WHY THE GOD-MAN? REASON #4: To Glorify God in Propitiatory Death Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect … to make propitiation for the sins of the people. — Hebrews 2:17 — When “Christ came into the world” He came to […]
WHY THE GOD-MAN? REASON #3: To Glorify God in Perfect Life You know that he appeared … and in him there is no sin. — 1 John 3:5 — I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. — John […]
True humility gives God alone the honor A saying of Chrysostom’s has always pleased me very much, that the foundation of our philosophy is humility. But that of Augustine pleases me even more: “When a certain rhetorician was asked what was the chief rule in eloquence, […]
Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. The Glorifying of God The first in the consideration of our chief end is the glorifying of God: ‘That God in all things may be glorified’ (1 Peter 4:11). The glory of God […]