Give The Glory to God

“For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. For each one will bear his own load.” (Galatians 6:3-5 NASB1995)

All of us, no matter who we are, or where we were born, or who our parents were, or what nationality we are from birth, have no right to think that we are somehow superior to others on the basis of skin color, nationality, wealth (or lack of it), possessions, connections, talents, education, or popularity, or whatever. For all of us were born with sin natures, in the image of Adam, separate from God, and unable within ourselves to be approved by God because of our sin. So all of us had the same beginning, basically.

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 3:9-26; Romans 5:12-19; Romans 6:1-23; 1 Corinthians 15:21-22,42-49; Ephesians 2:1-3,8-10]

And with regard to us who believe in Jesus Christ, we can only come to faith in Jesus Christ if God the Father first draws us to Christ. And the faith to believe in Jesus is not of our own doing, but it is gifted to us by God, and it is persuaded of God as to his righteousness and holiness, and of our sinfulness, and of our need to die with Christ to sin and to walk with him in obedience to his commands, which we can only do in the power of God at work within us who have trusted in Christ Jesus to be Lord of our lives.

[Hebrews 12:1-2; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Ephesians 2:8-10]

But does God make a division between those approved of God and those not approved by God? Yes, he does, but by his own criteria, and by his full right because he is God and he is the one who made us. And the division is not “I believe in Jesus” or “I don’t believe in Jesus,” for many who profess faith in Jesus Christ give only lip service to God, so their faith is not genuine biblical faith. For by faith in Jesus we must deny self, die to sin, and obey God and his commands, in practice, by his grace and in his power and strength.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

So, if we are saved out from underneath our slavery to sin to now serve God with our lives, God gets all the glory! If we are now walking in fellowship with our Lord in surrender to his Lordship and to his will for our lives, God gets all the glory! Do we have a part that we must do? Absolutely! But it can only be done by the grace of God and in the power of God, as we cooperate fully with God’s work of grace in our lives. So, we have no right to take the credit for God’s work of grace in our lives, but we should give God the glory!

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18] 

Give God the Glory  

Based off Psalm 19

An Original Work / March 10, 2014

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

All of creation now proclaims:

“Give God the glory; honor His name!”

Each day the stars in heav’n above

Show forth His wisdom; tell of His love.

They do not speak. They have no voice.

Yet, they declare we have a choice:

“Worship the God of heav’n above;

Believe in Jesus; trust in His love.”

God’s word is perfect, just and good,

Refreshing souls who trust in the Lord;

Makes wise the simple; radiant -

Lighting our lives with God’s righteousness.

Joy to the heart His words now speak;

Pure and enduring, now we seek.

They are more precious than our gold;

Sweeter than honey; never grow old.

Keeping the word brings great reward.

By the word Jesus speaks and He warns,

Convicting hearts of all their sin;

Forgiving all who call upon Him.

Praying You keep me, Lord, from sins.

May they not rule my life again.

Then will I walk in all Your ways,

Following Jesus all of my days. 

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Give The Glory to God

An Original Work / January 24, 2026

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love