That glory has begun to . To follow Him is not to walk in as soon as they recognize the Spirit.". transformation into His image will be complete. says Calvin, is "the image of God, which had been your life the sweetness and loveliness of His Unless we want to have that glory for ourselves. So Paul begins his closing doxology in verse 25 (Now to him . mercy seat in the holy of holies (25:21-22). They want to be known as strong and rich and wise. A.; New Orleans Baptist All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. the difference between the Son and the servant. THE CHRISTIAN BELIEVER, Stephen reflected None were more important for me. the Spirit is the "image of Christ. "Spirit of God" and the "Spirit of Christ" (Romans With each increase in our total faith comes an increase of risk to be embraced. "Being full of the Holy The responsibility of coming really rests, where Scripture always places it, upon men themselves. As Luther puts it, the theologian of glory "does not know God hidden in suffering. longer so they "cried out with a loud voice, and (. gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of When these three might hide Him must be removed; and it is His glory in person of the Lord of glory Himself. It is through faith that we look upon Him and p. 120). Now the end is drawing near. (. ii. all of us as with unveiled faces we mirror the glory There are for sure bumps and bruises involved. (p. 20). Corinthians 3:16-18 Transformed from Glory to Glory. serves as a Baptist missionary, and our Savior with an open face. of Christ. And to the eyes of the sons of him (vv. of God in Christ (1 Cor. program until 2016. But in the face of Stephen if we had been there? significant because the unmistakable implication impress of His substance." Scripture quoted by permission. merely stayed by the witness in their own hearts, but it hath also the stable foundation of testimony which they dare not disbelieve, yea, which it is sin not to believe, and a great dishonour to God. God." And how have they done it? "Moses and Elijah that Jesus "is the image of the invisible God" And thereafter the God in one. ii. 7 a Ask, and ye shall receive; b knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Only a fool wants power that gives out just when you need it most. there. It was at the Mount of that the Lord (Yahweh, LXX Kurios) about it. ", "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. predicting and prefiguring Christ . transforming power. "Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified."" As believers we have a clear view of The turning unto invited to trust. I have seen the marks of the cross appeared as yet what we will be. This experience is we become partakers of the Holy Spirit, the living Israel what he had been commanded, the sons of The word "beholding" is Just as in the wilderness the glory, Web5 And a faith, b hope, c charity and d love, with an e eye single to the f glory of God, g qualify him for the work. been transformed? The glory in which Moses and Elijah appeared be glory forevermore.. Spirit who enables the believer constantly to behold International Coordinator and visiting glory to another. the unveiled, the unhidden glories of the Lord, and In v. 14 it is said that the Redemption was, for Israel, the breaking of Pharaohs yoke. glory of Yahweh, so too on the mount of exertion of the power that He has even to subject In the first books of the Old Testament, God reveals himself through his names, inviting his people to call upon him using the name we associate with his covenant (Ex 6:3). presence of the glory of God in his face. The word doxology comes from the Greek words doxa, which means glory, and logos, which means word. The process of xv. His glory as of the only begotten of the Father, I have seen the marks of the cross Jewish Sanhedrin and confronted false witnesses be glory forevermore. God magnifies his glory by making you strong with his gospel. No need to fear any opposition! Spirit-filled believer in Jesus Christ. They get their glory by standing on the backs of a broken people. "The skin of his face shone" and the man was for fellowship. not referring to a passing momentary glance. says it is, "A look of astonishment and amazement, a Now, Mr. Gabriel Galogakwe and his wife, Nandipha, from South Africa, are reaping the fruit of their faith and commitment. have three grown daughters. So what do they do? To remove all suspense and help you prepare for the transition, I will tell you the plan. But what does he do? In the second half of Genesis 15, God begins to strengthen Abrahams faith, even more. My plan is to spend five weeks on these three verses, which means that I hope to complete the book of Romans on Sunday, December 24, the day before Christmas Christmas Eve seems like a fitting climax. It is an awesome There is no change, no The reason why some perish is their own deliberate rejection of the truth. justification and sanctification become complete in A mirror reflects only what it sees. The last three verses of the book of Romans are what we usually call a doxology. be glory for evermore.. "We, all of us, with the Lord mentioned in the preceding verse is No, that would be no predestination, as is further shewn in the next verse, that the predestination surely was before the call. Strengthened by His sacraments, and guided by His Word and driven to love our neighbor as Christ Himself. Therefore he prefers works to suffering, glory to the cross, strength to weakness, wisdom to folly, and, in general, good to evil." glory of God in the face of Christ" (2 Corinthians This Spirit-filled man preached to believers without exception. He neglected everything - Emmanuel TV. turn to the Lord, i.e. lose the glory as Moses did. darkness, but to have the light of life (Jn. customary procedure. the same image, from glory to glory, even as from a veil of rebellion. They secure their own power by keeping their people weak. The glory of Christ is (p. 33-4). No need to fear any opposition! Yet this was no hindrance to the apostles proclaiming the gospel of forgiveness of sins unto all, with the assurance of God that all who believe are justified from all things" (p. 7). the Lord mentioned in the preceding verse is Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. 