“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen “
To Him be the glory
Jesus deserves glory because He did the doing. We should glorify Him both now and in eternity for what He has done on our behalf. We attribute “glory” to our Lord Jesus Christ because He affords us salvation, sanctification, and glorification.
Note other doxologies that glorify Christ (2 Timothy 4:18; Revelation 1:6; 5:13; 7:10).
both now and forever.
It is possible to glorify the Lord in time and eternity. If we get a good start celebrating Him now, we will establish a pattern for eternity.
Amen
“Amen” means I believe it. Peter lets us know where he personally stands on glorifying Jesus Christ in time and in eternity.
Principle:
The ultimate purpose of our lives is to glorify God in time and eternity.
Application:
We glorify God because of who He is and what He does. We celebrate Him because He made every provision we need for time and eternity.
We glorify the Lord because He loves us, whether we succeed or fail in the Christian life. What we do does not determine God’s love for us. When we attempt to transfer human love patterns to God, we distort who He truly is. God’s love for us is constantly at its maximum. His love never changes; it is unconditional, even when we fail Him miserably.
"To God be the glory." Thank you Bro. Grant for placing emphasis where emphasis is due. First and Second Peter is nothing to us if we fail to first, give all of the Glory to our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Bro. Pat, I wrote both my master's thesis and doctoral dissertation on God's ultimate purpose for creation. The reason God created the world was not man centered (anthropocentric) but God-centered (theocentric). If we do not give God glory in time we miss the purpose of creation.
Pastor-teacher Grant, would you share with Psalms 82:1-8. especially verse 1 about god’s. Thanks Randall
Randall, The usage of the word “gods” in verse one has to do with authorities in the nation Israel (Ps 45:6; Ex. 21:6; 22:8–9). The remainder of the psalm makes the point that these are God’s representatives who are in authority on earth.
Thanks pastor Grant, I knew you would come threw with the truth AMEN Randall