Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
All glory belongs to God's name for His mercy and for His truth's sake, and none to human beings or to self. Mercy and truth come from God, and salvation rests on His mercy and truth, shown when Christ undertook redemption though there was no claim upon divine mercy. People are empty, weak and nothing in themselves while God is everything, so they must give up all reliance on their own righteousness and depend wholly upon Christ for righteousness, strength and grace. Those who resemble Jesus will show His meekness and humility, growing less disposed to exalt self as they ripen in Christian graces, and filled with gratitude, contrition and deep humiliation before God for His great love and mercy. When souls turn from error to truth and any work for God succeeds, all honor belongs to God and none to human workers, calling for joy and praise with heart and voice for His wonderful works, daily blessings, and above all the death of Jesus and deliverance from sin.
Meaning and Setting
Not unto human beings and not unto self, but unto God's name is to be given glory for His mercy and for His truth's sake. The glory is His because mercy and truth come from Him, and salvation rests upon His mercy and truth. It is the spirit of Israel's song of deliverance at the Red Sea, giving all the glory to God and none to themselves. It belongs to the time when faith is tried and enemies watch critically for an opening to ask where God is.
It flows from holding that Jehovah belongs to His people and that everlasting strength is in Him, as a burst of praise mingled with humility. It is the answer God expects to the weighty evidence He has given of His great love and mercy, to be given in cheerful, trustful words by looking in faith to the Source of all might and power. It answers doubt by singing of God's mercies in contrast to useless dependence on idols.
Salvation by Grace Alone
The verse is the language of the heart in response to Christ undertaking redemption when there was no claim upon divine mercy, giving all glory to God's name for His mercy and for His truth's sake and taking none for self. It means renouncing and giving up all reliance on personal righteousness, seeking Christ's righteousness and pleading for the righteousness of Christ to be imputed. It means depending wholly upon Christ for strength, letting self die while Christ has entire management of will and action, and acknowledging that all that is possessed comes only from God and from the exceeding riches of divine grace, because mercy and truth come from Him and salvation rests on His mercy and truth.
Human beings are empty and weak and worthless and nothing in themselves, while the Lord God is everything and all and in all, so all glory belongs to God's name and none to human workers. Good works result from consecrating the whole being to God and being shaped by Him, so the believer gives God the glory rather than taking credit, with the truth filling the soul with gratitude while keeping it deeply humble. The verse belongs with needing sanctification unto good works and a much more perfect faith. It belongs with seeking God every hour to know His will and to receive tact and wisdom and power by the Holy Spirit, in gratitude to God and in contrition and deepest humiliation before Him in response to His distinguishing love.
Humble Life of Praise
The verse is the heart language of the follower who resembles Jesus, for the meekness and humility of Christ will be seen in his followers. As the Christian ripens for the heavenly garner like grain bending under full ripe ears, and as character grows richer and more perfect in the Christian graces, there is less disposition to honor or exalt self. The truth fills the soul with gratitude while keeping it deeply humble, so good works result from consecrating the whole being to God and being shaped by Him and the believer gives God the glory rather than taking credit. It is a burst of praise mingled with humility that flows from holding that Jehovah belongs to His people and everlasting strength is in Him, giving all glory to God's name for His mercy and truth and none to self. It is the response God expects from His children to the weighty evidence He has given of His great love and mercy, expressing gratitude to God and contrition and deepest humiliation before Him in response to His distinguishing love. It belongs with needing sanctification unto good works and a much more perfect faith, and with seeking God every hour to know His will and to receive tact and wisdom and power by the Holy Spirit.
When souls in many places turn to God, all honor for those victories belongs to God and none to human workers, since they have done little to achieve them. It is a fitting thanksgiving for the many brought from error to the truth and led to serve God, for their conversion is reason to praise God rather than claim credit for ourselves. When an effort to speak to people succeeds, glory belongs to the Lord's name alone and not to the human workers, and the right response is joy and thanksgiving to God and to thank the Lord. It applies to churches, missions, Sabbath-schools and institutions carried on under Christ's divine heart and masterly supervision, because people are empty, weak, worthless and nothing in themselves while the Lord God is everything and all and in all. Workers must not worry but must come to Christ for orders and obey His directions and follow where He leads, tempering longing to see the church as a living shining light with entire trust in God. Christ dwelling in the soul and the Holy Spirit working through human instrumentality save many souls, turning hearts stored with pollution into vessels unto honor and habitations for God.
That same selfless, God-glorifying spirit seen in Israel's song of deliverance at the Red Sea, giving all glory to God's name for His mercy and truth and none to themselves, should dwell in the hearts of all who love and fear God. It calls for praise with heart and soul and voice for a greater deliverance than that at the Red Sea in God's freeing of souls from the bondage of sin, for His wonderful works to the children of men, and for great mercies and lesser gifts and daily blessings. Above all it calls for praise for the death of Jesus to bring happiness and heaven within reach, for God's compassion and matchless love in connecting lost sinners with Himself as His peculiar treasure, and for the Redeemer's sacrifice by which they are called children of God. It calls for praise for the blessed hope held out in the great plan of redemption, for the heavenly inheritance and rich promises, and for Jesus living to intercede. It expresses the future praise of a mother who, with her loved ones, stands on Mount Zion and casts her crown at Jesus' feet, recognizing that their joy and reward belong to Him for His mercy and truth.
