Does these statements ring true to you?

mizpeh · #1 06-01-2008, 01:16 AM

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God employs his sovereignty to display the great object of his delight, his glory, the beauty of his manifold perfections.

He does all that he does to magnify the worth of his glory.

He would be unrighteous if he valued anything more than what is supremely valuable, namely, himself.

http://www.desiringgod.org/dg/id6.htm

If God is self-centered and seeks means by which He can be glorified as these statements suggest, why are those traits in men condemned in the Bible?

Michael The Disciple · #2 06-01-2008, 01:29 AM

I believe God wants us praise him in all his excellencies. We do it all the time. We do it because of all the things about him. He knows it is for our benefit to give him our lives. I believe probably in agreement with Piper thats why I was born. To exalt him.

Praxeas · #3 06-01-2008, 02:00 AM

IF God was self centered would Jesus say "for God so loved the WORLD that He GAVE His only Son"?

mizpeh · #4 06-01-2008, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

I believe God wants us praise him in all his excellencies. We do it all the time. We do it because of all the things about him. He knows it is for our benefit to give him our lives. I believe probably in agreement with Piper thats why I was born. To exalt him.

I feel there's more to God creating us and the world than to simply praise Him. He could have created a bunch of robots to do that. He doesn't need a bunch of "yes" men to stroke his ego.

Maybe I'm just looking at this in the wrong light?