Let's bow our heads for prayer.
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Our Father and our
God, what a joy it is to be
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once again in Your presence.
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We thank You for Your Holy Word
which is a sure guide in a world
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that is so confused.
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We ask that as we study
this evening about what it means
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to glorify Your holy
name, that You will be with us.
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Speak to our hearts through the
ministry of Your Holy Spirit.
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Give us understanding, and give
us a humble heart to receive
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the word of truth.
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And we thank You
Father for hearing our prayer,
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for we ask it in
Jesus' name, Amen.
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I'd like to begin by reading
the verses that we've been
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studying during our
last sessions together:
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Revelation 14:6, 7.
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As you remember, we've studied
ten great facts about the
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three angel's messages.
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We also studied about
the everlasting gospel.
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And in our last
session we discussed what it
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means to fear God.
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Now in our session today we're
going to talk about what it
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means to give glory to God.
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Let's read, once
again, Revelation 14:6, 7.
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In our session today we're going
to study the second imperative
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of the first angel's message.
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In other words we
have three commands in
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the first angel's message.
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The first
command is to fear God.
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The second command
is to give glory to God.
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And the third
command is to worship God.
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Now it's kind of strange,
as we examine Scripture,
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to find that we
should give glory to God,
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because the Bible explains
to us that we really don't have
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any glory to give.
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In fact, go with me to Romans
3, and we're going to read
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verse 23, Romans 3:23.
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The question is, How can we
give glory to God if we don't
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have any glory
in the first place?
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How can I give
what I don't have?
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Notice Romans 3:23. It
says: For all have sinned,
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and fall short
of the glory of God.
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That expression, fall
short, really means to lack.
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In other words, what it's really
saying is all have sinned,
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and lack the glory of God,
or don't have the glory of God.
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So the question is, How
can I give God glory if I don't
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have glory in the first
place, because sin has made me
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lacking of the glory of God?
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Well, in order to answer this
question, we need to ask another
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question, and dwell
upon it for a period of time.
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The other question
is, What is God's glory?
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In order to know how we can
glorify God we must understand,
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first of all,
what God's glory is.
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Now in the Bible God's
glory is presented from two
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different perspectives.
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The first aspect of the
glory of God is that brilliant,
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overwhelming light
that leads people to drop
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like they're
dead upon the earth.
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For example, you remember when
Jesus resurrected from the dead,
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the Bible says that
there was a great earthquake.
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Two angels
descended from heaven.
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Mind you, these were
angels; this wasn't God.
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But two angels descended
from heaven, and the Bible says
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that the glory led the people at
the tomb to fall upon the ground
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as if they were dead.
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In other words,
this is the first aspect
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of the glory of God: His
light, unapproachable light,
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as the Bible describes
it in the book of James.
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Now I'd like to read a passage
where this aspect of the glory
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of God is
described: His external glory.
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In other words,
His radiant light.
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Exodus 24:15-17. It's speaking
about the experience at the
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foot of mount
Sinai, and it says this:
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Notice the expression:
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Thankfully, it
covered it for six days,
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because if God had taken away
the cloud, nobody would have
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been left alive. It continues
saying, once again verse 16:
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Now the glory of the
Lord rested on mount Sinai,
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This is God's glory that's like
a raging, or a consuming fire.
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It's His external, glorious
light before which no human
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being can stand and live.
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But this is not the
glory that the first angel's
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message is describing.
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Really, the type of glory
that the first angel's message
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is describing is something else
that has to do with the internal
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glory of God; if
I can call it that.
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It's not talking about
His radiant, external light.
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It's talking about
His internal glory.
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You see, God's external glory
is simply an announcement of
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another glory that He has
deep within; a spiritual glory
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that He has deep within.
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It's kind of like Adam and Eve.
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You know, they were covered
with a glorious robe of light.
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But that glorious robe of light
represented their character,
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their holiness, their
innocence, their obedience
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to the law of God.
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And so God's radiant glory is
really an external manifestation
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of His inward character:
His mercy, His love, His truth,
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His faithfulness, His goodness.
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Now in order to understand
what the glory of God is,
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and how we can give
glory to God, we want to study
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a little bit about Moses.
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Did you know
that Moses is a type,
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or an illustration of Jesus?
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Notice the book of Deuteronomy
18:18, Deuteronomy 18:18.
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By the way, these verses are all
on the sheet, so you can follow
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along very easily.
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It says there in
Deuteronomy 18:18,
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God is speaking.
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That is like Moses.
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Notice that God is promising
that He's going to raise up
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for Israel a prophet like Moses.
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We're going to find a little bit
later on that that prophet like
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Moses actually is none
less than Jesus Christ.
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Now let's study a few things
about Moses, who foreshadows,
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or illustrates, or symbolizes
Jesus Christ who would
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come later in history.
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Moses was at the top of mount
Sinai, and actually he has spent
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quite a long period there.
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Now I want you to
notice Exodus 33:18 the request
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that Moses made
to God. Exodus 33:18.
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He's speaking to God.
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What did Moses want to see?
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He wanted to see God's glory.
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So you would think that what God
would do is take away the veil,
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and show him His
radiant, unapproachable light.
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But that's not
what God showed Moses.
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You see, what God showed Moses
was not His external, glorious,
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radiant light,
His robe of light.
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What He showed
him was His character.
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Notice Exodus 33:19,
the very next verse says,
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God is speaking.
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So Moses said, Show me Your
glory, and God speaks to him
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about His goodness,
and about His graciousness,
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and about His compassion.
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In other words God is revealing
to Moses His internal character.
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His radiant light is the
external manifestation of His
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character; the different
aspects of His character.
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Notice Exodus 34:5-7; the same
idea comes through once again.
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Exodus 34:5-7. It says:
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That is with Moses.
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Did you notice in Exodus 33:19
that God said also that He was
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going to proclaim His name?
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This is an amplification
of the verse that we
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read in Exodus
33:19. Notice verse 6.
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The same thing we
found in Exodus 33:19.
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Do you notice here that God
is showing Moses His character?
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He's talking to him
about being merciful, gracious,
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long-suffering,
abounding in goodness and truth,
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merciful, forgiving of iniquity,
and by no means clearing
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the guilty, which means
He's also a God of justice,
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according to
Scripture, which is one of the
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aspects of His character.
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So in other words when Moses
said, Lord show me Your glory,
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God showed Moses
His what? His character;
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the
manifestations of His character.
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Now the glory of God, in
the Bible, is manifested in His
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goodness in
creation, and in redemption.
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It's God's glory to create,
and to save, and to redeem.
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Notice Psalm 19:1 so that you
can see that God's handiwork,
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God's work of creation is
His glory, because it manifests
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God's generosity, God's
goodness, and God's mercy.
