AC 7550 - Not for His Sake, But for the Human Race

AC 7550

. . . the most essential of worship
is the acknowledgment that the Lord is the only God,and that His Human is Divine,
and that from this proceeds all faith and love,therefore by the "name of Jehovah being told"
is signified that the Lordis to be acknowledged as the only God,
and from the signification of "the earth,"as being the church.
That Jehovah or the Lord
in this and in many other passageswills that His might and power may appear,
and His name be told,and elsewhere
that He be humbly worshiped and adored,seems as if He desires to show forth His glory,
and as if He loves adoration for the sake of Himself.But quite different is the real case.
It is not for the sake of Himself,but for the sake of the human race;
not from self-glory,but from love;
for He wills to be conjoined with the human race,and to give them eternal life and happiness.
This cannot be doneunless the man is in humble worship;and there can be no humble worship
unless the man acknowledges and believesthat he himself is dust and ashes,
that is, nothing but evil,and that Jehovah or the Lord
is the Greatest and the Holiest,and that he dare not from himself approach Him.
When a person is in such humble worship,then the Lord can flow in with the life of His love,
and give heaven and eternal happiness.This is the reason why Jehovah or the Lord
so greatly extols His own power and glory in the Word.