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“Glorify Your Name”
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? …” Malachi 1:6. What good parent has not said, “I don’t know whose kid you are, but you can’t be mine because no kid of mine would act that way!” The child is not reflecting the values or training the parent has put forth, and so the kid’s parentage is called into question. Jesus did this to “the Jews who had believed him” when they insisted on being Abraham’s children in John 8 but did not love Him. He told them that their father was the one they were emulating—the devil! Their ancestors four centuries before had not learned from the discipline of captivity and were bringing imperfect sacrifices to the rebuilt temple to “honor” their heavenly Father, but God would not have it. And neither will He take less than our best that we offer in our daily worship as a living sacrifice or when we assemble for worship as His Son’s body. This means we in whatever we do, whether in word or deed, we do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus and walk as He did. In this way we will emulate our true Father in heaven and can sing, “Father, we love you ….” Do you live like His Son to glorify His Name?