What we have heard in the reading of this verse is a doxology. Doxa is the Greek word for glory. A doxology is a short hymn or verse of declarative praise. It speaks glory or praise to the Triune God for His attributes or His works. This doxology extols both. The way that this verse is put together shows us that praise is due to God for His glorious attributes, and that praise ought to proceed from the fullness of our hearts and burst forth from our lips. So as we look at each of the 4 attributes mentioned here, the goal we will strive for is that each of us who has come to know God through our Lord Jesus Christ will learn the importance of declarative praise. Will you begin to engage in declarative praise, even as the Apostle Paul did?
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...