Well, we know that God is most glorified in those who most love Him, and that is why

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him, but is God at all glorified

in those who reject Him.

It's the question from an international listener today named Jenred, Jenred asks this

Pastor John, if God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him, why does he use

that nearly constant refrain so that they may know that I am the Lord in reference to

things that would not bring about the satisfaction of anyone, and we're certainly not done for

that specific purpose.

There are many times when God seems to me perfectly content with people seeing His glory

and realizing that He is God, even though that realization is in terror and in judgment.

How do you make sense of this?

This is a really important question, especially for someone like me who is a Christian hedonist,

but really it's an important question for everyone because it's about God's ultimate

purposes, both in painful things as well as pleasant things and how they relate to the

glory of God and His commitment to glorify Himself in everything He does.

So let me restate the question so that we all have it clear and can see the relevance

of it.

He's responding to the central claim of Christian hedonism, namely, God is most glorified in

us when we are most satisfied in Him.

And His question assumes rightly that God is zealous for His glory.

He is always committed to uphold and magnify and communicate His glory.

And He alludes to the first question of the Westminster Catechism, which asks what's

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