To Him Be Glory and Dominion
"To Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." The grace of our God reigns. Christ Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords. IN HIM all glory shines, FROM HIM all glory comes, and TO HIM all glory is due! This is our creed.
Pastor Henry Mahan
But
I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people
(Psalms 22:6).
A fisherman, when
he casts his angle into the river, doth not throw the hook in bare, naked,
and uncovered, for then he knows the fish will never bite, and therefore
he hides the hook within a worm, or some other bait, and so, the fish,
biting at the worm, is caught by the hook. Thus Christ, speaking of himself,
saith, "I am no man." He, coming to perform the great work of
our redemption, did cover and hide his Godhead within the worm of his
human nature. The grand water-serpent, Leviathan, the devil, thinking
to swallow the worm of his humanity, was caught upon the hook of his divinity.
This hook stuck in his jaws, and tore him very sore. By thinking to destroy
Christ, he destroyed his own kingdom, and lost his own power forever.
Lancelot
Andrewes (1555-1626)
When
God takes vengeance upon the ungodly, he will smite in such a manner as
to make them feel his almightiness in every stroke. All his power shall
be exercised in punishing and none in pitying. O, that every obstinate
sinner would think of this, and consider his unmeasurable boldness in
thinking himself able to grapple with Omnipotence!
Stephen
Charnock, 1628-80
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