Clear Reflections
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Clear Reflections
Clear Reflections
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
The World around us is spinning out of control...
God and his word has been rejected
The scripture is being fulfilled right before our very eyes...
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
We see the eminence of the Lord’s return -
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
He could come at any moment -
are we prepared?
are we presenting him properly?
is the World seeing the Lord clearly?
Clear Reflections
Clear Reflections
Are We Prepared to See Christ
Saved?
Born again?
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Nobody will ever stand before God worthy - but if we come with the imputed righteousness of christ on our behalf, we can rest assured that we are prepared for eternity
Are we prepared - Saved?
Are we prepared - Steward of the the time / the talents / treasures - the life
ARE WE PREPARED TO SEE CHRIST?
Are We Properly Presenting Christ?
We are made in the image of God
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Image: Sel-lem -
visual appearance of something or someone
shadow, image, likeness
replica
God the Father; God the Son, God the Holy Ghost - made man in HIS image - O what glory
what a privilege to made in the likeness of God...
But something happened in Gen 3 - sin...
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Marred Mirror
what image are we presenting
Adam marred the mirror
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Majestic Mirror
Jesus is the perfect image
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
2. Jesus can mask the mar
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
The Lord is coming back !!!
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Awake out of sleep - vs 11
apathy
Awareness - salvation is nearer
Cast off - the works of darkness - vs 12
works of the old nature.
sphere that is dominated by evil
absence of light - instrument of darkness
Put on - the armour of light - vs 12
clothed upon with / wrapped in a covering - put on...
weapons of the warfare -
New Nature
New nemesis - new enemy
New armour - Light - goodness / righteousness -
Walk honestly - vs 13
in a manner characterized by propriety in manners and conduct
NOT IN:
rioting - excessive eating drinking / partying - carousing - moral debauchery ensuing
drunkenness - state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
chambering - immorality / lascivious - unbridled lust - (sexual behavior understood as normally occuring in a bed - sexual intercourse; seminal emission)
wantonness - indulgence in sensual pleasure unrestrained by convention or morality
Strife - bitter conflict - contention / discord
Envying - jealousy, resentment
greedy or prideful longing for something that belongs to another - even a skill
Put Ye ON - The Lord Jesus Christ
clothed -
Wrapped in a covering
He is Lord - Ruler - one who commands
He is Christ - the Messiah
He is Jesus - wrapped up - hidden by… the Lord Jesus -
He is seen
He is pre-eminent
Make not - provision for the flesh
provisional thinking - the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening.
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
The world needs a clear reflection -
They need the Lord -
The Lord needs us to be a clear reflection - and that can only happen when we are putting on the Lord Jesus Christ...
covering our natural, sinful state -
Putting on Christ - who is Light...
This world doesn’t need to see sinful men -
This world needs to see a Majestic Savior
Clear Reflections
Are We Prepared to See Christ?
Are We Properly Presenting Christ?