God's Name is Holy

John 3:16 is one of the best-known passages in Scripture, but we often misinterpret it in our minds. We know that Christ loves us, and is interested in a love relationship with us. While this message does ring true, it is still somewhat incomplete. God loves not only me, but the neighbor down the street, the man who walks his dog by your house in the morning, and in fact, the entire world! David Platt says: "The message of biblical Christianity is not 'God loves me, period,' as if we were the object of our own faith. The message of biblical Christianity is, 'God loves me so that I might make Him - His ways, His salvation, His glory, and His greatness - known among all nations.'

We are in this intimate relationship with God, As such, we can't stay stuck in only what we desire from our relationship with Him. We need to extend that to what He desires from our relationship with Him. We need to extend that to what He desires from us. And to put it simply, God desires to be glorified by all His creation. God's name and nature is Holy, and this is one of the reasons we are called to evangelism. Ezekiel 36:22 states, "But for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone... the nations will know that I am the Lord."

God's name is holy, and He wants the whole world He loves to know that. We are nothing more than ambassadors to let the world know.

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