The Doxology

June 22, 2025 service. The Doxology

What, then, has been the power of these 25 words? Why have they endured, and for many become one of the most basic and repeated expressions of the Christian faith?
For one, our God is indeed the one from whom all genuine blessings flow. He himself is the Blessed One (1 Timothy 6:15), he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
God is the only one in whom is fullness of joy and pleasures forever (Psalm 16:11) You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
He is not a God inclined to keep to himself but gives generously.
God delights to give, to overflow with joy, to bless his creatures and share his own happiness in them and then with them. He is the giver of “every good gift and every perfect gift” (James 1:17). “From him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen” (Romans 11:36).

This blessed God is also sovereign over all. He is both the singular source of all true good, and he is the Almighty. He is the Creator and Sustainer of all nature, and all the heavenly hosts above, and “all creatures here below.” Here and there, above and below, he is God and “does all that he pleases” (Psalm 115:3).

Still, this God, utterly complete in goodness and power, has revealed himself to his people.
He is one and three — one God, three persons.
He is a God three times for us in a great salvation, which is arranged by the Father, accomplished by the Son, and applied by the Spirit.
So, we praise him as three in one, and one in three, just as we baptize “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”

“The Doxology” connects the very purposes of God in all he does with our heart’s deepest desire.
God made our hearts to ache for happiness. And he made the world, and us, to glorify him. And in this act of praise our souls both rejoice and go public in expressing their delight in him.

Application: Praise God always and in every situation
God is glorified in our heartfelt expression of praise.
God made us for praise.
He made us for doxology.
He made the world that he might be praised.
And these simple yet profound words serve that simple yet most profound human act of devotion — and all the more when we join our voices and sing together.

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