My hope is that this series will offer my readers a chance to consider the names, characteristics and descriptions of our God in the Word.
The remaining Names of God in this series might be considered descriptors, or characteristics of the Lord. We have reviewed the three primary Names of God, along with nineteen compound Names of God in our previous posts. As we venture through these descriptors of our God, I hope we will recognize all the many characteristics of our God that we tend to take for granted.
The Word is truly rich with descriptions of the Living God, and this effort of searching in the Word was quite illuminating. He truly is the ultimate subject of the Word, and His revelation of self-descriptions, or the accolades offered Him by His priests, prophets, kings apostles and faithful truly is a blessing.
May the Name of the Lord be praised, and by thinking on His name, may you have a blessed day.
| 142 |
| FATHER OF GLORY |
| Ephesians 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, |
| In our Names of God series, we sometimes come across a mini series where a common name for God, such as Father in our current series, is modified with various nouns or adjectives. Our name this morning is the Father of Glory. Paul refers to our Father as the Father of Glory, as God is the source of glory, that all glory emanates from Him, and that there is no glory apart from God the Father. But what is glory? First thing that comes to my mind is bright shining light, a blinding flash that no one can gaze at. Is that the intent of Paul when He calls God the Father of Glory? Maybe. He speaks God as dwelling in unapproachable light in 1 Timothy 1 Timothy 6:15 ….he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen. Yet I want to understand what glory is, especially if it is not a direct synonym for light. Glory is a translation of the Greek word δόξα dóxa, and principally has the root meaning of opinion, or estimate. I heard many moon ago a preacher tell me that the original meaning of the word dóxa, was weight. He explained that for a man to be “dóxa” meant he was heavy (fat). Back so long ago, only the rich and powerful were able to gain “weight”, that is to be heavy or fat. The association of weight and authority was established, but of course “dóxa” morphed as words do, coming to speak of authority, and finally settling on reputation, opinion and estimate. Often when we think of high reputation or opinion we think of a man’s glory, of the reputation he has, of what others consider of his person. His peers may speak highly of him, their estimate of his person may be of honor and praise. Translate that to the One who is above all others, even above our own imagination or thoughts. Even His acts toward us is beyond our imagination and understanding, how much more He Himself! There was a time when I couldn’t shake the idea of God being heavy, but after a time I correctly transferred the thought of glory as describing reputation. For God to be glorious though, we should not consider His glory to be relative to any standard other than His own. His glory is magisterial, as the ultimate King on the throne of the entire universe. No-one is to be considered to be equal, no could be. His glory, or reputation is not to be shared with any other, with any of creation, but only His own person. His glory cannot be estimated, but it can be declared. But let us remember that His glory, in this particular verse, is associated with His Son, and His willingness to provide those who love the Son a spirit of wisdom, and a knowledge of Himself. May the glory of the Father of glory be declared today. |
I would love to hear of your favorite name, characteristic or description of the Living God. Please leave me a comment, and I will include it in the list!
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Right on dude
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