They glorify Him and worship Him simply for what He is in Himself, for
what He would have been even if--which God forbid--He had never stooped
from heaven to live and die on earth--for what He is and was and will be
through eternity, the Creator and the Ruler, who has made all things, and
for whose pleasure they are and were created. Consider that one text.
The more I consider it, the more awful and yet most blessed depths of
teaching do I find therein: and consider this text also, another glimpse
of the worship which is in heaven.
"I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, singing Alleluia;
salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God; for
true and righteous are His judgments." What the special judgment was,
for which these blessed souls worshipped God, I shall not argue here. It
is enough for us that they worshipped God, as we should worship Him,
because His judgments were righteous and true, were like Himself, proved
Him to be what He was, worthy in Himself, because He is righteous and
true. And consider then, again--the text.
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