#686 – For the Sake of His Holy Name (Ezekiel 36:22–23)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 26 June 2019
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Summary
Our motivation must be in step with God's, and His motivation is His glory covering the earth as the waters cover the sea.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net. |
| 0:06.0 | Ezekiel chapter 36 verses 22 and 23. |
| 0:10.0 | Therefore say to the house of Israel, thus says the Lord God, it is not for your sake, |
| 0:17.0 | O House of Israel, that I'm about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came and I |
| 0:29.2 | will vindicate the holiness of my great name which has been profaned among the nations which you have |
| 0:36.0 | profaned among them and the nations will know that I am the Lord declares the |
| 0:41.0 | Lord God when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. |
| 0:49.8 | These two verses are one of the clearest depictions of a reality we see all over the Bible |
| 0:59.6 | that we must not miss. |
| 1:02.6 | Like it is central to, I would argue, |
| 1:05.1 | the entire story of the Bible from cover to cover. |
| 1:08.9 | And it is clearly depicted here. |
| 1:11.4 | What God does, God tells us people, I'm about to act. I'm about to |
| 1:16.6 | act to show my discipline among you for your sin, ultimately my love for you because the discipline of God is a reflection |
| 1:26.7 | of the love of God, but the point is God says I am about to act not for your sake ultimately but for the sake of my holy name. |
| 1:39.8 | For the sake of my name specifically among all the nations. |
| 1:45.0 | God acts. |
| 1:47.0 | Ezekiel 3622 and 23 could not be any clearer. |
| 1:51.0 | God acts for his glory among the nations, that ultimately this is what God does, all that he does for and just in case that that seems like okay are you sure about that does, he does ultimately for his glory among the nations? |
| 2:14.8 | Look at the end of the book. The Bible culminates in all nations. |
| 2:28.7 | All nations, every tribe tongue people gathered around the throne of God giving him glory, for his salvation, for his action on behalf of sinners. |
| 2:38.6 | So life changes when you realize this is the ultimate purpose of God. |
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