Acquiring The Radiance Of Christ

ACQUIRING THE RADIANCE OF CHRIST

INTRODUCTION: EXODUS 34 DETAILS EVENTS MOSES ENCOUNTERED UPON THE SECOND RETURN TO MT. SINAI. THE FIRST SET OF TABLES WAS DESTROYED. MOSES RETURNED WITH AN UNUSUAL GLOW ON HIS FACE. HIS PROXIMITY TO GOD CHANGED HIS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. HE SPOKE TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WITH AN UNVEILED FACE AND COVERED HIS FACE UPON COMPLETING HIS ADDRESS.

SPIRITUAL INSIGHT: READ EXODUS 34:29-35. SURELY, THE LORD’S PRESENCE WAS UPON MOSES. HOWEVER, THAT SPLENDOR WAS TRANSITORY; IT DID NOT LAST.

YOU BELIEVER ARE GOVERNED UNDER A NEW COVENANT INSTIGATED BY CHRIST. HEBREWS 8:13 (NKJV) IN THAT HE SAYS, A NEW COVENANT HE HAS MADE THE FIRST OBSOLETE. NOW WHAT IS BECOMING OBSOLETE AND GROWING OLD IS READY TO VANISH AWAY. SO HOW CAN YOU RECEIVE THE RADIANCE OF CHRIST IN THE NEW COVENANT? STUDY CAREFULLY THE FOLLOW REMARKS BY AUTHOR WARREN WIERSBE: WHEN A CHILD OF GOD LOOKS INTO THE WORD OF GOD AND SEES THE SON OF GOD, HE OR SHE IS TRANSFORMED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD INTO THE IMAGE OF GOD FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.

APPLICATION: COULD IT BE ANY CLEARER? IF YOU DESIRE THE RADIANCE OF THE LORD UPON YOU AS DID MOSES, YOU MUST SPEND TIME IN THE W-O-R-D. THE RADIANCE OF CHRIST IN YOU WILL BE APPARENT!