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Psalm 19:1. This is a
very well known verse. It says:
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So notice that the glory of
God is seen in His creation.
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But according to the Bible,
God's character is also seen
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in His works of
redemption or salvation.
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Notice Psalm 79:9, Psalm 79:9.
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Here Israel is
praying to the Lord.
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In other words, God's glory
is revealed, according to this,
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in salvation; it's
revealed in atonement for sin,
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and in delivering His people.
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God is a God who loves to
deliver and save His people,
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and atone for their sins.
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Notice Psalm 85:29, Psalm 85:29.
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Once again the idea that
salvation is God's glory,
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because salvation
is a manifestation
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of God's character.
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God loves to save people.
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It says there in Psalm 85:29,...
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Notice that when God
saves, the glory of God
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is found in the land.
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So what God showed Moses, when
Moses requested to see God's
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glory, was God's character.
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God showed Moses who He was;
the traits of His very being.
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Now it's interesting to
notice what happened when Moses
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came down from mount Sinai.
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Notice Exodus
34:29, Exodus 34:29.
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Something very peculiar happened
with Moses when he came down
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from the mountain, from
being in the presence of God,
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and from hearing about the
character of God. It says there:
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What happened with Moses when
he came down from the mountain
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after he had been with the Lord,
and the Lord had proclaimed
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His name, and God has
shown him His character?
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The Bible says that Moses, when
he came down, his face shown.
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Let me ask you, who's glory was
shining in the face of Moses?
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It was actually
the glory of the Lord.
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You see, the gory of
the Lord is contagious.
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When God shows His character,
the character is reflected,
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according to Scripture.
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Notice Exodus 33:11,
Exodus 33: 11. It says:
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And, by the way, this was
not the only time that Moses
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was in the presence of the Lord.
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You remember that he was in the
land of Midian for forty years,
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and he communed with God there
on the mountain where later the
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ten commandments
were going to be revealed.
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So Moses didn't spend
only just a few days at the top
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of the mountain, He
spent years with God.
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And the Bible says that
when he spent this time with God
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the glory of God
was reflected in him.
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In other words, the
character of God is contagious.
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Do you know that the glory
that was on the face of Moses
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was only an external
manifestation of the fact that
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the character of God had
come into the life of Moses
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as he spent time with God?
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You say, How is that?
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Well, notice what we
find in Numbers 12:3.
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The Bible has something to say
very interesting about Moses.
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Numbers 12:3.
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You know, the King James
Version says he was very what?
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very meek.
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Now do you know
what the word meek means?
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Let me give you a definition
from the World Book Dictionary.
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And then finally it
gives the definition.
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Let me ask you, Was
Moses all of those things?
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He most certainly was.
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But I want to ask you this,
was he that way during the first
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forty years of
his life in Egypt?
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He was definitely not that.
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In fact, let's notice what we
find in Exodus 2:11, 12 before
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he spent those forty
years in Median with the Lord,
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and before He was with
Israel out in the wilderness.
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He was a violent man.
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He had a hot temper.
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Because he had not
spent the time with the Lord.
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Notice Exodus 2:11, 12.
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Let me ask you, Did
Moses have a violent temper?
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He most certainly did.
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He arose and he killed this
Egyptian which was beating up
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one of his kin; in other
words, one the people that
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belonged to his nation.
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You see, Moses, in Egypt,
being surrounded by the glory,
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and by the power, and by the
fame of Egypt, had assimilated
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the ideas and
attitudes of Egypt.
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And the life of Moses can
be divided into three equal
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forty year segments.
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The first forty years when
he assimilated the culture of
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Egypt, and he reflected Egypt.
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The second forty years where
he spent with the Lord in Median
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taking care of Jethro's sheep.
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And there he spent time
with God in the mountain,
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and he became the
meekest man on earth.
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And then forty years in
the wilderness tending God's
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spiritual sheep, Israel, where
he manifested that experience
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that he had with God.
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He manifested God's
character in his life.
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Let me ask you, Was Moses
patient during those forty
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years in the wilderness?
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You know, one of the most
marvelous stories that I find
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in the whole Bible is the story
of Moses as he led the children
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of Israel through the
desert to the promised land.
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I mean these people were whining
and complaining all the time.
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I probably would have
lost my temper in the first
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day, but Moses didn't.
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For forty years whenever Israel
complained he said, Oh okay,
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well let me
consult with the Lord.
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Listen, he was even willing
to give up his life in order
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to save Israel the
Bible says, on mount Sinai.
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So Moses had had a
transformation in his life.
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It's because he had spent time
with God those forty years on
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mount Horeb, because he
had assimilated the character
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of God. In other words the
character of God had rubbed
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off on Moses, if you please.
00:20:07.14\00:20:09.37
But do you know, as I
mentioned, Moses was actually
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a foreshadowing of
One greater than Moses.
00:20:13.71\00:20:16.75
In other words, Moses actually
represented someone who is
00:20:16.78\00:20:20.92
far greater who would come
in the future, and that person
00:20:20.95\00:20:24.19
is none other than Jesus Christ.
00:20:24.22\00:20:26.82
Notice John 1:14, John 1:14.
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Here we find the
One greater than Moses.
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And the Word became
flesh, and dwelt among us,
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and we beheld His
what? we beheld His glory,
00:20:44.71\00:20:50.61
the glory as of the
only begotten of the Father,
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full of grace and truth.
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What was the glory of
Jesus? it was His what?
00:20:58.95\00:21:01.66
His grace and His truth.
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Are those
character traits of God?
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They most certainly are.
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So what did Jesus come
to reflect to the world?
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Jesus came to reflect to
the world His what? His glory,
00:21:10.53\00:21:14.64
which is His
grace and His truth.
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You know, what's interesting
is that Jesus did not reflect
00:21:17.31\00:21:20.88
to the world His own glory.
00:21:20.91\00:21:22.44
He reflected to the
world the glory of His Father.
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You say, How do we know that?
00:21:26.31\00:21:28.05
Go with me to
John 1:18, John 1:18.
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That's an expression
that means extreme closeness.
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You know, you draw a baby close
to your bosom. And so it says:
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Is there anyone in the Universe
that could have declared what
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God the Father is
like other than Jesus?
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Absolutely not, because Jesus
had this intimate relationship
00:22:03.69\00:22:07.29
with His Father, and when Jesus
came to this world He came to
00:22:07.32\00:22:10.46
reflect to this world the
glory of His Father that people,
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as they saw His
glory, would give honor
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and glory to His Father.
00:22:17.23\00:22:19.43
In fact, notice
John 7:18, John 7:18.
