tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post115735644363998640..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Blessed be the name... IIbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1157423028050676552006-09-05T03:23:00.000+01:002006-09-05T03:23:00.000+01:00Yes. Like Rob wrote, this Lordship shines two ways...Yes. Like Rob wrote, this Lordship shines two ways. It tells us about Jesus as God, his power over all things. However it also tells about what God's Lordship looks like, taking up that OT theme about God's presence with his people, his intimacy as Lord. I'm thinking of Psalm 147 and God feeding the cattle and ravens, Psalm 40 where God lifts us out of the mud, Isaiah 52 and God rolling up his Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1157422160993002122006-09-05T03:09:00.000+01:002006-09-05T03:09:00.000+01:00David - yes, and our confession, since it is in ag...David - yes, and our confession, since it is in agreement with God's choice (NB this is literally the meaning of 'confession'), brings glory to God the Father (Phil 2.10-11).<BR/><BR/>This is certainly true, though I was suggesting more - that the confession that Jesus is Lord, in context, is that he is not only Messiah, but that he shares the unsharable glory of God; he is included in the name byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1157369325988090672006-09-04T12:28:00.000+01:002006-09-04T12:28:00.000+01:00Excellent comments at the end on how after we reco...Excellent comments at the end on how after we recognize Christ's death, resurrection and exaltation, we can never think of "God" in the same way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com