有句话说得好：“真正的崇拜是建立在公认的伟大之上的，而伟大在主权中表现得最为突出，人们不会在其他任何脚凳上真正崇拜。”在神圣的君王宝座前，甚至六翼天使也“遮住脸”。神圣的主权不是暴君的统治，而是无限智慧和善良之人的快乐！因为上帝无限智慧，所以他不会犯错，因为他无限正义，所以他不会做错事。这就是这个真理的珍贵之处。上帝的意志是不可抗拒和不可逆转的，这一事实本身就让我充满恐惧，但一旦我意识到上帝只愿意做善事。我的心就欢喜了。这就是这个问题的最终答案（关于我们对上帝主权的态度）——我们对上帝主权的态度应该是什么？我们应该采取正确的态度，那就是敬畏上帝、绝对服从、毫无保留地顺从和顺从。但不仅如此，承认上帝的主权，认识到这位主权者就是我的父亲，应该让我心潮澎湃，在崇拜中俯首称臣。我必须时刻说：“父啊，是的，因为你的美意本是如此。”
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It has been well said that "true worship is based upon recognized greatness, and greatness is superlatively seen in Sovereignty, and at no other footstool will men really worship." In the presence of the Divine King upon His throne even the seraphim 'veil their faces.' Divine sovereignty is not the sovereignty of a tyrannical Despot, but the exercised pleasure of One who is infinitely wise and good! Because God is infinitely wise He cannot err, and because He is infinitely righteous He will not do wrong. Here then is the preciousness of this truth. The mere fact itself that God's will is irresistible and irreversible fills me with fear, but once I realize that God wills only that which is good. My heart is made to rejoice. Here then is the final answer to the question (concerning our attitude toward God's sovereignty)—What ought to be our attitude toward the sovereignty of God? The becoming attitude for us to take is that of godly fear, implicit obedience, and unreserved resignation and submission. But not only so: the recognition of the sovereignty of God, and the realization that the Sovereign Himself is my Father, ought to overwhelm the heart and cause me to bow before Him in adoring worship. At all times I must say, "Even so, Father, for so it seemeth good in Thy sight."
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