Worship Service #2 – Romans 11:33-36 “The Majesty of God” – Dr. Derek W.H. Thomas
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Romans 11:33-36 “The Majesty of God”
34 “For u who has known the mind of the Lord,or v who has been his counselor?”35 “Or w who has given a gift to himthat he might be repaid?”
36 For x from him and through him and to him are all things. y To him be glory forever. Amen.
What does God mean here “glory” of God? Will be looking at Calvin’s exegesis of this text. “It is a great thing to be subject to the majesty of God” – Calvin. To not be subject to the majesty of God was idolatry, says Calvin. Calvin go that notion that the essence of impiety is idolatry and got that from his understanding of the major prophets. A refusal to give God the glory due to His name is idolatry.
vs. 33 “Oh the depth of the riches” – Calvin recognized the propensity of the heart of men to rob God of His glory, to go unbridled, unchecked into the abyss of impiety. Soli Deo Gloria “to the glory of God alone.” Calvin’s commentary on Romans he states, “the book of Romans is about the gospel of the righteousness of God received by faith.”
Before you die,
Don’t commit a public sin which will bring me down, my family down, my friends down. I just want to finish the race, it will be icey to finish will, but I just want to finish it. God can deal with “your” legacy.
Are you more concerned with your empire, your legacy than you are with the glory of God?
33 Oh, the depth of the riches and s wisdom and knowledge of God! t How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
34 “For u who has known the mind of the Lord,or v who has been his counselor?”35 “Or w who has given a gift to himthat he might be repaid?”
36 For x from him and through him and to him are all things. y To him be glory forever. Amen.