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Jesus came to
reflect the Father's glory.
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In other words, when people
saw Jesus they were to say,
00:22:28.44\00:22:31.31
Glory be to God!
They were to give honor
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and glory to the Father.
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Notice John 7:18. Jesus says,
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Who is the One who
sent Him? God the Father.
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Whose glory did Jesus seek?
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Let me ask you, Did
Jesus reveal in a perfect way,
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and reflect the
glorious and wonderful character
00:23:03.38\00:23:06.95
of His Father when
Jesus was in this world?
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He most certainly did.
00:23:09.75\00:23:11.12
Now why did Jesus do this?
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Because as Moses, the Lord Jesus
spent time with His Father.
00:23:13.72\00:23:20.80
You see, Moses came to
reflect the glory of Jesus,
00:23:20.83\00:23:25.30
actually on mount Sinai,
because the glory of Jesus
00:23:25.33\00:23:28.64
rubbed off on Moses,
and now Moses reflected
00:23:28.67\00:23:31.37
the character of Jesus.
00:23:31.41\00:23:32.74
But Jesus, the One greater
than Moses, comes to this earth
00:23:32.77\00:23:36.51
and He reflects the glory
of His Father in His character
00:23:36.54\00:23:40.68
to those He comes in contact
with; not to bring glory and
00:23:40.72\00:23:43.99
honor to Himself, but to bring
honor and glory to His Father.
00:23:44.02\00:23:48.12
And it's because Jesus
spent tine with His Father
00:23:48.16\00:23:51.86
that the character of His Father
was reflected in His life.
00:23:51.89\00:23:55.00
Notice Matthew 14:23,
24, Matthew 14:23, 24.
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You see, as Moses spent
time with God on a mountain,
00:24:01.54\00:24:04.67
Jesus spent time with His
Father on a mountain, too.
00:24:04.71\00:24:07.18
It says there, And when he
had sent the multitudes away,
00:24:07.21\00:24:11.68
he went up on the mountain
by himself to what? to pray.
00:24:11.71\00:24:18.15
Now when evening
came he was alone there.
00:24:18.19\00:24:21.79
You see, He was in communion
with His Father through prayer.
00:24:21.82\00:24:25.99
Notice Mark 1:35, Mark 1:35.
00:24:26.03\00:24:30.93
Once again it speaks about
the prayer habits of Jesus;
00:24:30.97\00:24:34.04
the communion, the
close, the intimacy that Jesus
00:24:34.07\00:24:37.11
had with His
Father. Mark 1:35 says:
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Notice that.
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And that's the reason why when
Jesus went out in the morning,
00:24:56.32\00:24:59.93
after He had prayed all
night, He came out and He had
00:24:59.96\00:25:02.63
the radiance of
His Father on His face.
00:25:02.66\00:25:05.47
And as He performed His
miracles the people said,
00:25:05.50\00:25:08.67
God is definitely with this
man, because He was reflecting
00:25:08.70\00:25:12.71
the glory of His Father.
00:25:12.74\00:25:14.08
And by reflecting the glory
of His Father, He was actually
00:25:14.11\00:25:17.15
bringing glory and honor to Him.
00:25:17.18\00:25:19.35
He was giving glory to
His Father by reflecting
00:25:19.38\00:25:23.35
the glory of His Father.
00:25:23.39\00:25:24.82
In fact, notice 2 Corinthians
4: 6, where we're told that the
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glory that Jesus had on His face
was the glory of His Father.
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It says:
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Notice, God wants to
give His glory where?
00:25:47.54\00:25:50.75
Why did Jesus reflect
the glory of His Father?
00:25:54.08\00:25:57.35
Why did Jesus bring
glory to His Father?
00:25:57.39\00:25:59.32
Why did He give
glory to His Father?
00:25:59.35\00:26:00.92
Because He received the glory
from His Father, and He gave it
00:26:00.96\00:26:03.89
to human beings in the
form of God's character.
00:26:03.93\00:26:06.29
Therefore when people
saw His character they
00:26:06.33\00:26:09.00
gave glory to whom?
00:26:09.03\00:26:10.77
They gave glory to God.
00:26:10.80\00:26:12.37
Now it's interesting to
notice, if you go with me to
00:26:12.40\00:26:15.20
John 14:8-11, what Jesus had
to say to one of His disciples.
00:26:15.24\00:26:20.68
This is to His disciple
Phillip, because Phillip said,
00:26:20.71\00:26:24.58
We want to see the Father.
00:26:24.61\00:26:26.51
Show us the Father.
00:26:26.55\00:26:27.88
And you know this
passage: John 14:8.
00:26:27.92\00:26:31.89
And when people saw the
works that Jesus performed,
00:27:09.66\00:27:12.16
who did they glorify?
00:27:12.19\00:27:13.53
They said, Oh
this is a great man!
00:27:13.56\00:27:15.50
Well, some people did!
00:27:15.53\00:27:16.97
But what God wanted is
that people as they saw Jesus
00:27:17.00\00:27:20.27
revealing the character
of the Father to the world,
00:27:20.30\00:27:23.00
that they would
say, What a wonderful God
00:27:23.04\00:27:25.54
He is representing to the world.
00:27:25.57\00:27:27.41
You know, it kind of reminds me;
my favorite national park in the
00:27:27.44\00:27:32.11
United States is
Grand Teton National Park.
00:27:32.15\00:27:34.78
It's in North Western Wyoming.
00:27:34.82\00:27:36.99
And, you know, there's
this place that I like to go
00:27:37.02\00:27:39.55
to when I go there.
00:27:39.59\00:27:40.92
I haven't been
there for several years.
00:27:40.96\00:27:42.29
Ah, where you have a beautiful
lake, and then behind the lake
00:27:42.32\00:27:46.33
you have a beautiful snow capped
rugged mountain, and you have
00:27:46.36\00:27:50.17
beautiful pine
trees in the back ground.
00:27:50.20\00:27:52.53
I've been there in the morning
when there is just absolutely
00:27:52.57\00:27:56.27
not one little bit of
wind, and the sun is out,
00:27:56.30\00:28:00.64
and it's just beautiful.
00:28:00.68\00:28:02.81
And, you know, I've
taken pictures of that place.
00:28:02.84\00:28:04.85
And when the picture is
developed, or when the picture
00:28:04.88\00:28:09.72
was developed, you know, I
didn't know which side was up,
00:28:09.75\00:28:13.02
and which side was down, because
the reflection in the lake was
00:28:13.05\00:28:16.62
so perfect. The lake was
absolutely so calm, mirror like,
00:28:16.66\00:28:21.90
that you didn't know
which was up and which was down.
