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Benevolently Intolerant

In Psalm 135:5, David confidently and boldly proclaimed - "For I know that the LORD is great, and that our LORD is above all gods."

Do you have that same assured persuasion as he did?

Have you personally experienced the greatness of God's power of supremacy over all other gods?

Are you daily rejecting the temptation to compromise your Christianity and admit the "Baal's" and "Dagon's" of this world to be your God?

"For I know" - David was certain and clear on this subject. With a strong emphasis on the personal pronoun "I," he confessed his unqualified conviction - based on his personal knowledge and experience - that God was "great" - unlimited in His power - and "above all gods" - infinitely superior to every imaginary deity that this world could come up with.

Oh, Saint of God - is this your absolute belief?

Can you also say as the Psalmist - "For I know that the LORD is great, and that our LORD is above all gods"?

If you can't, then there is a chance that you are joining in the "song of the world" as the Ephesians did in exalting something or someone as the "Great One" in your life. In the case of the Ephesians, their praise sounded like this - "Great is Diana of the Ephesians"(Acts 19:28).

In other words, you are either saying with your words and life that "the LORD is great..." or you are affirming someone else as being worthy of your time, money, admiration, and adoration.

Oh! Christian, do you "know" that you "know" that you "know that the LORD is great" and "above all gods"? Does your life manifest your belief in the doctrine of God's greatness? Is yours an assured persuasion? In what way is it evident before all?

"...the LORD is great..."

There is no doubt about it!

Read what the Bible says on this matter -

Deuteronomy 10:17 - "For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward."

Psalm 48:1 - "Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised..."

Psalm 86:10 - "For Thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone."

Psalm 95:3 - "For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods."

Psalm 96:4 - "For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised..."

Psalm 145:3 - "Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable."

Psalm 147:5 - "Great is our LORD, and of great power..."

Our God alone is the Sovereign Lord. He is the One and only Source from whence all being and power proceeds. He has the power of a conqueror - none can resist or rebel against Him. He has the power of a Judge - none can suspend or counteract His will.

He is high and greatly exalted - not weak or feeble in any sense of the word...almighty, infinite, and eternal... the one and only Worker of Miracles Who is the confidence of His people and Whose greatness is inconceivable.

John Trapp, a 17th Century Preacher, depicted him in this way -

"He is a degree above the superlative."

He is exalted over all the universe - having kings, rulers, and dignitaries under His dominion, accountable to Him for their decisions and actions, and serving His purposes and plans.

Who would dare to vie with Him in greatness?

Barnes' Notes offers this comment - "Whoever, or whatever was worshipped as God, Yahweh was supreme over all things. He occupied the throne; and all others must be beneath Him, and under His dominion."

Matthew Henry, the renowned Bible Commentator, adds - "...as King of nations Thou art great, Thy sovereignty absolute and incontestable, Thy majesty terrible and insupportable, Thy power universal and irresistible, Thy riches vast and inexhaustible, Thy dominion boundless and unquestionable, and, for the proof of this, Thou doest wondrous things..."

Yet, as we look around our world, we see a people "worshipping and serving the creature more than the Creator..."(Romans 1:25).

On whom can we throw the blame for such wickedness?

Charles Spurgeon gave this answer in his commentary entitled, The Treasury of David - " 'Philosophic breadth' aims at building a pantheon..." In other words, it is the objective of the philosophies of mankind to accept all gods and erect a so-called platform from which each one can be worshipped and accepted by all.

So we see that it is the worldly philosophies which reject the belief in the One True and Living God Who exclusively rules the entire universe. They reject the doctrine of the greatness of our God for the belief that man is "great" and to be praised and exalted.

Yet, in Psalm 77:13, Asaph inquired - "...who is so great a God as our God?

In Job 33:12, Job flatly remarked that - "...God is greater than man."

"God is greater than man..."

Oh! That these words were posted on every billboard across the land and for all to see.

"God is greater than man..."

Do you believe that, O Christian?

Can you say with utmost confidence - "For I know that the LORD is great, and that our LORD is above all gods"?

If so, then why is it that when you encounter trouble, the first person you run to for help is another man?

Perhaps you are not as blatant in crying out - "Great is Diana of the Ephesians" - but in reality, someone or something in your life is "great" - "greater" than God, that is.

Who or What is it?

Who or what do you rely on for help in the time of trouble?

Your answer will reveal your God.

It's time to become as Spurgeon said - "benevolently intolerant" of the philosophies of men.

We must take on the conviction as he stated that - "Our God is not to be worshipped as one among many good and true beings but as God alone."

"...God is greater than man."

"For I know that the LORD is great, and that our LORD is above all gods."

Are you sure of this?

May God Bless His Word.

Connie

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