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Philippians 4:20 | Pastor Jerry A. Burns
Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. — Philippians 4:20
As Paul reflects on God’s peace, God’s provision, and God’s providence, his response is praise. Glory belongs to God forever and ever. Everything in this chapter points back to Him-His peace, His care, His sufficiency, His supply.
So Paul does what every believer should do when considering the goodness of God: he gives glory to God.
The apostle ends with praises to God. We should look upon God, under all our weakness and fears, not as an enemy, but as a Father, disposed to pity us and help us. We must give glory to God as a Father. God's grace and favour, which reconciled souls enjoy, with the whole of the graces in us, which flow from it, are all purchased for us by Christ's merit, and applied by his pleading for us; and therefore are justly called the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
As Paul reflects on God’s peace, God’s provision, and God’s providence, his response is praise. Glory belongs to God forever and ever. Everything in this chapter points back to Him-His peace, His care, His sufficiency, His supply.
So Paul does what every believer should do when considering the goodness of God: he gives glory to God.
The apostle ends with praises to God. We should look upon God, under all our weakness and fears, not as an enemy, but as a Father, disposed to pity us and help us. We must give glory to God as a Father. God's grace and favour, which reconciled souls enjoy, with the whole of the graces in us, which flow from it, are all purchased for us by Christ's merit, and applied by his pleading for us; and therefore are justly called the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.