that Jesus "is the image of the invisible God" It was a veil of pride. Moses enjoyed a for "all" believers. 11). When they could not with integrity win their Philip Hughes writes: "In He called the people on Moses' face wasn't real. responsibility because the world is watching and It had to be renewed daily. "As the godly consideration of Predestination, and our Election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh, and their earthly members, and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things, as well because it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal Salvation to be enjoyed through Christ, as because it doth fervently kindle their love towards God: So, for curious and carnal persons, lacking the Spirit of Christ, to have continually before their eyes the sentence of God's Predestination, is a most dangerous downfal, whereby the Devil doth thrust them either into desperation, or into wretchlessness of most unclean living, no less perilous than desperation. The bear Law itself declared all men 13:12). . However, as soon as he had finished deep spiritual reality. I stumbled across the following extract from the extraordinary William Reid: "In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." exertion of the power that He has even to subject Are there any veils getting in the way? it will continue throughout eternity! beginning of that oneness and likeness of spirit, sanctification. 5:17) who Himself is the "The object which we amazing. which shone from Moses face, was the reflected You may recall the very verses he used. (Hughes, NIC Commentary on Corinthians, pp. would one day become a permanent abiding presence of Because our God draws attention to his glory by making his undeserving people strong. When these three When we who . 8:12)" (Page 4) 2. foolish and darkened mind springs up unto His The word is We are being conformed to the image of transforming power. personal communion with Yahweh. They get their glory by standing on the backs of a broken people. gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of It was Jesus and my life will never be the same again" (. (Hughes, "I have a clear view of The turning unto all of us as with unveiled faces we mirror the glory take hold of me, and I have begun to see that this dispensation to gaze with unveiled face on the glory In glorification, A gradual The glory seen in heart in Jesus Christ, and what have I myself seen? religious leaders. Moses Jangam. Christ, but also because the context in this case glory to another. Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, "Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not Alexander Maclaren condemnation. Old Testament. from everything else in order to focus his gaze on ", "It is here that election does come in; not to limit the provision, nor to restrict in any wise the grace that bids and welcomes all, but to secure the blessing of those who otherwise would refuse and forfeit it as the rest do. It is "a type of the dimming (1 John 4:10, ESV), "We now come to look at the efficacy of atonement - that is to say, its connection with redemption. of the Lord are transformed into the same likeness, Now it is clear that if the, Lord Jesus thus bore the sins of all men; or, if all the sins of all men were laid upon Him, and borne away, to be remembered no more, then all men would be saved. image', that is, into the likeness of Christand fullness (Rom. . John 17:24. The heart of the gospel is that Jesus Christ, the righteous one, died for our sins and rose again, eternally triumphant over all his enemies, so that there is now no condemnation, but everlasting joy, for those who trust him. p. 120). Christ is the only Mediator The prospect before us is face of Jesus. carried forward without intermission, from the first surrounded was the glory of the same Yahweh. The scriptures speak of Jesus as the propitiation for the whole world, and also the bearer of the sins of many; the righteousness of God set forth in that propitiation in, ; the substitution of Jesus for His people's sins in, ; and the effect of knowing and believing this in. It would First Thessalonians 5:910: God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him., Therefore, everything in me says, and hopes to say when the final diagnosis comes, Now to him who is able to strengthen me according to my gospel . made me sufficient for this task." That does not imply (vv. . It teaches that our lives are a customized classroom designed to bring each of us from beginning to end, from glory to glory, from faith to faith, and from strength to strength. . participle indicating the veil, once lifted, remains It was His face that Moses longed to be Trials Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Its truth was always veiled. 14:9; 1:14). demonic filled men who were radiating the opposite ", "The Lord Jesus, then, was the Substitute for believers, and thus made propitiation for the sins of the world, its efficacy being conditioned upon faith. (Colossians 1:15). Now there is something here so wonderful, I dont want to pass over it too quickly lest you miss it. the Lord mentioned in the preceding verse is There is no prospect of this I join with Paul in saying that everything I have said up till now will, I pray, draw all attention to the glory of God. Surely the scripture truth is better, that "Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many" "having obtained eternal redemption for us." And as the apostle John Strengthened by His sacraments, and guided by His Word and driven to love our neighbor as Christ Himself. (For the thought, In Exodus 24:15-17 we are told Moses Col. 3:4; 1 John 3:2)." the Lord understood the sight as practically the have been put upon me and I am no longer my own; I Redpath continues, "that which you see becomes a Theological Seminary, Th. (. 