Hospes
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First, a working definition:
Believing this premise has been very helpful in making other things "make sense." For instance:
Glory is the essence of a thing that evokes esteem and praise of that same thing. (A bit awkward, but I hope it works.)
Believing this premise has been very helpful in making other things "make sense." For instance:
- If God's glory is his highest goal, then it would make sense for him to allow evil if it brought himself glory. Example: the greatest evil ever committed was according to God's will and ultimately brought him great glory.
...the Lord Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (Galatians 1:4-5 ESV) - If God's glory is his highest goal, then it would make sense for a completely satisfied Creator to create persons in his own image to share in the growing acknowledgement of his glory. (Hearing some people, you get the impression God was lacking in fulfillment until he made creation.)
- If God's glory is his highest goal, then I am not his highest goal, but am privileged to participate with God in the enjoyment of his own glory. (To here some Christians talk, you get the (Hearing some people, you get the impression God exists for his creation rather than his creation exists for God.)
I will say to the north, Give up,
and to the south, Do not withhold;
bring my sons from afar
and my daughters from the end of the earth,
everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.” (Isaiah 43:6-7 ESV)