00:28:21.93\00:28:24.67
That's the way in
which Jesus revealed
00:28:24.70\00:28:28.50
the glory of His Father.
00:28:28.54\00:28:30.07
In fact, Jesus
revealed the glory of the Father
00:28:30.11\00:28:33.21
in the actions
that He performed,
00:28:33.24\00:28:35.71
revealing the character of God.
00:28:35.74\00:28:37.31
For example, do you know that
people in those days actually
00:28:37.35\00:28:40.45
believed that God made people
sick to get even with them
00:28:40.48\00:28:43.42
because of their sin?
00:28:43.45\00:28:44.79
Do you remember the disciples
once asked, Who sinned,
00:28:44.82\00:28:47.96
this man or his
parents that he was born blind?
00:28:47.99\00:28:50.79
They thought that
lepers were cursed by God.
00:28:50.83\00:28:53.23
In fact they called
leprosy the finger of God.
00:28:53.26\00:28:55.46
See God wants to get
even with people who sin.
00:28:55.50\00:28:57.93
Well Jesus came to contest
that, and to show that it's just
00:28:57.97\00:29:01.50
the opposite; that
God loves the human being,
00:29:01.54\00:29:04.27
and He wants them to be well.
00:29:04.31\00:29:05.97
In fact, do you know that the
miracles of Jesus in favor of
00:29:06.01\00:29:10.05
the sick are called
His glory in the Bible?
00:29:10.08\00:29:13.92
Notice John 2:11, John 2:11.
00:29:13.95\00:29:20.36
This is when He
turned the water into wine.
00:29:25.86\00:29:27.63
And what did He do?
00:29:27.66\00:29:29.26
When Jesus performed this
miracle what did He reveal?
00:29:29.30\00:29:38.84
He revealed His
glory, which was whose glory?
00:29:38.87\00:29:41.64
the glory of His Father.
00:29:41.68\00:29:43.85
Do you remember when
Jesus resurrected Lazarus?
00:29:43.88\00:29:47.18
Notice John 11:4, and then we're
going to jump down to verse 40.
00:29:47.22\00:29:52.95
John 11:4. When
Jesus heard that He said...
00:29:52.99\00:29:58.69
When He heard that Lazarus was
sick He says, This sickness is
00:29:58.73\00:30:03.30
not unto death, but for
what? but for the glory of God.
00:30:03.33\00:30:08.50
God's going to manifest
His glory in this event.
00:30:08.54\00:30:11.27
Notice verse 40:
00:30:11.31\00:30:12.91
Let me ask you, Is it the
glory of God to heal the sick
00:30:24.75\00:30:28.79
and to help the needy?
00:30:28.82\00:30:30.46
Yes, because God is
revealing His character through
00:30:30.49\00:30:35.06
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:30:35.10\00:30:36.60
In fact, if you read with
me in Acts 10:38, Acts 10:38,
00:30:36.63\00:30:43.24
it speaks about the marvelous
works of Jesus. It says there:
00:30:43.27\00:30:46.78
Why did Jesus perform all these
works? because God was what?
00:31:00.96\00:31:04.83
God was with Him. He was
revealing the character of God.
00:31:04.86\00:31:09.36
He was revealing
the glory of God.
00:31:09.40\00:31:11.03
And as people saw the glory of
God, they understood better what
00:31:11.07\00:31:15.30
God was like, and therefore
they gave glory to God.
00:31:15.34\00:31:18.21
In fact you'll
notice on your list of texts
00:31:18.24\00:31:21.08
that I have Luke 13:13.
00:31:21.61\00:31:23.31
There you have a woman who had
bent over for eighteen years.
00:31:23.35\00:31:25.98
She couldn't straighten out.
00:31:26.01\00:31:27.35
And the Bible says that
when Jesus manifested His glory,
00:31:27.38\00:31:29.98
and healed her, we're told that
the people gave glory to God.
00:31:30.02\00:31:34.62
Because Jesus had
revealed the glory of God.
00:31:34.66\00:31:37.39
In Luke 17:15, when Jesus healed
the ten lepers, one man came
00:31:37.43\00:31:42.16
back and he gave glory
to God for his healing.
00:31:42.20\00:31:45.23
Because God had
revealed His glory through
00:31:45.27\00:31:47.60
this marvelous miracle.
00:31:47.64\00:31:49.60
In Luke 18:43 we find a
blind man that was healed.
00:31:49.64\00:31:54.28
And once again the
people gave glory to God because
00:31:54.31\00:31:57.25
God had manifested His
glory in healing this man.
00:31:57.28\00:32:01.35
And even when Jesus resurrected
the son of the widow of Nain,
00:32:01.38\00:32:05.69
the Bible says that the
people gave glory to God,
00:32:05.72\00:32:08.76
because Jesus had
manifested the glory of God.
00:32:08.79\00:32:12.29
In fact, when Jesus got to the
end of His life, He raised that
00:32:12.33\00:32:16.26
beautiful prayer to His
Father that we find in John 17.
00:32:16.30\00:32:19.80
And I'm going to read verse
4, and then I'm going to read
00:32:19.83\00:32:22.64
verses 22 and 23. John 17:4.
00:32:22.67\00:32:26.81
Notice what Jesus says.
00:32:26.84\00:32:28.38
In other words, I have given You
glory, is what Jesus is saying.
00:32:32.38\00:32:35.22
How did Jesus give glory to the
Father? by revealing His glory,
00:32:35.25\00:32:38.32
right? By revealing
His character of glory,
00:32:38.35\00:32:41.06
He's giving glory to
His Father, so He says:
00:32:41.09\00:32:43.86
Verse 22:
00:32:49.53\00:32:50.87
Are you understanding this?
00:32:54.10\00:32:55.44
The glory that the Father gave
to Jesus, Jesus gave to them.
00:32:55.47\00:32:59.27
In fact, do you know that the
Bible tells us that Jesus called
00:33:18.19\00:33:21.63
His death the
ultimate manifestation
00:33:21.66\00:33:24.00
of the glory of God? Why?
00:33:24.03\00:33:26.63
Because Jesus in the
death of Jesus you have the most
00:33:26.67\00:33:29.34
marvelous
revelation of God's character.
00:33:29.37\00:33:31.77
Because He's showing His love
by Jesus dying in our place,
00:33:31.81\00:33:35.94
and He's also
showing His justice,
00:33:35.98\00:33:38.28
because sin is being punished.
00:33:38.31\00:33:40.42
In other words, on the cross
the character of God is revealed
00:33:40.45\00:33:43.28
such as never before.
00:33:43.32\00:33:44.65
Notice John 12:23, 24.
00:33:44.69\00:33:48.69
Or it produces much fruit.
