The Idolatry of Self

It is I who sweeps away your transgressions for My own sake and remember your sins no more. - Isaiah 43:25

While most believers may understand that it is God who delivers us from sin, and that it is the blood of His Son, Jesus Christ that makes this possible, some may miss His ultimate purpose in doing so. God "sweeps away transgressions and remembers sin no more," but He does not do it for our sake. Yes, we are beneficiaries and recipients of His mercy and grace, but His purpose is His own.

God redeems for His own name's sake, for His own glory.

A self-centered Christianity has noting to do with Christ. God's own glory must be the aim and purpose of all He has done, including our personal redemption. To grasp this enduring truth is the essence of worship. To think otherwise is idolatry.

Most men seem to live to themselves, without much regard to the glory of God, or the good of their fellow creatures. - David Brainerd