John 12:28 KJV
Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
Barnes, "...There can be no doubt that when God says here that he had glorified his name, he refers to what had been done by Christ..."[1]
See in this passage both the desire of the Lord and the determination of the Father. Should not this be our foremost goal as well? Glorifying the name of the Father is more important than
Our comfort
Our happiness
Our reputation among men, even
Our life upon this earth
Glorifying the name of the Father should be more important to us than doing what we want with our lives, or having what we want in life.
If something glorifies God, we ought to do it regardless of the personal sacrifice and cost.
Jesus glorified the Father
Through the things He did in His life,
Through the words He spoke in this life and
Through the things He suffered in this life.
Then God the Father glorified His name once again through the death, burial and resurrection of Christ.
God will use us to bring glory to His name in what we do when we obey the Lord and through the things we suffer when we endure it with God's grace.
Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
Barnes, "...There can be no doubt that when God says here that he had glorified his name, he refers to what had been done by Christ..."[1]
See in this passage both the desire of the Lord and the determination of the Father. Should not this be our foremost goal as well? Glorifying the name of the Father is more important than
Our comfort
Our happiness
Our reputation among men, even
Our life upon this earth
Glorifying the name of the Father should be more important to us than doing what we want with our lives, or having what we want in life.
If something glorifies God, we ought to do it regardless of the personal sacrifice and cost.
Jesus glorified the Father
Through the things He did in His life,
Through the words He spoke in this life and
Through the things He suffered in this life.
Then God the Father glorified His name once again through the death, burial and resurrection of Christ.
God will use us to bring glory to His name in what we do when we obey the Lord and through the things we suffer when we endure it with God's grace.
[1] E-Sword 7.7.7, Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible, Albert Barnes (1798-1870)
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