they reject the idea that the holy God would exalt himself reflects their acute sense of the guiltiness of human self-absorption. Is their conclusion valid? We repeat: It is in fact a complete mistake. If it is right for man to have the glory of God as his goal, can it be wrong for God to have the same goal? If man can have no higher purpose than God’s glory, how can God? If it is wrong for man to seek a lesser end than this, it would be wrong for God, too. The reason it cannot be right for man to
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