A GOSPEL PRIMER- WEEK 4
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Transformed By His Glory
Transformed By His Glory
Transformed by Glory
The glory of God is the most powerful agent of transformation available to mankind. It is so powerful that it transforms those who merely gaze upon it.
The Apostle Paul gives personal testimony concerning this stunning fact. “But we all,” he says, “beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory.”
13 and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from staring at the result of the glory that was made ineffective.14 But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.15 But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds,16 but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
From Paul’s testimony I learn that if I wish to become all that God wants me to be, I must behold His glory each day.
But where do I find God’s glory to behold?
Indeed, the glory of God is revealed throughout all of Creation
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the sky displays his handiwork.
3 They called out to one another, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord who commands armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”
But the Bible indicates that, outside of heaven, the glory of God in its thickest density dwells inside the gospel.
It is for this reason that the gospel is described in Scripture as “the gospel of the glory of Christ” and “the gospel of the glory of the blessed God.”
4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.
11 This accords with the glorious gospel of the blessed God that was entrusted to me.
Consequently, as I habitually gaze upon the glory of the Lord revealed in the gospel, I can know that actual deposits of God’s very glory are attaching themselves to my person and transforming me from one level of glory to another.
This transformation is deep and abiding, and unfadingly displays the glory of God to others.
Vincent, Milton. A Gospel Primer for Christians (pp. 23-24). Focus Publishing. Kindle Edition.