Crossrefereces John 1:14-18

Overview of this morning

Mention amazing grace ending this morning - Don

and the rains

Gods grace

Gods Glory

Gods Grace

Gods Law fulfilled

Some cross references I used this morning as proof text include

17 And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” 18 Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” 19 And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. 2016. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

In the first half of the Book of exodus we have the actual exodus itself

Second half, here, we have the events at Mount Sinai and the law revealed to Moses

This particular section is known as the intercession of Moses

Moses has already received the law, once,

and while he was receiving it they made the golden calf

So what happened, he came down from the mountain

Saw what they were doing and broke them in anger

Then went back up to the mountain and interceded for them

So, as we tie this reference into this morning

lets look at 3 things Moses asked for as he interceded for Israel, however, we are only going to focus on 1.

The last one and the one we referred to this morning

First, Moses asks God to “show me . . . your ways” (v. 13). He wants to know God’s mind, to stay in constant communion with God, to experience the reality of his presence.

Second, Moses asks God to go with Israel on the journey (vv. 14–17). Earlier God had indicated that he would not go with his people (vv. 1–6) lest he destroy them. But for Moses, that was not good enough; he would rather not go to the Promised Land if God did not go with them. In response, God reaffirms that he would go with them and he would grant them favor.

Third, Moses asks God to show his glory to him (v. 18). One would think that Moses has already seen the glory of the Lord at the burning bush, through the plagues, at the Red Sea, and in many other ways.

But obviously he hadn't

See Moses had only a taste of Gods glory thus far and longed for more

And what did God do for Moses, he granted him this request

well, sort of

He put him in a cliff, covered his face with his hand and passed by

Because no one has every seen God and lived

Until, what we talked about this morning

How Jesus, became the fullness and the glory of God

And how now, we can finally see God

In the person Jesus Christ

We all long to see God don’t we?

Every one has it placed on their heart

and we rest assured that if we want to see God and his Glory

we can look no further than Jesus Christ

And just how Moses interceded for Israel at this time

So Christ Intercedes for us

Maybe discuss other religions and intercession

Catholics?

Ephesians 2:8 ESV

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

We talked this morning about God being the author of Grace

And that Christ is the fullness of God and in him are grace and truth

and through him we receive grace upon grace

That Grace has been present since page 1 of our bibles

But this one, this is one of the best known passages on grace

this entire chapter is absolutely fantastic

But, in regards to the grace we discussed this morning

It is a gift from God

And that is exactly what this cross reference says

But, not only is grace our undeserved favor from god

we receive salvation through it

And what exactly is salvation

Salvation actually means deliverance from danger or suffering

To be saved from something

and in our case, salvation, is to be saved from Gods wrath

from his judgement of sin

we know that we are separated from God because of our sin

and if we continue to be separated from God

If we continue to submit to our sin

then we will forever be separated from God and his eternal judgement of those who are separated from him

This seems harsh but it really isn't

we are underserving of Gods grace

But, because God is loving and has mercy

He shows grace, freely

and it is because of his grace, as displayed through is son

That he decides to save us

Because of his grace, he sent his son Jesus to die on the cross, to be raised again through his resurrection and thus achieving salvation for all of us

All of this is done and was done solely due to Gods grace

So, since we are on this topic of grace, salvation etc ill explain it a little more by asking this question

How to we receive this gift of grace, as provided to us by God through Christ?

It is through faith in that very grace that saves us

clear as mud lol

But just so that we are clear

Faith is not a work

Faith is also a gift from God

Our entire salvation is a gift from God

And now, onto our last one

The law fulfilled

Hebrews 7:18–19 ESV

For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

We spoke this morning about Jesus and how he is the fulfillment of the OT

And that is absolutely correct

But there is another concept we see in the OT pertaining to the law that Christ is attributed to filling as well

and that is the office of High Priest

As discussed this morning the law was not intended to save people or make them perfect

it was to point out their sin

and point towards Christ

However, within the construct of the OT law

was the priestly order

This order was from the tribe of Levi

They were the ones that were allowed in to the Holy of Holies

They are the ones that made the sacrifices and offerings on the alter

But, as we know, the high priests and the their laws couldn't save,

and if they could, then there would be no need for Jesus

But, we know they couldn’t

See under the Jewish law, the animal sacrifices had to be repeated

Because they offered just temporary forgiveness

Now we know that Christ is the perfect sacrifice right

we discussed that

But, along with being the sacrifice

Christ is also called a high priest

Because it was through him that sins were forgiven

just as it was though the OT priests that sins were fogiven through the sacrifices

So here, in hebrews we have Jesus compared to Melchizedek

But why Melchizedek?

Because Melchizedek we are told in Genesis is from a priestly line that is not from the line of Levi

Melchizedek is from a different order of priests

It is said he that he belonged to an eternal priesthood of a high order

And while some may say that Melkezidek was a pre incarnation of christ or something like that

that simply isnt true

he seems to have just appeared on the scene is Gen 14, we see him again in the psalms and thats it

It doenst say anywhere where his priest hood started or if it ever ended

thus we can conclude that it was a differant priesthood than that of the levis

And that is what they are saying here

jesus is a high priest, but of a different priesthood

becuase the old preisthoot could not do it, could not atone for sins

but, Christ, as high priest is far better than thme

and in fact, now that Christ has come as the High Priest

we no longer need the priests of old order

We have Christ

We don’t need anyone else

And that is how Christ is the fullfiment of the OT Law

Because he satified every detail of it

completely!