Jeremiah 9:24 KJV
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
The glory that is ours is not just that we know the Lord, through salvation, or know the doctrines about the Lord through the study theology; the man that glories in the Lord will strive also to understand the Lord.
To understand His lovingkindnessIt is like no other. God's lovingkindness compels Him to cast unrepentant sinners into eternal hell. God's lovingkindness compels Him to suffer His own people to experience the pain that sin has caused in this world (through cancers, violence, and other human tragedies). Still God is loving and kind.
To understand His judgment
That some would respond to the Word of God and be saved, but others who may appear even more deserving on a human level, would be blinded to the Gospel and therefore sent to eternal torments. That God would love Jacob and hate Esau. To understand in any measure the judgment of God is truly a glorious thing.
To understand His righteousness
God can be jealous and be righteous in it. God can be angry and be righteous in it. God can pour out His long held wrath and be righteous in it. God is the measure of righteousness. We do not judge His righteousness according to our standards; we learn what is righteous according to His.
We come to the place where we truly glory in the Lord when we come to the place where we not only know that the Lord is, but we begin to understand Him - His lovingkindness, His judgment and His righteousness
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
The glory that is ours is not just that we know the Lord, through salvation, or know the doctrines about the Lord through the study theology; the man that glories in the Lord will strive also to understand the Lord.
To understand His lovingkindnessIt is like no other. God's lovingkindness compels Him to cast unrepentant sinners into eternal hell. God's lovingkindness compels Him to suffer His own people to experience the pain that sin has caused in this world (through cancers, violence, and other human tragedies). Still God is loving and kind.
To understand His judgment
That some would respond to the Word of God and be saved, but others who may appear even more deserving on a human level, would be blinded to the Gospel and therefore sent to eternal torments. That God would love Jacob and hate Esau. To understand in any measure the judgment of God is truly a glorious thing.
To understand His righteousness
God can be jealous and be righteous in it. God can be angry and be righteous in it. God can pour out His long held wrath and be righteous in it. God is the measure of righteousness. We do not judge His righteousness according to our standards; we learn what is righteous according to His.
We come to the place where we truly glory in the Lord when we come to the place where we not only know that the Lord is, but we begin to understand Him - His lovingkindness, His judgment and His righteousness
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