4. We Must Give Honor (continued)
whom all things were made, and without whom was not anything made that was made, and who in the fulness oftime was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and shewed his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full ofgrace and truth. Matthew 11:25. John
1:1, 2, 3. Galatians 4:4. John 1:14.
And since it is the will of God that all men should honor the Son as they honor the Father, we adore him as the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image of his person; herein joining with the angels of God, who were all bid to worship him. John 5:23.
We pay our homage to the exalted Redeemer, who is the faithful witness, the first begotten from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth, confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Revelation 1:5. Philippians 2:11.
We also worship the Holy Ghost the Comforter, whom the Son hath sent from the Father, even the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, and who is sent to teach us all things, and to bring all things to our remembrance; who indited the scriptures, holy men of God writing them as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. John
15:26. John 14:26. 2 Peter 1:21.
5. WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE OUR DEPENDENCE UPON GOD, AND OUR OBLIGATIONS TO HIM, AS OUR CREATOR, PRESERVER, AND BENEFACTOR.
You, O God, made us, and not we ourselves, and therefore we are not our own, but yours, your people and the sheep of your pasture; Let us therefore worship, and fall down and kneel before the Lord our maker. Psalm 100:3. 1 Corinthians 6:19. Psalm 95:6.
You, Lord, are the former of our bodies, and they are fearfully and wonderfully made, and curiously wrought. Your eye did see our substance yet being imperfect, and in your book all our members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:14, 15, 16.
You have clothed us with skin and flesh, you have fenced us with bones and sinews; You have granted us life and favor, and your visitation preserves our spirits. Job 10-11, 12.
You are the Father of our spirits; for you formed the spirit of man with him and made us these souls. The Spirit of God hath made us, and the breath of the Almighty hath given us life. You put wisdom in the inward pare and give understanding to the heart. Hebrews 12:9.
Zechariah 12:1. Jeremiah 38:16. Job 33:4. Job 38:36.
You are God our maker, who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and make us wiser than the fowls of heaven. Job 35:10, 11.
We are the clay, and you our potter, we are the work of your hand.
You are he that took us out of the womb, and kept us in safety when we were at our mother's breasts; We have been cast upon you from the womb, and holden up by you, you are our God from our mother's bowels, and therefore our praise shall be continually of you. Psalm 22:9, 10. Psalm 71-6.