00:34:06.04\00:34:08.34
Now we've talked about Moses.
00:34:08.38\00:34:10.78
You see, Moses spent
time in communion with God.
00:34:10.81\00:34:16.35
He reflected the glory of
God to the people in manifesting
00:34:16.38\00:34:21.59
the same character of the
God that he knew on the mount.
00:34:21.62\00:34:24.26
Jesus came to this world,
and by revealing the character
00:34:24.29\00:34:28.46
of His Father, He showed
people what the character
00:34:28.50\00:34:31.43
of God is really like.
00:34:31.47\00:34:32.87
But, of course, the
question is, What about us?
00:34:32.90\00:34:36.24
Because the first
angel's message says that we are
00:34:36.27\00:34:39.87
supposed to give glory to God.
00:34:39.91\00:34:41.54
Now how do we give glory to God?
00:34:41.58\00:34:44.51
Well, notice John 8:12.
00:34:44.55\00:34:48.98
The Bible calls Jesus
the Son of Righteousness.
00:34:49.02\00:34:53.49
And the reason why
Jesus is called light
00:34:53.52\00:34:56.99
is because He is the
sun; not literally speaking,
00:34:57.03\00:35:00.90
but symbolically
speaking. John 8:12.
00:35:00.93\00:35:03.90
Who is the light of
the world? Jesus is.
00:35:18.98\00:35:21.85
But what happens when
we receive Jesus Christ?
00:35:21.88\00:35:24.75
It says that we
have the light of life.
00:35:24.79\00:35:29.52
Now interestingly enough, the
Bible not only says that Jesus
00:35:29.56\00:35:33.40
is the light of the world,
the Bible also says that we are
00:35:33.43\00:35:36.43
supposed to be the
light of the world.
00:35:36.46\00:35:37.80
Well now you say, Wait a minute!
00:35:37.83\00:35:39.27
We don't have any
light to give, do we?
00:35:39.30\00:35:41.24
We only have the light
that we receive from God;
00:35:41.27\00:35:44.47
that we received
from Jesus Christ.
00:35:44.51\00:35:46.04
In fact, notice Matthew 5:14-16.
00:35:46.07\00:35:51.38
It says, Jesus
is speaking to us.
00:35:51.41\00:35:54.68
He said, I am the light of
the world, but now He says,
00:35:54.72\00:35:57.85
Now how can He be
the light of the world
00:36:00.29\00:36:02.56
and us the light of the world?
00:36:02.59\00:36:03.93
Well, let me give you an
illustration before I finish
00:36:03.96\00:36:06.39
reading this passage.
00:36:06.43\00:36:08.16
You know, you go out in the
daytime and you see the sun,
00:36:08.20\00:36:11.80
right? Usually you
can't see the moon.
00:36:11.83\00:36:15.94
Once in a while you can,
but you can't see the moon.
00:36:15.97\00:36:18.17
At night you go out
and you see the moon.
00:36:18.21\00:36:22.88
And we say, Ah,
look at that moon!
00:36:22.91\00:36:25.38
Beautiful full moon!
00:36:25.41\00:36:26.92
How beautiful
the moon is tonight.
00:36:26.95\00:36:28.58
But let me tell you something,
the moon would not be beautiful
00:36:28.62\00:36:33.22
unless it received
the light from the sun.
00:36:33.25\00:36:35.92
The moon is beautiful because
its light comes from the sun.
00:36:35.96\00:36:40.23
In other words, because the
moon is in contact with the sun,
00:36:40.26\00:36:43.50
the moon reflects
the light to the world.
00:36:43.53\00:36:45.73
That should be our
relationship with Jesus.
00:36:45.77\00:36:48.07
You see, Jesus is
the original light.
00:36:48.10\00:36:50.77
He has the pattern character.
00:36:50.81\00:36:52.87
And as we spend time with
Him, He shines in our lives,
00:36:52.91\00:36:56.58
and then we shine His light
to the world, but we don't have
00:36:56.61\00:37:00.18
original light, we
have reflected light.
00:37:00.22\00:37:03.12
Now let's finish reading
this passage. Jesus says,
00:37:03.15\00:37:06.65
nor do they light a lamp
and put it under a basket,
00:37:11.26\00:37:14.90
but on a lamp stand,
and it gives light to all
00:37:14.93\00:37:18.40
who are in the house.
00:37:18.43\00:37:19.77
Notice, He's talking about us.
00:37:24.34\00:37:26.01
What? What is the light?
00:37:30.75\00:37:33.11
The light is our good works.
00:37:33.18\00:37:35.05
And then they're going to
say, Oh, look at Pastor Bohr.
00:37:35.08\00:37:39.89
He's such a great guy.
00:37:39.92\00:37:41.26
He's got such a
wonderful character, doesn't he?
00:37:41.29\00:37:44.16
Is that what
they're going to say?
00:37:44.19\00:37:45.53
Notice what the verse
finishes saying; verse 16.
00:37:45.56\00:37:48.86
Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your
00:37:48.90\00:37:53.77
good works, and glorify
your Father who is in heaven.
00:37:53.80\00:37:57.67
Where do the
good works come from?
00:37:57.71\00:37:59.87
The good works come
from God, and that's why
00:37:59.91\00:38:02.41
people glorify God.
00:38:02.44\00:38:03.78
They don't glorify us, because
they see that we are merely
00:38:03.81\00:38:07.62
reflecting the
character of God in our lives.
00:38:07.65\00:38:10.72
Notice 1 Peter 2:12, 1
Peter 2: 12. It says there:
00:38:10.75\00:38:18.19
Notice it's
talking about behavior.
00:38:29.80\00:38:31.47
See, the good works is
referring to our character.
00:38:44.79\00:38:47.79
So as we reflect the glory of
God to the world, the world sees
00:38:57.57\00:39:01.80
us and they say, Wow, what
a wonderful God that pastor
00:39:01.84\00:39:05.67
serves, because we are
reflecting the character of God.
00:39:05.71\00:39:09.18
We're giving glory
to God because we're
00:39:09.21\00:39:11.68
reflecting His glory.
00:39:11.71\00:39:13.05
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:39:13.08\00:39:15.02
Now notice John 15:8, John 15:8.
00:39:15.05\00:39:20.72
Here Jesus is
speaking about the vine and its
00:39:20.76\00:39:23.93
branches, and He says,
00:39:23.96\00:39:25.36
Do you want to
know how we glorify God,
00:39:28.23\00:39:30.10
how we glorify the Father,
how we give glory to Him:
00:39:30.13\00:39:33.03
the first angel's message?
