GOD’S WORD FOR MAY 30

GOD’S WORD FOR MAY 30 ~ ~ Job 26:7 ~ ~ “ He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing.”

Continuing with excerpts from John Piper’s book, “The Pleasures of God”

Chapter 3—God’s Pleasure in His Creation.

Yesterday we talked about the angels watching and shouting for joy when God created matter and life.

Mr. Piper continues:

Now I admit that God does not say explicitly in this text that He Himself shouted for joy. But do you suppose that God sat by with a blank face and no emotion while millions of holy angels shouted for joy over His creation? Something would be very out of sync in heaven if that were true.

I think God told Job about the joy of the “sons of god’ because sons get their dispositions from their Father. (and Creator). If the finite sons were shouting for joy over the greatness and wonder of the Father’s creation, you can be sure that the Father’s delight both in the creation and the the sons’ joy was immense.

The Father rejoices in His works (another word for His creation throughout scripture) because His works express His glory. Psalm 19:1-2 says:

“The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims His handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.”

It is clear that there is one main Message creation has to comunicate to human beings:

THE GLORY OF GOD.

Not primarily the glory of creation but the glory of GOD.

The glory of creation and the glory of God are as different as the love poem and the love, or the painting and the landscape, the ring and the marriage. It would be great folly and a great tragedy if a man loved his wedding band more than he loved his bride.

But that is what Romans 1:19-23 says has happened. Human beings have fallen in love with the ECHO OF GOD’S EXCELLENCY in creation and lost the ability to hear the incomparable original SHOUT OF LOVE.

“What can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature, namely, His eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse; for although they knew God THEY DID NOT GLORIFY HIM AS GOD or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and EXCHANGED THE GLORY OF THE IMMORTAL GOD for images resembling mortal an or birds, animals or reptiles.”

The message of creation is this:

THERE IS A GREAT GOD OF GLORY AND POWER AND GENEROSITY BEHIND ALL THIS AWESOME UNIVERSE;

YOU BELONG TO HIM;

HE IS PATIENT WITH YOU IN SUSTAINING YOUR REBELLIOUS LIFE;

TURN AND BANK YOUR HOPE OF HIM AND DELIGHT IN HIM, NOT HIS HANDIWORK.

(referring to Ps 19:1-2 above) Day pours forth the speech of that message to all that will listen in the day, speaking with blindingly bright sun and blue sky, clouds and untold shapes and colors of all things visible. Night pours forth the “knowledge” of the same message to all who will listen at night, speaking with great dark voids, summer moons, countless stars, strange sounds, cool breezes, and beautiful northern lights.

Day and night are saying one thing: GOD IS GLORIOUS!!! GOD IS GLORIOUS!!!

(Do you see why satan loves to get people thinking about “save the earth”, “climate change”, “carbon footprint”, “evolution”? It’s a mocking of God as Creator, and a sure way to get people to focus on anything other than their Savior, and thereby, never be saved. THAT is satan’s ultimate goal—he knows he’s doomed to eternal hellfire, and he’s going to try to take as many with him as he can. When his followers focus on nature, it sounds good on the surface, but it’s a great deception, because it puts mankind in charge, and the whole thing is a lie.)

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