Glorifying the Lord - A Privilege

"Oh, magnify the LORD with me,And let us exalt His name together." Psalms 34:3

A very prominent theme in scripture is the glory of the Lord. Many verses speak of God's glory proclaimed in nature (Psalm 19:1, Psalm 97:6). The Bible declares God's glory to be in His righteousness and holiness. And these attributes cause His name to be glorified above all things. In fact, the Bible speaks of God's glory being so powerful, pure, and awesome, that the mere sight of it would cause sinful men to be killed and cast into eternal punishment. In Exodus 34, the Bible describes Moses's face - a mere dimmed reflection of the glory of God - as so bright and overwhelming that the Children of Israel could not look upon him (Moses).

When Isaiah, in a vision, saw God seated on His throne and His glory, he cried out, "Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The LORD of hosts" (Isaiah 6:5).

Many passages throughout Scripture extol and exalt the glory of the Lord. God is able to display His glory to His creation in any manner He chooses. He could shine forth His glory Himself to men, which he did many times, or choose not to use any means to accomplish the displaying of His glory, but he doesn't. He gives us the privilege of glorifying Him. We who have been declared righteous in His sight by Christ's death on the cross, receive the the great honor of lifting up our Savior for His glory.

When Christ redeems us from the curse of the law, we are no longer slaves to the law and unable to glorify the Lord; He establishes us as children of the Lord and co-heirs with Christ. Christ proclaimed many times in Scripture that He sought to glorify the Father. As co-heirs with Christ our striving passion should be to glorify God in everything that we do. This is not in any way a burden, but is an incredible gift from God, that he allows us to accomplish, as well as take great joy in fulfilling.

In my next post, I will discuss how the glory of God is shown in our life, and how it is an utter privilege from the Lord to glorify Him.

Truth, What We're All About

Truth. Is there truth? Where did it come from? Is it important? Why? Many people don't understand or don't care what truth is or why we need it. Many try to define their own truth. Some people do this by denial, saying there is no truth. Others believe that what is true to them might not be true to you. Some come close to achieving truth by considering only what they can taste, touch, hear, and see as being the only truth that exists. But that still begs the question, "What is Truth?"

Our Vision:

Ultimate truth can only be found in the Bible. Those ideas that were presented above are either inconsistent or eliminate sources of truth. Unfortunately many in this generation are turning from God's Truth and adopting these philosophies. Our desire at A Generation for Truth is that you will thirst and hunger for this incorruptible source containing the answers to all of life's greatest questions. We want you to have a fiery passion for what God's word has to say about everything that applies to your life. We concur with Paul when he states that "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work." - II Timothy 3:16-17 (NKJV). Through the divine inspiration of God, the Bible exists as the most accurate, authoritative textbook and guide to life.

Who we are:

Just like you! This site is run by teenagers and for teenagers. We at A Generation for Truth will always attempt to integrate the highest level of clarity and integrity in our posts and podcasts in a way that connects with our peers. As with any news source you probably want to know where we're coming from. Both of us have been home schooled, are conservatives, and strongly support Biblical theology, primarily the doctrines promoted during the Reformation. We strongly believe in a literal six day Creation of the world. As stated before we believe the Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God.