“I was still in prison, but it didn’t matter. As you may recall, in that chapter Moses ascended onto Mount Sinai into the very presence of the Lord to receive instructions for the newly-liberated Hebrews slaves who had just escaped the tyranny of Egypt and were on their way to the Promised Land. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. This is clearly set forth in many verses of Scripture (cp. Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress, An Exposition of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, God’s Guarantee: Worry Into Reassurance Romans 8:28, The Evidence of Changed Lives - The Case Against Human Nature, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (article from Mayo Clinic), Hughes, R. K. 2 Corinthians : Power in weakness. O Holy Spirit, fix my eye on God in Jesus; daily may I behold his glory; and may all who know me bear witness about me—that I am changed into the image of God! Gird up your strength? This is a very important spiritual discipline which has become a lost art today. If it be His sweet will. He alone knows how to bring Easters out of Good Fridays. God’s guarantee isn’t a platitude to be slapped on just anyone’s bumper sticker. The word “know” occurs 1098 times from Genesis to Revelation, and the Christian is instructed to approach life with utter confidence in the realities of Christ. 3:13). It’s apparently one of His favorite promises, as though He wrapped it up in nesting boxes which we can open, one after another. The Gospel! But she also consoled Fanny as the child grew up, telling her that sometimes the Lord permits one of His children to go without the sense of sight or hearing in order for the child to develop his other senses more fully and so fulfill God’s purpose for him in life. As then we behold him in his glory in faith and love, there is the reflection of his glory, and saints thus favored enter into heaven when still upon earth, and have the foretaste of the glory which is to be revealed at the Lord's coming before they are forever clothed with it. And as the face of Moses caught and reflected some rays of the glory of God on the Mount, so we are changed into the likeness of God in Christ. (NASB: Lockman)Greek: hemeis de pantes anakekalummeno prosopo ten doxan kuriou katoptrizomenoi ten auten eikona metamorphoumetha apo doxes eis doxan, kathaper apo kuriou pneumatos. This is a difficult verse to translate, and if you go from one translation to another you find that some versions say that we reflect the Lord’s glory and others say that we behold the Lord’s glory. He went on to Romans 7 and 8. Can I doubt His tender mercy, She was blinded when she was six weeks old through the malpractice of a doctor. St. Paul says that we, as members of Christ, behold the manifold glory of God as in a glass, as if it were a direct object of sight, and that by beholding it we are changed. Paul wrote that just as we have borne the image of the man of dust (Adam), so we should bear the image of the heavenly Man—Christ (1 Corinthians 15:49). ESV; NASB; KJV; ASV; NAB), or to reflect one’s image, to mirror one’s self, as represented in NRSV; NIV; HCSB; NET; and NJB. There are indeed comparatively few who are so highly favored, and even they only at rare intervals, and for short moments; but that does not affect the truth and certainty of the fact. This is not an easy passage to figure out, and I’ve struggled with it quite a bit; but I think we can make it relatively simple; and when you get to the basic truth running through it, it’s well worth the effort. He went to the recreation yard where there were about forty members of the gang and he told them in plain simple Spanish, “I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior, and I am backing out of the Eme (Mafia). As a rule, I’ve found that’s good advice. In this Church age of grace, the work of the Holy Spirit in believer's life is to bring us into the likeness of the Lord Jesus Himself. 14-15, 21-22. I said, “So are you a Christian?”. And the Gospel’s chain of witnesses from the days of Saul of Tarsus to our own is unbroken, and it grows stronger still. Read Introduction to 2 Corinthians 18 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.. Inevitable. Now Paul will describe his letter of recommendation. Others believe it means from being sanctified on earth to becoming transfigured physically, mentally and spiritually as we ascend into Heaven. Within three hours she had an answer. Toward that end, He takes the tragedies and trials of life and uses them to conform us into the image of the Son He loves. SICKNESSES, also, sometimes befall us, when we need special support; the sands of our time are fast running out, and there is no turning the glass; our "days are passing away as the swift ships, as the eagle that hastens to the prey;" and death and eternity are fast hastening on. NIV And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. There was a tumor on her kidney. Ø Look upon me and be merciful to me, as Your custom is toward those who love Your name—Psalm 119:132NKJV I was a Christian, but I was a very bitter man. We can’t use this as a defense of the faith, because it’s something reserved for heaven; but it’s part of the picture. After he conveyed his message to them, he would put the veil back over his face until he went to speak to the Lord again (Exodus 34:34-35). He turned to Romans and started reading chapter 6. He says that if you wrestle with a skunk, even if you win, you lose.”. On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. It’s the most glorious thing in the world. Are you being perpetually transformed by the interior work of the Holy Spirit as you behold as in a mirror the very image of God in the face of Jesus Christ? During his college years, he took a shotgun and killed the only three people who had ever loved him: his parents and sister. In a sense, Jesus took both the physical and spiritual veils away from Christians. What if there were no problems beyond its reach? Romans 8:28 assures us that the cross of Jesus Christ not only saves our souls from hell, it saves our lives from despair. Trust Him to use it for your good and for His glory in His own timing. I serve a perfect God and study a perfect Book, but I’m not a perfect person. I verily believe it was His intention that I should live my days in physical darkness, so as to be better prepared to sing His praises and incite others so to do. b. We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, “Saul, Saul, what do you persecute me? The Law defines sins and sin results in death. Look at 2 Cor 3:12ff. You see, that’s Paul’s clearly point in 2 Cor 3:7-11: Our Message Makes Us Bold ( 2 Cor 3:12-13) 2 Corinthians 5:17, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Today I would like for you to take some problem in your life—big one, little one, anything from a minor inconvenience to a major disaster—and throw it into the hopper of this one incredible promise. And in so doing, he tells us all how to be phosphorescent, glow-in-the-dark Christians. Look down again at chapter 4, verse 4: The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. Have you noticed that whenever the apostle Paul wanted to demonstrate the power of God as exercised through the Gospel, he simply gave his own testimony? Our message and our Master are perpetually transforming. 2 Corinthians 3:18 REV and Commentary - And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being - Bible verse And we know that all things… All is the biggest word in this verse. True Christians ascend through various stages of glory as they read God’s Word due to the transforming power of the gospel. By the deeds that you do, by the words that you say; 11-12. The Holy Spirit removed the veil of the Law to reveal the glory of the New Covenant. He took our sins upon Himself, and we become heirs of His righteousness. “God allowed that ‘accident,’” she said, “for my good. There is so much packed into this glorious verse of Scripture that one could spend a lifetime looking as into a mirror, at the glory of the Lord and that would suffice. “just as one would expect.” The Greek is kathaper (#2509 καθάπερ), and in this context the best meaning seems to be “just as” and more expansively, “just as one would expect” (Frederick William Danker, The Concise Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament (2009); cp. Here by faith in Him to dwell! We thus see Christ, like the sun, not only illuminating all heaven with his glory, the delight of the Father, the joy of the spirits of just men made perfect, and the adoration of all the angelic host, but irradiating also the path of the just on earth, casting his blessed beams on all their troubles and sorrows, and lighting up the way wherein they follow their Lord from the suffering cross to the triumphant crown.
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