All honor
Who compares with you among gods, O God? Who compares with you in power, in holy majesty, In awesome praises, wonder-working God? ~ Exodus 15:11 (MSG)
And we know that the Son of God came so we could recognize and understand the truth of God—what a gift!—and we are living in the Truth itself, in God’s Son, Jesus Christ. This Jesus is both True God and Real Life. Dear children, be on guard against all clever facsimiles. ~ 1 John 5:20-21 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
Put your trust in the one true God, who is known through Jesus Christ, and him alone.
PRAYER:
Thank you, God, for revealing your glorious self through Jesus. No one compares! I confess, though, that I push the limits and way too often rely on lesser powers to solve problems. And I tend to admire people and organizations which want my allegiance. Lord, help me to limit my allegiances to you and the forces which are aligned with you. I am going to save all honor for you. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
