms of, not observed by Jesus, A place on the road leading from the fords of the Jordan to Jerusalem, A fortified city of Syria, perhaps identical with Arvad, Paul and Silas forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach in, A village between the fords of the Jordan River and Jerusalem, Artificial, as an idolatrous practice, forbidden. Two things cry out to be stressed in our day. At this point, God gave her the law to regulate her life as a nation, and this law and covenant have been the backbone of the nation ever since. Ro) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great.”, The people working on the tower of Babel said, “Let us make a name for ourselves!”. Amen. From the same as aei; properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity; by implication, the world; specially a Messianic period. New King James Version Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.” Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel!” (NASB). Then next Sunday, How do we bring our lives into harmony with that goal? But if the exodus was the birth of Israel, then the election and call of Abraham back in Genesis 12 must have been the conception of the nation of Israel, and the period of the patriarchs and slavery in Egypt would then have been the gestation period. I will gather you again. Psalm 29:1,2 A Psalm of David. Why is it right for God to seek his own glory when he tells us in his Word we should not seek our own glory? To him be the glory for ever. John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For the sake of his righteousness he made his law great and glorious (Isaiah 42:21). 1 Chronicles 29:11,12 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all…. But even before next week when I try to answer these two questions all of us here need to align ourselves more fully with God’s goal. They wanted to make a name for themselves and reach even to heaven, but God frustrated their designs. But this text lures me down, down, down into the heart of God. But I will gain. And my assumption is that some are here who up until this very point in your life have lived it at cross purposes with God. This becomes clearer as we page through Isaiah: I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise. The second thing that needs to be stressed is this: God will not allow his name to be profaned indefinitely. God’s great aim in creating and governing the world is that he be glorified. $3.99 a month puts a library of commentaries, study notes, and Greek & Hebrew language tools right in your pocket. I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth, everyone who is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory, whom I have formed even whom I have made.” (NASB). Verse 4 says, “You are precious in my eyes . NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. The Lord’s glory will be known and praised and displayed to the nations. In order for Israel (God’s chosen people of that era) to be precious in God’s sight, they had to exist. But how sweet, how clean and high and bright and full of allurement to those who really love God above all else. The, the definite article. The key phrase to show what caused God to become angry with these tower builders and disperse them comes in verse 4: They said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves.”. It is an attempt to put into words what God is like in his magnificence and purity.

Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular. Behold, I have refined you but not like silver; He, she, it, they, them, same. Moreover, I will save you from all your uncleanness; and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and I will not bring a famine on you.

So don’t be afraid of the trouble coming upon you. Ro) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Do not settle for what you’ve already seen. The main point of the passage is to encourage God’s people not to fear what man or nature can do to them.

Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,” declares the Lord God, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight. He was to multiply and fill the earth so that the knowledge of the glory of God would cover the sea. Man is the star in our contemporary drama and his comfort, his prosperity, and his health are the great goals. He would make Abram’s name great, so that he, and not man, would get the glory. Let your light so shine among men that they may see your good deeds and give glory to your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16). So God elected one small person and promised to achieve his purpose through that man and his descendants. Any help that I can be in that decision, let me know. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular. Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west. I think Moses is telling us, as he writes this primal history, that when ancient man refused to align himself with the goal of God, God set about a very different way of achieving that same goal. Darby Bible Translation For of him, and through him, and for him [are] all things: to him be glory for ever. It is the goal that guided his creation and governance of man from the start.

And I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Why did God bring into existence a people whom he could regard as precious? Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. It needs the same depth and breadth of theology we all need. Exodus 28:40-43;29:9; Numbers 3:3;18:1; 1 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Chronicles 2, Exodus 20:14; Leviticus 18:20;19:29; Deuteronomy 5:18;23:17; Matthew 5:2, Exodus 32:4,6,19; with 1 Corinthians 10:7; Judges 16:23-25, Numbers 1:2,3;26:2; 1 Samuel 11:8; 2 Samuel 18:1,2;24:1-9; Kings, Judges 2:11; 1 Samuel 7:4; Hosea 2:13,17;11:2, 2 Samuel 3:16;16:5;17:18;19:16; 1 Kings 2:8, NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture, NIV, Story of Jesus: Experience the Life of Jesus as One Seamless Story, NIV, Beautiful Word Bible Journal, Acts, Comfort Print, NIV, Chronological Study Bible: Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV, Beautiful Word Bible Journal, Luke, Comfort Print, NIV, The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People. Or the IDS Tower itself almost invisible, like crystal against a grey-blue sky — that’s glory. But Isaiah 48:9–11 makes even clearer what it means for God to seek his own glory in creating and redeeming his people: For My name’s sake I defer my anger, . So you can count on me to help you when deep waters and raging fire threaten to destroy you (verse 2). Let’s read it in context: But now, thus says the Lord, your creator, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. It is unthinkable that God should become more perfectly God by making something that is not God. God chooses the father of the Jewish nation and says, “I will make your name great.”. trustworthy; adverbially, surely. It is like the word “Beauty.” We all can use it and communicate with it but to try to reduce it to words is very frustrating.

This is the goal of God with which we must be aligned in our hearts and actions if we hope to escape his wrath at the judgment. He is author of. It is a fearful thing to be at cross-purposes with your maker! A sunset seen from the top of the IDS Tower — that’s glory. For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Man was made to rely on God and give him glory.