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"My Glory Will I Not Give To Another" (Isa 42:8)
By Rev (Dr) Timothy Tow
(Preached at Calvary Jaya BP F'ship, KL, Mar 16 2003)
Text: I Cor 1:27-31
The emphasis of our text is "But God hath chosen
the foolish things of the world to confound the wise…He that
glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."
Jeremiah says the same thing, "Let not the wise
man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his
might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that
glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I
am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith
the LORD" (9:23-24).
Peter says in I Pet 5:5, "God resisteth the
proud, and giveth grace to the humble."
Isaiah sums it up, "My glory will I not give to
another" (42:8).
Our God is Lord of all. Whatever we say of Him,
remember we are puny men and worms before Him. Let us approach Him
with the utmost reverence. The things of God far transcend our human
understanding. The only way to tell of His greatness is only by
faith. The Book of Hebrews shows us the way. This the Apostle
illustrates by listing the heroes of faith. It is by faith that they
are all accepted, not by their wisdom and their knowledge.
"But without faith it is impossible to please
him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he
is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Heb 11:6).
Our Lord Jesus says the same thing, that God
resists the proud and gives grace to the humble and that He will not
let another take His glory. "At that time Jesus answered and said, I
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast
hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them
unto babes" (Matt 11:25).
What is revealed to babes is simple childlike
faith. It is that which we have received from the Apostle and
committed to faithful men who shall be able to teach others also (II
Tim 2:2). So we thank God for your pastor who has faithfully taught
you the way of salvation and the Word of God all these years.
But though I came from a Mission School, I never
heard how one could be saved. The Senior Cambridge English teacher
was an American Methodist Bishop. One day he preached in Kuching.
Touching the story of Jonah, he sarcastically said, "If you can
believe that the whale swallowed Jonah, you can also believe that
Jonah swallowed the whale." From the remark you know he is a
modernist and a liberal. He rejected all the miracles of the Bible
and most assuredly the resurrection of our Saviour, just like the
scribes and Pharisees of old.
To substantiate my judgment let me tell you the
sad ending of a contemporary American professor of theology of a
seminary in New York. His name is Van Dusen. When he exceeded 80
years old he took an overdose of sleeping pills with his wife one
night. They were found to have committed suicide the next morning.
They would not have done so if they were trusting a risen Saviour.
Wise professors that they were, but the ordinary Christians were the
wiser.
I am told of old Korean women when they were
converted they had no difficulty at all in believing the Father, Son
and Holy Spirit, the Holy Triune God which the professor of
Mathematics would laugh off as distilled nonsense.
Yes, so are the Heroes of Faith of Hebrews 11
honoured because of their faith and not for their knowledge. Those
who have childlike faith, being babes, also serve their Lord with
love and hope as we see them without resigning for a greener field.
Their devotion to God is constant so long as they can go on bringing
glory to Him. Let this be the faith and devotion of the whole
congregation of Calvary Jaya B-P Church till Jesus comes. Maranatha.
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