Fading Glory - Increasing Glory

     “Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him.”       Romans 12:2 CEV

         The reason we look into a mirror is to see an image for what it is.  It reveals information to us.  It would be silly to look into a mirror and not do something about what we have seen.  What we then do with that image is up to us !

Read:  2 Corinthians 3:1-18

    “the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”    2 Cor.4:4 NASB

I.  v7-11  Spiritual Life - Not Death

            Galatians 2:20,21  live by the grace in Jesus Christ

*  there is a mirror:  the “Word of God” made flesh-  the Gospel

*  it reveals to us the image of Jesus Christ

            Genesis 3:1-7  Adam and Eve were deceived by satan

*  he convinced them they didn’t need God-  were better than God

*  they looked in the mirror-  saw their nakedness/ broken fellowship

*  satan would also have us believe there is no hope-  it’s useless

*  Jesus Christ says all things are possible with Him

            Exodus 3:1-14  God uses men for His purposes

            Isaiah 6:5-8  .... I am a man with unclean lips

            John 21:3-14  Jesus reveals Himself as the provider

            1 Peter 2:9  .... you are a chosen people of God

II.  v18  From Glory To Glory 

            Hebrews 10:19-22  draw near to God

*  looking into God’s Word reveals to us our nakedness & need

*  looking into God’s Word reveals His desire to completely clothe us

*  we don’t need to climb a mountain as Moses did to see God

*  in the mirror of God’s Word- His Son is revealed perfectly to us

*  it is His image that we see which transforms us !

*  what will you do now-  having seen Him and His glory?