00:39:33.07\00:39:34.40
Jesus says, By this My Father
is glorified that you bear much
00:39:34.44\00:39:39.31
what? much fruit so
you will be My disciples.
00:39:39.34\00:39:44.18
Let me ask you, What
is that fruit that we
00:39:44.21\00:39:47.82
reflect in our lives.
00:39:47.85\00:39:49.55
Jesus says, My
Father is glorified if
00:39:49.58\00:39:52.25
you bear much fruit.
00:39:52.29\00:39:53.62
What is that fruit?
00:39:53.66\00:39:54.99
The fruit is the
character, folks.
00:39:55.02\00:39:57.23
Notice Galatians
5:22-24, Galatians 5:22-24.
00:39:57.26\00:40:03.20
You tell me if these are
characteristics of a person's
00:40:03.23\00:40:06.40
being, or a person's character
when the Holy Spirit has entered
00:40:06.43\00:40:09.90
the life, and we
reflect the glory of Jesus.
00:40:09.94\00:40:12.54
It says there: But the fruit
of the Spirit... notice fruit...
00:40:12.57\00:40:16.01
Jesus says that we
glorify God by producing fruit.
00:40:16.04\00:40:19.35
Now the apostle
Paul says, But the fruit
00:40:19.38\00:40:21.52
of the Spirit is love.
00:40:21.55\00:40:23.39
Is that a
character trait? Yes, it is.
00:40:23.42\00:40:26.86
Joy, is that a
character trait? Absolutely.
00:40:26.89\00:40:29.69
Peace, long-suffering, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
00:40:29.72\00:40:36.30
gentleness, self-control,
against such there is no law.
00:40:36.33\00:40:42.80
In other words, when
we're producing the fruit of the
00:40:42.84\00:40:44.77
Holy Spirit in our lives, people
see our life and they say,
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.34
Wow! Look at the God
that that person serves!
00:40:47.38\00:40:51.78
Look at what a
sweet character he has;
00:40:51.81\00:40:53.95
what a sweet character she has.
00:40:53.98\00:40:55.85
In fact, do you know that the
Bible says than when Peter died
00:40:55.88\00:40:59.15
as a martyr, he
brought honor and glory to God?
00:40:59.19\00:41:01.82
Because he revealed
God's faithfulness in his life.
00:41:01.86\00:41:05.79
He said, I'm going to
be faithful unto death.
00:41:05.83\00:41:07.93
Notice that in John
21:18, 19, John 21:18, 19.
00:41:07.96\00:41:15.40
Here Jesus is speaking
to Peter and He says this:
00:41:15.44\00:41:19.44
Jesus is saying that
Peter is going to be crucified.
00:41:29.35\00:41:31.35
Let me ask you, If we're
faithful to God and we die as
00:41:44.13\00:41:47.24
martyrs, does that
bring honor and glory to God?
00:41:47.27\00:41:49.90
It most certainly does, because
it shows absolute and complete
00:41:49.94\00:41:53.88
commitment to God.
00:41:53.91\00:41:55.38
And so the ultimate
sacrifice, giving up the life,
00:41:55.41\00:41:59.21
is a revelation
of God's character.
00:41:59.25\00:42:01.15
In fact, do you know
many of the martyrs who died,
00:42:01.18\00:42:03.28
they brought many other
people to the feet of Jesus.
00:42:03.32\00:42:06.22
Because when the people saw
them die they said, Hey, if this
00:42:06.25\00:42:09.12
cause is worth dying for,
it must be worth living for.
00:42:09.16\00:42:13.19
And so they accepted
the gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:42:13.23\00:42:16.03
In this way much
fruit was produced.
00:42:16.06\00:42:19.77
Now do you know that the Bible
says that there's going to be a
00:42:19.80\00:42:22.14
final worldwide
revelation of God's glory?
00:42:22.17\00:42:25.37
Notice Revelation 18:1.
00:42:25.41\00:42:28.14
Now we go to
Revelation where it talks about
00:42:28.18\00:42:30.15
giving glory to God.
00:42:30.18\00:42:31.51
Notice Revelation 18:1.
00:42:31.55\00:42:35.42
And we're going to study
this more carefully in our last
00:42:36.89\00:42:39.05
lecture in this series.
00:42:39.09\00:42:40.42
Are we to expect to see an angel
streak across the sky, you know,
00:42:53.10\00:42:56.77
with glorious light
that everybody can see?
00:42:56.81\00:42:58.97
Is that what this
is talking about? No.
00:42:59.01\00:43:01.01
We've already noticed
that angels represent people.
00:43:01.04\00:43:03.98
In other words, God's
people are going to reflect
00:43:04.01\00:43:08.42
in the world; they're going
to fill the world with the glory
00:43:08.45\00:43:12.19
of God, which is
the glory of His what?
00:43:12.22\00:43:15.29
the glory of His character.
00:43:15.32\00:43:17.39
In fact, notice Isaiah 58 where
this glory is spoken about.
00:43:17.43\00:43:21.13
Isaiah 58:6-8. It describes what
this glory is in the end time;
00:43:21.16\00:43:27.84
the glory that God is
going to fill the world with.
00:43:27.87\00:43:30.04
There's going to be the greatest
manifestation of God's character
00:43:30.07\00:43:32.84
in the history of the world.
00:43:32.87\00:43:34.21
People are
going to be impressed.
00:43:34.24\00:43:35.58
They're not going to
say, Oh look at those people;
00:43:35.61\00:43:36.95
they're so great.
Look at those Adventists;
00:43:36.98\00:43:39.18
they're so wonderful.
00:43:39.21\00:43:40.55
No, they're going to say, Wow!
00:43:40.58\00:43:41.92
Look at the God that they serve!
00:43:41.95\00:43:43.62
Look at their character!
00:43:43.65\00:43:44.99
They must have some
connection with God.
00:43:45.02\00:43:46.76
Notice Isaiah 58:6. God says:
00:43:46.79\00:43:50.99
Now let me ask you,
what is being revealed here
00:44:14.28\00:44:18.29
according to these verses?
00:44:18.32\00:44:19.65
What is being revealed is
the love, and the kindness
00:44:19.69\00:44:23.12
of God to the
world. Isn't that right?
00:44:23.16\00:44:25.19
And now notice what
happens as a result of revealing
00:44:25.23\00:44:29.33
all of these character traits.
00:44:29.36\00:44:31.13
Verse 8, Then your
light... Your what?
00:44:31.17\00:44:36.54
When we feed the hungry; when we
bring into our house the poor;
00:44:36.57\00:44:41.11
when we break every yoke; when
we loosen the heavy burdens;
00:44:41.14\00:44:45.51
when we let the
oppressed go free. It says...
00:44:45.55\00:44:49.02
What does it mean
then to give glory to God?
