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Isaiah chapter 48 verses 9 through 11.

For my namesake I defer my anger.

For the sake of my praise I restrain it for you that I may not cut you off.

Behold I ever find you but not as silver I've tried you in the furnace of affliction.

For my own sake I do it.

For how should my name be profaned?

My glory I will not give to another.

Did you hear the emphasis in those three verses?

Four different times, we see this phrase,

for my name's sake for the sake of my praise for my own sake. God is not leaving any question in these verses as to why he does what he does among his people.

For my namesake, I defer my anger.

For the sake of my praise, I restrain it for you.

For my own sake, for my own sake, he says it twice in a row right there.

He says, I do this.

God does what he does.

Ultimately, God does all that he does ultimately for his own glory.

God does all that he does, ultimately for his own glory, which might rub us wrong, like, is that

self-centered? I didn't think we were supposed to be self-centered. Well, we're not God.

Of course, God glorifies himself because he is God.

There's no one greater than him.

He's worthy of all glory.

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