To God our Savior,
Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and
forever. Amen.
Jude 25
Dear Heavenly
Father, thank you for the journey through Jude.
As I finish this verse by verse study, please help to stay focused on
You. Please be with my son and daughter
as they finish up the school semester with exams. Help them to remember everything that they've
learned, been taught, studied, practiced, read, and seen. Help them to have recall of the information
and be able to understand it and apply it.
Please be with me and my family as we celebrate Christmas. Help us not to forget what it really means
and how we are to serve and praise You.
In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
Tonight we conclude
our study in Jude. This is the last
verse of the book where Jude takes the opportunity to praise God. To bring deeper understanding to today's
text, let's examine some key words and their companion or similar verses.
"Savior"
in the Greek is soteri which means
deliverer, preserver, Jesus Christ who saves believers from their sins and
delivers them into His safety, author of our salvation. "Alone" in the Greek is monos which means only, solitary, desolate,
merely. John 5:44 states "How can
you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that
comes from the only God?"
"Wise" is omitted in all other translations and is replaced
with "through Jesus Christ our Lord" or something similar. 1 Timothy
1:17 states "Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who
alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." To God our
author of our salvation who saves us from our sin and delivers us into His
safety, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
"Glory" in
the Greek is doxa which means honor,
renown, splendor, especially divine quality, unspoken manifestation of God,
God's infinite intrinsic worth, God's substance/essence, majesty, that which
belongs to God. Romans 11:36 states
"For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory
forever. Amen." "Majesty"
in the Greek is megalosone which means
greatness, divinity. To God who all things are for Him, to Him, and from
Him, be all honor, recognition, greatness, and everything.
"Dominion"
in the Greek is kratos which means
strength, power, a mighty deed, to perfect, complete, exerted power, force,
power, might, sovereignty, control.
"Power" in the Greek is exousia
which means authority, weight, moral authority, influence, privilege, domain,
dominion, jurisdiction, the power or rule of government. To God be all
power, sovereignty, control, moral authority, influence, jurisdiction to rule,
and privileges.
"Now" in
the Greek is nun which means just at
hand, just now, immediately, at this instant, as the logical result of what
proceeds, in light of what has gone before, the present. "Amen" in the Greek is amen which means verily, truly, so let it be,
most assuredly, of a truth, may it be fulfilled, emphasis marker. With emphasis,
including both at this instant and forever without end.
We were put on this
earth to praise God. We do this by
adhering to His will in our lives. We
praise Him with all that we are because He deserves it. God only deserves praise. If we receive praise, we should thank God for
enabling us to do what was praise worthy and give Him the praise. When pride creeps in, we will be lured by the
evil one and begin to think ourselves higher than we ought. Remember, God is author of our salvation who
alone is wise. God has infinite
intrinsic worth and greatness above all.
He has all the power. Give Him
praise now and forever because He is true.
to the only God our
Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and power,
before all time and now and forever. Amen.
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