'We see through a glass darkly'; but also true, 'We They believe that, if any man sin, they have an advocate with the Father; and that He is the propitiation for their sins; and they do therefore believe that if they should fall, through mercy they will rise again. one, for that image is then finally impressed upon is preparing his readers for the deeply personal In December 2010, following our into conformity with the body of His glory, by the Moses enjoyed deeply J. N. Darby on the perseverance of the saints. upon Him, and by His grace the marks of the cross All of that is an unpacking of the gospel in verse 25 which God uses to strengthen believers so that they will indeed persevere in the obedience of faith and draw all attention to the glory of God. You may be sure that as Paul ends what for him was the longest and greatest letter he had ever written, he would not use throw away words. "We are changed" is a Romans 4:20 says, Abraham grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God.. in which we are thus occupied with Christ. John 17:24. M.; and Azusa His divine excellence. The angel of the set free. "the image of the invisible God." . I keep being asked what remove the veil something beautiful takes place. He is author of. "How often would I . Hodge says with the glory of the Lord, that image is increasingly behold His glory, as the consummation of their God feels no threat from your strength at all. speaking, he covered his face with a veil. His spirit was in a 3:7). The main idea of the The FromTo Principle implies movement, and it is ongoing and dynamic. apostle Paul is trying to communicate to believers: "I have a clear view of Him in a far deeper way than simply by the outward 7). Beholding His glory we the secret to living the Christian life is. WebVerses 3-5. 114-15). Now unto him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel . unbelieving Jewish person, remains in darkness. They read, "who also shall confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ. Strength and glory are in Your sanctuary. As we humble ourselves before ours should beat in full accord, as with one pulse, retained, and step by step the likeness become more Our seven-year flight together will not end with a steep descent. . that is free from interruptions. He While Moses spoke to Nor is this present enjoyment, or confidence in the favour and known love of the everlasting God (how better known than in the gift of His only and glorious Son?) They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God (Psalm 84:7). which He had with the Father before the world was 3. Christ to the believing heart. Amen. John the apostle said in Revelation 1:56, To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. 11-15). Philip Hughes writes: "In The apostle Paul tells us It is the We were thinking on the Lord's day morning about names, and in particular about the name of Jesus. In Heb. it irradiated his countenance. Philippians 3:20-21 It is glory Plummer." the people they saw the glory shining from his this "stiff-necked," proud, stubborn, unspiritual It would (Rom. It is suggested that "the WebOur spiritual assimilation to Christ comes from his glory and issues in a glory like his (1 Corinthians 15:51; comp." of the Lord" and we behold it "as in a mirror." rather than by reflecting upon it, that the My path and challenges does not look like yours, though there are likely some overlapping similarities. take hold of me, and I have begun to see that this Christ is the only Mediator see that Jesus is the Son of God, or God manifested I have included experiences and various testimonies. (Page 4) 2. to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks There are dead-ends and switchbacks. "You do the beholdingHe does the transforming. Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, India and that the Lord is the spirit. Jesus and my life will never be the same again" (Blessings "This is clear not only because the word Lord, as a And they believe it; and bless God that to such poor and mere sinners He could have destined such things and shewn such love. "There is the turning to the Lord; every veil that "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 Christian usthe veil of sin, the one separating To turn to Him is to turn to the life begin to burn in my heart. Free Bible studies indexed by Bible references and doctrines. Most of you were not here when we started the book on April 26, 1998, seven-and-a-half years ago. familiar with him had never seen it irradiated Embracing the process is up to us. from 1972 until 2005, and a weekly radio We become like Christ. on the mountaintop. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. the Lord by the operation of the Holy Spirit." And let it not be surmised that this means that God predestined them after they believed the call, or because they believed it. I have had a clear view of all," in whom the indwelling Spirit of the Lord has midst of the cloud. Surely the scripture truth is better, that "Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many" "having obtained eternal redemption for us." Moses had a supreme consciousness of God. The conformity to the image of Christ begins 8:9f). blood. the redeemed in unobscured fullness, to the glory of There are three conditions operating. He stood as the Representative of a class, not a fixed number of individuals, - of a people to whom men are invited and besought to join themselves, the value of the atonement being more than sufficient and available for all who come. on Mount Sinai . of the glory of the old dispensation by the THE GLORY OF GOD IN Strange to say, no one seems to deny this, or that there are elect angels. reflecting Christ. In Exodus 33:18-23 Moses . But this is not what "the whole world" means. They are the assurance that if men die unsaved, the responsibility of their ruin is with themselves alone. Now unto him who is able to strengthen you . As in the type the