“We must understand first what is to be done in the course of one’s life, and second, that is to be done just when one comes to prayer.”
Jeremiah Burroughs, Gospel Worship, 290.
God in focus demands words of praise given in prayer for all he has made. And much more, prayer and praise must be offered for all he has done by Jesus Christ in the salvation of those who love him. Praying to the Giver of every perfect gift must be part of a glorious Christmas.
“There is nothing like seeing what God is to make men sensible what they are (Isaiah 6:5).”
“The sight of God’s glory changes the nature and makes it abhor sin, and so renders it more sensible of it. The sight of the glory of God’s nature is transforming light, changing the soul into the likeness of God’s holiness (2 Corinthians 3:18).
“‘I am a man of unclean lips.’ He probably mentions the uncleanness of his lips in particular to show, in a sense, how imperfectly he had been wont to speak of God, and to pray to Him and praise Him.”
Jonathan Edwards, The Puritan Pulpit: Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), 131, 133, and 141.
Textures that are seen only in the light.
“It is in Christ alone that we have a clear idea of the glory of God. The Father appointed him to be the true representation of his glory (see John 1:18; 14:7-10; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Colossians 1:15; Ephesians 3:4-10; and Hebrews 1:3). That glory is wonderfully displayed in both his wisdom and his love.”
John Owen, The Glory of Christ, 17.
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