00:45:03.16\00:45:06.84
To give glory to God simply
means to reflect His what?
00:45:06.87\00:45:11.31
To reflect His character to
the world so that others can see
00:45:11.34\00:45:15.94
Jesus in us, and give
honor and glory to His name.
00:45:15.98\00:45:21.18
So this expression: Give
glory to Him, is telling us,
00:45:21.22\00:45:26.05
very explicitly, that the
end time generation, who accept
00:45:26.09\00:45:29.96
the first angel's message,
are going to reveal to the world
00:45:29.99\00:45:33.46
what? all of the
aspects of the character of God,
00:45:33.50\00:45:37.53
because they are in
intimate communion with Jesus.
00:45:37.57\00:45:40.47
But now let's look at
another dimension, very quickly,
00:45:40.50\00:45:44.47
to this issue of giving glory.
00:45:44.51\00:45:46.54
Notice 1 Corinthians 6:19,
20, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20.
00:45:46.57\00:45:54.68
There's another aspect that we
need to take a look at when we
00:45:54.72\00:45:57.65
talk about giving glory to God.
00:45:57.69\00:45:59.32
It's speaking there
about caring for our bodies
00:45:59.35\00:46:02.39
and for our minds.
00:46:02.42\00:46:03.76
In other words, give
glory to God in your what?
00:46:20.88\00:46:23.88
Which is another way of saying
your thinking, or your mind.
00:46:27.02\00:46:30.69
Let me ask you, Does giving
glory to God have anything to do
00:46:36.89\00:46:40.60
with caring for our bodies? Yes.
00:46:40.63\00:46:43.26
Does it have anything to
do with caring for our minds?
00:46:43.30\00:46:47.24
Absolutely! Notice 1 Corinthians
10:31, 1 Corinthians 10:31.
00:46:47.27\00:46:53.98
Let me ask you, Does our
health have anything to do with
00:47:06.15\00:47:11.06
how we treat people?
00:47:11.09\00:47:12.43
You know, some people,
some Christians, many Christians
00:47:14.76\00:47:17.63
I might say, for
example, are addicts to coffee.
00:47:17.67\00:47:21.17
What happens when
you don't drink coffee?
00:47:21.20\00:47:24.37
You become cranky.
00:47:24.41\00:47:27.81
Does it effect the
way you treat people? Yes.
00:47:27.84\00:47:32.08
Let me ask you, When you
drink, when you get drunk,
00:47:32.11\00:47:36.45
does that effect
what you say to people,
00:47:36.48\00:47:38.92
and the way you
treat people? Absolutely!
00:47:38.95\00:47:41.79
The way you eat; does
that effect your thinking?
00:47:41.82\00:47:45.79
Does that effect your behavior,
the way you treat people?
00:47:45.83\00:47:48.83
Drugs, eating
forbidding foods? Absolutely!
00:47:48.86\00:47:51.97
In other words, if we don't care
for our body, we will not be
00:47:52.00\00:47:55.74
able to reflect the character
of Jesus in its fullness.
00:47:55.77\00:47:59.21
You know, we need to have a
healthy body and a healthy mind.
00:47:59.24\00:48:03.28
Do you know that the
brain is a physical organ,
00:48:03.31\00:48:06.72
and the mind
operates through the brain?
00:48:06.75\00:48:10.35
So the condition of your body
effects the condition of your
00:48:10.39\00:48:13.99
brain, and the condition of
your brain effects your ability
00:48:14.02\00:48:17.63
to reflect the character of God
to others, and your ability to
00:48:17.66\00:48:21.10
communicate more
clearly with God.
00:48:21.13\00:48:23.16
Because when we have a blurred
mind, our communion with God is
00:48:23.20\00:48:27.07
not full, and our treatment of
our fellow human beings is not
00:48:27.10\00:48:30.97
as God would have it.
00:48:31.01\00:48:32.84
And so the first angel's message
also calls us to glorify God
00:48:32.87\00:48:37.98
in our body, and in our
spirit, which belong to God.
00:48:38.01\00:48:42.18
Now I'd like to read one verse
in closing our study for today:
00:48:42.22\00:48:48.36
2 Corinthians 3:18.
00:48:48.39\00:48:52.66
We couldn't finish without
this one, because this verse is
00:48:52.69\00:48:56.20
reminiscing about what happened
to Moses on mount Sinai.
00:48:56.23\00:48:58.90
And so we have to
end where we began.
00:48:58.93\00:49:01.64
We began with Moses
being in contact with God,
00:49:01.67\00:49:05.01
and him being changed and
transformed, and revealing God's
00:49:05.04\00:49:08.88
glory to Israel in
the character of God.
00:49:08.91\00:49:11.88
Now notice 2 Corinthians 3:18.
00:49:11.91\00:49:15.58
See Israel asked Moses
to put a veil over his face,
00:49:19.55\00:49:23.32
so they didn't
reflect the glory of God.
00:49:23.36\00:49:25.49
They were always
complaining and whining.
00:49:25.53\00:49:27.33
They didn't
reveal God's character,
00:49:27.36\00:49:28.76
because they
didn't see the glory.
00:49:28.80\00:49:30.13
They said, Put a
veil over your face.
00:49:30.17\00:49:33.00
The glory did not spill
from Moses to the people.
00:49:33.03\00:49:35.44
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:49:35.47\00:49:37.01
God wanted the glory to
spill from God, from Jesus,
00:49:37.04\00:49:40.74
to Moses, and then
Moses with unveiled face to
00:49:40.78\00:49:45.25
bring it to the people.
00:49:45.28\00:49:46.61
But the people said,
Cover your face. Now notice:
00:49:46.65\00:49:49.65
What do we need to behold?
00:49:56.76\00:49:58.09
The same thing that
Moses beheld. It says:
00:49:58.76\00:50:02.10
It doesn't happen overnight.
00:50:08.10\00:50:09.44
The more time we spend with
God, the more we behold Him,
00:50:09.47\00:50:15.44
the more we are
changed into His image.
00:50:15.48\00:50:18.61
And the more television, and
violence, and sex, and profanity
00:50:18.65\00:50:22.48
that we watch on television,
the more we reflect television.
00:50:22.52\00:50:26.82
It's a law of our mind that
we are what we eat spiritually.
00:50:26.86\00:50:31.13
You see, physically
we eat through our mouth;
00:50:31.16\00:50:33.40
spiritually we eat through
our ears and through our eyes.
00:50:33.43\00:50:37.60
And we are what we eat,
whether it be physically,
00:50:37.63\00:50:41.30
or whether it be spiritually.
