Sunday, November 29, 2009

Doxology, = doxa (glory) + logos (word)

Praise be to God, the One and Only, who alone is Omnipotent and Mighty to Save. His Spirit intercedes for us before his very throne, speaking a language that is beyond our expression or understanding, it seems (Romans 8:26; NIV). He alone is Holy and Righteous, with Wisdom Beyond our Comprehension. The Only Wise and Living God--it is his right to receive All Glory & All Honor, and it would be Completely Just of him to send us all to hell. However, he did not. "For God so love the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." (John 3:16-21; NIV; emphases added)
And in Romans 8:1, after discussing grace and the law, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit." (Emphases added)
God is great. Hallelu Yah--Praise God!

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