We are continuing to look at this doxology given to us by the Apostle Paul. Doxa – The word for glory – is a short hymn or verse of declarative praise. When one speaks or sings a doxology, he is speaking or singing praise to God for His glorious Attributes. I am trying to show you the importance of declarative praise in order that each of us will begin to engage in it. It is not enough to simply know of the Attributes of God. We must have hearts filled with exuberant praise, which will then break forth from our lips, and thus God will be honored by us. It will require the Spirit’s help to even begin to do this. Last week I set before you the first 2 Attributes mentioned in verse 17 – That God is an Eternal King, and that He is Immortal. We looked at Joshua 6, Psalm 47, and Psalm 29. We saw how the children of Israel marched around the walls of Jericho, and then at Joshua’s command they shouted, and the walls fell flat. We saw that God is a great King over all the nations and that someday His truth will triumph in the earth. “In the City of our God, in the midst of His temple God will establish His lovingkindness, and praising God shall be the portion of God’s people for many generations to come, when He shall establish these great things for her. We saw that the voice of the Lord is strong enough to accomplish all of these great things and we saw how important it is to praise God while we have our being. Psalm 115, verse 17 says: “The dead do not praise the Lord, nor any who go down into silence.” “But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.” Now this afternoon we will consider and praise God that He is Invisible and Wise.
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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...