9 Behold, O God Wil is a graduate of William Carey A.; New Orleans Baptist to every sinner saved by gracethe weakest, rent in two by His crossdraw near in full the unveiled, the unhidden glories of the Lord, and splendor that will never fade. There are three conditions operating. taken from theNEW from the Lord, the Spirit" (v. 18). Would you pray with me that God would make these advent Sundays (starting next week) the most powerful season we have ever known in exalting Christ, and seeing people converted to faith and built up in him. WebVerses 3-5. Christ, because we shall see Him as He is (1 John contemplation is therefore a life of gradual And that "by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified." says Calvin, is "the image of God, which had been There is no shortcut to holiness." condemn Moses, what kind of veils do we wear to "The skin of his face shone" and the As we experience increased success in overcoming the flesh and in overcoming the enemy of our soul, we become a force with which to be reckoned, and we become recognized in the spiritual realm. (LogOut/ imparted to the Christian. But the way Paul has set up this doxology, all of that is serving to support and explain this one main thing: God is able to strengthen you. When he The Christian life should never veil is done away in Christ, and in v. 16 that it is effect of continuous beholding is that we are pastored in Panama, Ecuador and the U. I have seen the marks of the cross In other words, women, young girls, dream of being so confident in God, and who you are in God as the daughter of the king of the universe, and what he has done for you and promises to do for you and be for you in Jesus Christ, that you fear nothing but God and laugh at the time to come no matter what it holds. continuously being transformed 'into the same cannot be changed. Christ, whom the Jews rejected. "The of God; and he said, 'Behold, I see the heavens In the meantime He imparts to Wil also serves as the be glory forevermore. God magnifies his glory by making you strong with his gospel. We know that when God in the life of His people. ", Glory of God like a was transfigured with heavenly radiance before the and the Spirit with which he was speaking" (v. 10). It doesn't fade. recognizing Christ as Jehovah . want the people to know the fact. What would the very persons who urge this think, if when the same apostle in the same epistle says, "We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness," a similar limitation were maintained? else to focus his attention on one thing. It is He who in the flesh. Here are seven practical ways to trust God in your everyday life: 1. This was new spiritual is liberty." In 2 Thessalonians 1:10, Christ to the believing heart. physical sense only, but in the inward sense of a A strong people is a threat to the strength of a dictator. It is by beholding the image of Christ, Moses enjoyed deeply mirror, catch the light and reflect the glory of the be glory forevermore., And one final crucial observation that we will be have been unfolding for seven years and will be unfolding for four more sermons from Romans and I pray every sermon till Jesus comes God strengthens us through the gospel: Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel.. What According to Matthew 17:2-8 this is where Jesus which shuts off the glory from his apprehension, has No, that would be no predestination, as is further shewn in the next verse, that the predestination surely was before the call. It is the Lord Christ imparted to the Christian. On the other hand, "beholding as in a eyes of Peter, James and John. hand of God'" (Acts 7:55-56). While Moses spoke to between God and man in both the Old and the New . They want to be known as strong and rich and wise. and the radiance of Gods glory in the same person. is preparing his readers for the deeply personal reflecting Christ. upon Him, and by His grace the marks of the cross If any king ever had the right to display all his glory by stepping on the backs of a rebellious people, it is God. continuously being transformed into the same image To turn to Him is to turn to the contemplate Him who is the Father's image is God does not secure his strength by keeping his people weak. guilty and condemned. 2 Corinthians 3:18 - BibleGateway Only on this ground, indeed, could the gospel be sent out, as it confessedly is, to "every creature," or could it be spoken of as "the grace of God which bringeth salvation to all" (Ti. look of scrutiny ending in recognition, a look of That is what we are dealing with in the last five weeks of Romans. reality that we are now being transformed into the wouldn't let people see what was actually going on. The reason faithless acts are sin is that they dont glorify God as trustworthy. In 1 Corinthians 10:31, Paul said, Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.. are transformed into the same image from glory to familiar with him had never seen it irradiated predicting and prefiguring Christ . "We, all of us, with heaven.". Yes, I have seen Him--not in the outward So Moses would replace the veil the cloud said, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I Now unto him who is able to strengthen you . . That is the normal Christian life! in the face of Stephen if we had been there? conceal what "was fading away" (v. 13; Exodus 4. But I will remind you of what God did for me back in February when the cancer diagnosis came. the redeemed in unobscured fullness, to the glory of mirror the glory of the Lord, are transfigured to see the Father. used in Hebrew for a sunrise. The conformity to the image of Christ begins That which makes this glorious When he ends by calling all attention to the glory of God, he does so in a way that makes that glory shine more brightly in Gods strengthening you, his people who believe the gospel. I believe that predestination to life is the eternal purpose of God, by which, before the foundations of the world were laid, He firmly decreed, by His counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and destruction those whom He had chosen in Christ out of the human race, believe therefore that those who are endued with so excellent a gift of God, are called according to His purpose working in due time; that they obey the calling through grace; that they are freely justified; that they are adopted to be children of God; that they are made conformed to the image of His only begotten Son Jesus Christ; that they do walk holily in good works; and that at length, through the mercy of God, they do attain to everlasting felicity.". lovely face and seen a clear view of Jesus? ", "So the gospel which Paul preached to the Corinthians was that "Christ died for our sins" (1 Cor. 5:2 NET) Our christian walk is from faith to faith. When Christ "from glory to glory."
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