00:50:41.37\00:50:42.77
Don't think that if you
spend most of your time with the
00:50:42.80\00:50:45.37
television you're going to
reflect the character of Jesus.
00:50:45.44\00:50:47.98
It doesn't work that way.
00:50:48.01\00:50:50.35
If we're going to reflect the
character of Jesus we have to
00:50:50.38\00:50:53.95
spend time with whom?
00:50:53.98\00:50:55.32
We have to
spend time with Jesus.
00:50:55.35\00:50:57.42
And so it says: But we all,
with unveiled face beholding as
00:50:57.45\00:51:02.12
in a mirror the
glory of the Lord,...
00:51:02.16\00:51:04.33
What do we behold?
the glory of the Lord.
00:51:04.36\00:51:06.49
We are being transformed
into what? into the same image
00:51:06.53\00:51:12.20
from glory to glory,...
00:51:12.23\00:51:13.97
In other words,
the more we're with Him
00:51:14.00\00:51:15.34
the more we reflect His glory.
00:51:15.37\00:51:17.44
And notice who does it: just
as by the Spirit of the Lord.
00:51:17.47\00:51:21.41
It kind of reminds me of
an experience that I had a few
00:51:21.44\00:51:25.35
years ago when I was
preaching in a certain city.
00:51:25.38\00:51:28.78
And a lady came up to me and she
says, Pastor Bohr, do you know
00:51:28.82\00:51:34.49
so and so? I'm not
going to mention the name.
00:51:34.52\00:51:37.53
She says, Do you know so and so?
00:51:37.56\00:51:42.23
I said, Oh, absolutely.
00:51:42.26\00:51:44.83
He was one of my star
students for three years.
00:51:44.87\00:51:48.84
I mean he aced
every class that he took.
00:51:48.87\00:51:51.07
He was a fantastic student.
00:51:51.11\00:51:53.17
She says, Well, I want
you to know you've preached
00:51:53.21\00:51:55.41
just like he does.
00:51:55.44\00:51:56.78
And I kind of smiled.
00:52:00.55\00:52:02.05
Let me ask you... By the
way, this individual's coming
00:52:02.08\00:52:06.89
to our family camp this year.
00:52:06.92\00:52:08.26
So why do you suppose
that he preaches similar
00:52:08.29\00:52:14.10
to the way that I preach?
00:52:14.13\00:52:16.50
Well, you know, he spent three
years in the classroom with me,
00:52:16.53\00:52:21.44
so something is
bound to rub off.
00:52:21.47\00:52:24.21
You see, it's contagious.
00:52:24.24\00:52:26.84
The time that we spend with
someone, we reflect to a greater
00:52:26.88\00:52:32.45
or lesser degree the
character of that person.
00:52:32.48\00:52:36.72
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:52:36.75\00:52:38.89
The more time
we spend with Jesus
00:52:38.92\00:52:41.02
the more we look like Him.
00:52:41.06\00:52:43.86
And then people will say,
like they said of the apostles,
00:52:43.89\00:52:46.86
you know, when they beheld
the boldness of the disciples,
00:52:46.90\00:52:49.83
and their constancy...
00:52:49.86\00:52:51.67
Do you know what they said?
00:52:51.70\00:52:53.64
They said, These
guys were with Jesus.
00:52:53.67\00:52:57.47
In other words, the glory
and the honor wasn't for them.
00:52:57.51\00:53:00.38
The glory and
honor was for Jesus,
00:53:00.41\00:53:03.95
the Lord whom they served.
00:53:03.98\00:53:05.71
I'd like to read one
statement in closing.
00:53:05.75\00:53:09.45
This is found in the magnificent
and beautiful devotional book
00:53:09.48\00:53:14.09
that was written
several years ago called,
00:53:14.12\00:53:16.59
Sons and
Daughters of God, page 337.
00:53:16.62\00:53:21.13
I love this
statement. It says this:
00:53:21.16\00:53:25.63
By what?
00:53:28.50\00:53:30.34
How do we behold the loveliness
of Christ's character?
00:53:41.12\00:53:45.75
Where do we see
it? in the Word of God.
00:53:45.82\00:53:48.69
How do we have communion
with Him? through prayer.
00:53:48.72\00:53:52.99
By beholding Christ, by
talking of Him, by beholding the
00:53:53.06\00:53:57.20
loveliness of His
character we become changed;
00:53:57.23\00:54:00.87
changed from glory to glory.
00:54:00.94\00:54:04.37
...she asks.
00:54:07.08\00:54:08.41
There's a work of what that
goes on while we behold Jesus?
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a work of purification.
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You see, the more we see Jesus,
the more time we spend with
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Jesus and behold Him,
the more we become like Him.
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And do you know, in this text,
2 Corinthians 3:18, the word
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that is used for changed
is the word metamorphosis.
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Do you know what
metamorphosis is?
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Let me ask you, In
what is a caterpillar
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similar to a butterfly?
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In what way is a
tadpole similar to a frog?
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They're totally different.
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I mean a tadpole; we
used to call them pollywogs.
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Have you ever heard that?
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You know, a pollywog
looks like a little fish.
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And then, lo and behold, through
a process known as metamorphosis
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the tadpole isn't a
tadpole anymore, it's a frog.
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The same is true
with a caterpillar.
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A caterpillar, you
know, he buries himself inside
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the crislilias. And after awhile
the crislilias moves; it breaks.
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And lo and behold a
caterpillar doesn't come out.
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What comes out is a beautiful
what? is a beautiful butterfly.
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Because the process
that has taken place
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is known as a metamorphosis.
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And so the same is true in
our relationship with Jesus.
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You see, God wants to have
a people in the world who will
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reflect His glory to the world;
the glory of every aspect of His
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character in these last days.
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People who will accept the
first angel's message that says
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give glory to Him.
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But we can't give
what we have not received;
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and we receive by
having communion with Him.
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God is going to have a
people that will fill the earth
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with His glory; with
the glory of His character.
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And people are not going to say,
Oh, wow, look at those people!
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Aren't they wonderful?
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Aren't they marvelous?
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They're going to start
asking, What God is the God that
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these people serve?
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They're so kind, they're
so loving, they're so just,
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they're so honest,
they're so truthful.
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Where do they get it from?
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And so they're going
to want to come to see the
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secret of our glory;
just like the Queen of Sheba.
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And then we'll be able to direct
them to the source of the glory,
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which is the
glory of Jesus Christ.
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Let me ask you, Do you
understand now what the
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first angel is saying when
it declares, and it commands,
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Give glory to Him?
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You see, the first
angel is saying, Keep His
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commandments, obey Him.
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And it's saying, reflect
His character to the world.
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And I pray to God that all of
us will reflect that character.
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