All glory belongs to God's name for His mercy and for His truth's sake, and none to human beings or to self. Mercy and truth come from God, and salvation rests on His mercy and truth, shown when Christ undertook redemption though there was no claim upon divine mercy. People are empty, weak and nothing in themselves while God is everything, so they must give up all reliance on their own righteousness and depend wholly upon Christ for righteousness, strength and grace. Those who resemble Jesus will show His meekness and humility, growing less disposed to exalt self as they ripen in Christian graces, and filled with gratitude, contrition and deep humiliation before God for His great love and mercy. When souls turn from error to truth and any work for God succeeds, all honor belongs to God and none to human workers, calling for joy and praise with heart and voice for His wonderful works, daily blessings, and above all the death of Jesus and deliverance from sin.
Meaning and Setting
Not unto human beings and not unto self, but unto God's name is to be given glory for His mercy and for His truth's sake. The glory is His because mercy and truth come from Him, and salvation rests upon His mercy and truth. It is the spirit of Israel's song of deliverance at the Red Sea, giving all the glory to God and none to themselves. It belongs to the time when faith is tried and enemies watch critically for an opening to ask where God is.
It flows from holding that Jehovah belongs to His people and that everlasting strength is in Him, as a burst of praise mingled with humility. It is the answer God expects to the weighty evidence He has given of His great love and mercy, to be given in cheerful, trustful words by looking in faith to the Source of all might and power. It answers doubt by singing of God's mercies in contrast to useless dependence on idols.
Salvation by Grace Alone
The verse is the language of the heart in response to Christ undertaking redemption when there was no claim upon divine mercy, giving all glory to God's name for His mercy and for His truth's sake and taking none for self. It means renouncing and giving up all reliance on personal righteousness, seeking Christ's righteousness and pleading for the righteousness of Christ to be imputed. It means depending wholly upon Christ for strength, letting self die while Christ has entire management of will and action, and acknowledging that all that is possessed comes only from God and from the exceeding riches of divine grace, because mercy and truth come from Him and salvation rests on His mercy and truth.
Human beings are empty and weak and worthless and nothing in themselves, while the Lord God is everything and all and in all, so all glory belongs to God's name and none to human workers. Good works result from consecrating the whole being to God and being shaped by Him, so the believer gives God the glory rather than taking credit, with the truth filling the soul with gratitude while keeping it deeply humble. The verse belongs with needing sanctification unto good works and a much more perfect faith. It belongs with seeking God every hour to know His will and to receive tact and wisdom and power by the Holy Spirit, in gratitude to God and in contrition and deepest humiliation before Him in response to His distinguishing love.
Humble Life of Praise
The verse is the heart language of the follower who resembles Jesus, for the meekness and humility of Christ will be seen in his followers. As the Christian ripens for the heavenly garner like grain bending under full ripe ears, and as character grows richer and more perfect in the Christian graces, there is less disposition to honor or exalt self. The truth fills the soul with gratitude while keeping it deeply humble, so good works result from consecrating the whole being to God and being shaped by Him and the believer gives God the glory rather than taking credit. It is a burst of praise mingled with humility that flows from holding that Jehovah belongs to His people and everlasting strength is in Him, giving all glory to God's name for His mercy and truth and none to self. It is the response God expects from His children to the weighty evidence He has given of His great love and mercy, expressing gratitude to God and contrition and deepest humiliation before Him in response to His distinguishing love. It belongs with needing sanctification unto good works and a much more perfect faith, and with seeking God every hour to know His will and to receive tact and wisdom and power by the Holy Spirit.
When souls in many places turn to God, all honor for those victories belongs to God and none to human workers, since they have done little to achieve them. It is a fitting thanksgiving for the many brought from error to the truth and led to serve God, for their conversion is reason to praise God rather than claim credit for ourselves. When an effort to speak to people succeeds, glory belongs to the Lord's name alone and not to the human workers, and the right response is joy and thanksgiving to God and to thank the Lord. It applies to churches, missions, Sabbath-schools and institutions carried on under Christ's divine heart and masterly supervision, because people are empty, weak, worthless and nothing in themselves while the Lord God is everything and all and in all. Workers must not worry but must come to Christ for orders and obey His directions and follow where He leads, tempering longing to see the church as a living shining light with entire trust in God. Christ dwelling in the soul and the Holy Spirit working through human instrumentality save many souls, turning hearts stored with pollution into vessels unto honor and habitations for God.
That same selfless, God-glorifying spirit seen in Israel's song of deliverance at the Red Sea, giving all glory to God's name for His mercy and truth and none to themselves, should dwell in the hearts of all who love and fear God. It calls for praise with heart and soul and voice for a greater deliverance than that at the Red Sea in God's freeing of souls from the bondage of sin, for His wonderful works to the children of men, and for great mercies and lesser gifts and daily blessings. Above all it calls for praise for the death of Jesus to bring happiness and heaven within reach, for God's compassion and matchless love in connecting lost sinners with Himself as His peculiar treasure, and for the Redeemer's sacrifice by which they are called children of God. It calls for praise for the blessed hope held out in the great plan of redemption, for the heavenly inheritance and rich promises, and for Jesus living to intercede. It expresses the future praise of a mother who, with her loved ones, stands on Mount Zion and casts her crown at Jesus' feet, recognizing that their joy and reward belong to Him for His mercy and truth.