Ezekiel 38:23 - Homilies By W. Clarkson

Making God great and holy.

"I magnify myself, and sanctify myself."

I. GOD MAKING HIMSELF GREAT AND HOLY IN THE SIGHT OF MEN . We may ask:

1. Why God magnifies himself ; and the answer will be—Not for the mere purpose of self-glorification. We cannot think that of him "whose nature and whose name is Love" (see homily on Ezekiel 36:16-21 ). We conclude that he desires and determines to make His Name to be had in reverence, and to cause himself to be honored as the Great and Holy One, because

2. How he magnifies himself. This is by

II. OUR DUTY TO MAGNIFY HIM .

1. Why we should do so. Because:

2. How we can do so.