Comments on: Notes on Glory for Romans Study http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/09/15/notes-on-glory-for-romans-study/ The Web Site and Blog of Pastor Chris Brauns Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:03:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How would you define “glory”? « A Brick in the Valley http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/09/15/notes-on-glory-for-romans-study/comment-page-1/#comment-18068 How would you define “glory”? « A Brick in the Valley Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:32:48 +0000 http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/09/15/notes-on-glory-for-romans-study/#comment-18068 [...] previously posted some thoughts on defining glory.  As I stated in that post, given that our chief purpose in life [...] [...] previously posted some thoughts on defining glory.  As I stated in that post, given that our chief purpose in life [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/09/15/notes-on-glory-for-romans-study/comment-page-1/#comment-2562 Chris Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:12:27 +0000 http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/09/15/notes-on-glory-for-romans-study/#comment-2562 Chris, thanks for your thoughtful interaction. We can't be too God-centered, only more God centered. I agree that we shouldn't think of holiness as some abstraction apart from God. Chris, thanks for your thoughtful interaction. We can’t be too God-centered, only more God centered. I agree that we shouldn’t think of holiness as some abstraction apart from God.

]]> By: The Glory of God « Triangular Christianity http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/09/15/notes-on-glory-for-romans-study/comment-page-1/#comment-2561 The Glory of God « Triangular Christianity Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:09:31 +0000 http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/09/15/notes-on-glory-for-romans-study/#comment-2561 [...] 2009 John Lemke Leave a comment Go to comments Chris Brauns has a very helpful post today on the glory of God.  I can’t introduce the topic any better than he does, so here are his words: What is meant [...] [...] 2009 John Lemke Leave a comment Go to comments Chris Brauns has a very helpful post today on the glory of God.  I can’t introduce the topic any better than he does, so here are his words: What is meant [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/09/15/notes-on-glory-for-romans-study/comment-page-1/#comment-2560 Chris Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:00:04 +0000 http://www.chrisbrauns.com/2009/09/15/notes-on-glory-for-romans-study/#comment-2560 I do like this definition. I think I read it fairly recently in one of Piper's books. I believe I heard Mark Dever say something to the effect that glorifying God is acknowledging his attributes (or Piper's word, perfections) and making them known. I'm probably misquoting him, but I think that is the gist of it. For a long time I thought of God as being subject to his attributes. In other words, we say God can't do X because He is holy and a holy God can't do that. Lately I've come to realize that He isn't subject to "holiness"... He DEFINES holiness. Therefore if God lied, then lying would be holy. To say that God is subject to "holiness" is to say that HOLINESS is God. One may say that from a practical standpoint there isn't any reason to make this distinction. I've personally found that to be not true. My motivation for pursuing holiness (or any of the other attributes of godliness) is now completely different... I'm not seeking holiness for the sake of holiness... I'm seeking God. I'm enjoying HIM, not just what He is. I do like this definition. I think I read it fairly recently in one of Piper’s books. I believe I heard Mark Dever say something to the effect that glorifying God is acknowledging his attributes (or Piper’s word, perfections) and making them known. I’m probably misquoting him, but I think that is the gist of it.

For a long time I thought of God as being subject to his attributes. In other words, we say God can’t do X because He is holy and a holy God can’t do that. Lately I’ve come to realize that He isn’t subject to “holiness”… He DEFINES holiness. Therefore if God lied, then lying would be holy. To say that God is subject to “holiness” is to say that HOLINESS is God.

One may say that from a practical standpoint there isn’t any reason to make this distinction. I’ve personally found that to be not true. My motivation for pursuing holiness (or any of the other attributes of godliness) is now completely different… I’m not seeking holiness for the sake of holiness… I’m seeking God. I’m enjoying HIM, not just what He is.

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