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blood on me and my family. God will always get praise. Nobody
can stop Him.

Romans 11:36, “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all
things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen” So, God works and
controls everything in the universe for redemptive purposes. What
I mean by that is that God will get the glory, even if I don’t want to
give it to Him and even from rebellious people and even from Satan.
Angels give Him glory. Every circumstance and every storm,
everything, gives Him glory and it’s all redemptive.

When there is a calamity in the world, somebody will seek the Lord.
Everything that happens is redemptive. God gets glory from the
wicked and the unwilling but in a special way He gets glory if we
cooperate with Him. John 15:4&5, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As
the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so
neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the
branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit;
for apart from Me you can do nothing.” John 15:8, “By this is My
Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My
disciples.” He said that His Father was glorified if you bring forth
much fruit.

He gets glory because He is sovereign but He gets a special glory if
we agree with Him and work with Him. Matthew 5:16, “Let your
light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” Others see your
fruit and they glorify your Father.

Galatians 1:15&16, “But when He who had set me apart, even from
my mother’s womb, and called me through His grace, was pleased
to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles,
I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood…” The Apostle
Paul said that God revealed His Son in Him. Galatians 1:24, “And
they were glorifying God because of me.” They were glorifying
God because of Paul.