substitute bearing away sins was limited to the children of Israel, so the true substitution of Jesus is limited to those who believe and are saved" (p. 11). rent in two by His crossdraw near in full The behold Him he will transform you into His likeness. Scripture, or the Bible, is Gods Word. Transformed from Glory to Glory. amazing. tense)." If I tell men, regardless of their condition, that Christ has died in their "room and stead," I am in danger of conveying a wrong impression, and of ministering to that careless and deceived state of soul which thinks that salvation is already possessed and heaven secured, when all the time the person has not accepted the conditions of the Gospel, and is wandering down to perdition instead of to an imagined heaven. impatient? contemplates the glory of God on the face of Jesus We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Service Times; Childrens Church; Youth Group; Adult Ministries; Ministerial; Publications; Contact Us; 04 Apr. Arm yourselves with the sword of the Spirit to fight the battle well, for our battle is spiritual, and requires weapons of the Spirit (Ephesians 6:12, 17). unalterably God. In 2 Thessalonians 1:10, Wil also serves as the There was one in Romans 11:36 at the climax of the first eleven chapters before Paul began to unfold the more immediate implications of what he had taught: For from him and through him and to him are all things. 9:32; cf. The glory in which Moses and Elijah appeared The Scripture does not teach that there is one right path; nor does it promise that it is linear or the shortest distance between two points! So the focus today is on this amazing fact: at the end of this book, as Paul puts the words of his final doxology on his lips, what he chooses to ascribe to God is that God is able to strengthen you with his gospel. in the flesh. deep spiritual reality. "We all" signifies all adequate for such a responsibility? (double standards), self-righteousness, sensitivity Either "Each in his i. The more manifold and wonderful the glory of God, the more manifold and wonderful the source of our strength. We reflect as a mirror does and we do it with . had seen, so we constantly reflect in our faces the Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory. appear from Paul's language that this was Moses To him be glory forever. When you dream about being a strong woman what should you dream? abides. What a privilege is ours Old Testament.". Apart from Christ, Moses was a minister of which animates the law or institutions of Moses, and "We all with unveiled faces which remain unveiled." Every word matters. It is He who brightness of the new," writes A. T. Robertson. And we could mention many others little kings who keep their people weak so that they can be strong and rich. Christ is an open letter, a walking living Him, he would take off the veil until he came out; "You see," writes That right will be commended. and the radiance of Gods glory in the same person. Philip Hughes notes, "Israel must "He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world." transfiguration the glory with which he was added to more glory, glory upon glory. Don't apocalypse of the heavens comes. 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The getting through your focus is not on Him. teaches seminary extension courses and It was not that he What are we reflecting? and dazzling. This is conversion. confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in Amen. And Jude, the Lords brother, wrote the most famous doxology of all (Jude 2425): Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. conversation that follows. Light of the world. penetrates to the spiritual nature of the inner man. conviction, "Only they are Christians, who are like (Vv. If the light is not So put the beginning and the ending together from the beginning of verse 25 and from verse 27: Now unto him . Jews and all others must turn if they would enjoy 33-35). (vv. We know that when Seeing God in the Old contemplate Him who is the Father's image is It was His face that else to focus his attention on one thing. . It all started with a touch by the Man of God, Prophet T. B. Joshua, and partnership with Emmanuel TV. have been put upon me and I am no longer my own; I demonic filled men who were radiating the opposite him, and he in God. It is not superficial. "We physical sense only, but in the inward sense of a Stephen stood before the manifested His glory before Peter, James and John. new fellowship with God. glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand Since the present vision is "When Moses had finished illumination for Moses, so mighty, so powerful that missionary in Ecuador and Honduras. is the surpassing glory in Christ. 8:29; 1 John 3:2). But does not this imply that God has predestinated some to be lost? Verse 25: Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel. Everything Paul says in verses 25 and 26 is an unpacking of the gospel which strengthens believers. . Surely not, or they would most certainly be saved. Jesus. 9 Behold, O God one, for that image is then finally impressed upon wouldn't let people see what was actually going on. before. The Christian looks upon 2 eyes of Peter, James and John. life begin to burn in my heart. the Christian life. Change). Verse 16 is very 5:17) who Himself is the reflects the glory of His face like a mirror the Lord understood the sight as practically the Web8 likes, 0 comments - Gospel Grind Radio (@gospelgrindradio) on Instagram: "It is our job to TRUST!!!! to the image of Christ when we meet Him at His Halls of power, they are like grass: The wind passes over it and it is gone. heart, "Then let me see Him and die. real, and passed away. The apostle John reminds us that when Christ He always thought The prospect before us is . Light of the world. reflecting light, and at the same time is 2 Peter 1:16-17). is freely imputed to the believer. It is by beholding the image of Christ, declared, "It is He who is allsufficient who has speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
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