Deuteronomy 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe you greatness to our God. I. OFFER A FEW REMARKS ON THE NATURE OF GOD'S GREATNESS. 1. Greatness is not a distinct attribute of the Divine nature, but an excellency which belongs to all His attributes. Whatever is in God is great. He is great in His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and truth. There is such a mixture of greatness and goodness in God, that those who know Him best will fear and love Him most; and even devils are constrained to believe and tremble. 2. There is an essential and also a relative greatness in God, a greatness interwoven in the whole of His character, and appearing in all His works. Is He our Father? He is our Father who is in heaven, dwelling in the most exalted state of majesty; demanding our reverence and exciting our highest hopes (Ecclesiastes 5:2). Is He a King? He is a great King, the King of kings. 3. The greatness of God is unsearchable and incomprehensible. With increasing knowledge we shall have an increasing sense of our own deficiency. II. INQUIRE IN WHAT MANNER WE ARE TO ASCRIBE "GREATNESS TO GOD." 1. We are to ascribe greatness to our God by acknowledging and declaring His greatness and His glory. 2. In ascribing greatness to the Lord, we are to do it practically; not only with our lips, but in our lives. 3. In approaching to God with reverence and holy fear we ascribe to Him the glory due unto His name, striving against wandering thoughts and vain imaginations, and cherishing a deep sense of our own unworthiness. The higher we rise in our apprehensions of God, the lower we shall fall in our own esteem. 4. By entertaining the most enlarged expectations from God we in effect ascribe greatness to Him. Great faith ought to be exercised towards a great God; nor should we say, "Can He pardon? can He help? or can He save?" for what can He not do? What wants are so great that He cannot supply? what works so great that He cannot enable us to perform? what burdens so great that He cannot support us under? what dangers so great that He cannot deliver us out of them? 5. If we ascribe greatness to the Lord, that greatness will be to us a matter of joy and gladness, and we shall glory in His holy name. 6. Fearing to offend against God, and dreading His displeasure, are included in the duty prescribed. (B. Beddome, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.WEB: For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh. Ascribe greatness to our God! |
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