...but for THE GLORY OF GOD
" Jesus said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby." — John 11:4 [KJV] It frequently happens, that intervening occurrences seem to contradict the truths of God. Therefore if we judge from sight and appearance, we shall be often deceived. God's word alone is the rule of faith; what He has declared shall certainly come to pass , however repugnant it may seem to carnal reason. Thus our Saviour declares of Lazarus, "This sickness is not unto death:" yet He afterwards told His disciples plainly, "Lazarus is dead:" and Jesus found him in the grave, where he had lain four days. But Jesus, who had power over death and the grave, knew His own intention of raising him, both for the glory of the Father, as well as glorifying Himself. This was the great end of His coming into the world; therefore in the life, and by the death of Jesus, glory redounds "to God in the highest, p...