rjones
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But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. (2Corinthians 3:18)
This invitation is to every Christian. What a beautiful picture we see here of an intimacy of relationship and a transforming power that is not the property of just a few priviledged Christians. It can belong to everyone.....EVERYONE who turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away (2 Corinthians 3:16).
As we look into the face of Jesus, we will be transformed. Praise God! God will change our lives, and change us from the inside-out. Though the old covenant had its glory, it could never transform lives through the law. God uses the new covenant to make us transformed people, not just “nice” people.
Everyone wants to know, “How can I change?” Or, everyone wants to know, “How can they change?”
You can be guilted into changing your life or maybe some change will come by sheer willpower. Sometimes external change will come by coercion. But the best and most enduring change comes into our lives when we are transformed by time spent with the Lord.
Yet, it requires something. It requires beholding. The word means more than a casual look, it means a careful study. We all have something to behold, something to study. We can be transformed by the glory of the Lord, but only if we will carefully study it.
As we look into “God’s mirror,” we will be changed into the same image of the Lord. When we spend time beholding the glory of the God of love, grace, peace, and righteousness, we will see a transforming growth in love, grace, peace, and righteousness.
This work of transformation is a process. We are BEING transformed. It isn’t complete yet, and no one should expect it to be complete in themselves or in others. No one comes away from one incredible time with the Lord perfectly transformed.
The work of transformation is a continual progression. It works from glory to glory. It doesn’t have to work from backsliding to glory to backsliding to glory. God’s work in our lives can be a continual progression, from glory to glory!
This invitation is to every Christian. What a beautiful picture we see here of an intimacy of relationship and a transforming power that is not the property of just a few priviledged Christians. It can belong to everyone.....EVERYONE who turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away (2 Corinthians 3:16).
As we look into the face of Jesus, we will be transformed. Praise God! God will change our lives, and change us from the inside-out. Though the old covenant had its glory, it could never transform lives through the law. God uses the new covenant to make us transformed people, not just “nice” people.
Everyone wants to know, “How can I change?” Or, everyone wants to know, “How can they change?”
You can be guilted into changing your life or maybe some change will come by sheer willpower. Sometimes external change will come by coercion. But the best and most enduring change comes into our lives when we are transformed by time spent with the Lord.
Yet, it requires something. It requires beholding. The word means more than a casual look, it means a careful study. We all have something to behold, something to study. We can be transformed by the glory of the Lord, but only if we will carefully study it.
As we look into “God’s mirror,” we will be changed into the same image of the Lord. When we spend time beholding the glory of the God of love, grace, peace, and righteousness, we will see a transforming growth in love, grace, peace, and righteousness.
This work of transformation is a process. We are BEING transformed. It isn’t complete yet, and no one should expect it to be complete in themselves or in others. No one comes away from one incredible time with the Lord perfectly transformed.
The work of transformation is a continual progression. It works from glory to glory. It doesn’t have to work from backsliding to glory to backsliding to glory. God’s work in our lives can be a continual progression, from glory to glory!
