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 Would you take your copy now of God's Word and turn with me to 2 Corinthians 3.

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! If you're using the Bible in the seat pocket in front of you, that's page 1259.

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 1259, 2 Corinthians 3.

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 Our verses will be verses 7 through 18, but for context, I'd like to read the entire chapter.

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 2 Corinthians 3.

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 Hear now the Word of the Lord.

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 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again?

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 Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

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 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts to be known and read by all.

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 And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God.

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 Not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts.

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 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.

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 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything is coming from us.

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 But our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant.

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 Not of the letter, but of the Spirit.

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 For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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 Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory,

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 which was being brought to an end, will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory?

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 For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.

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 Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all because of the glory that surpasses it.

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 For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory.

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 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

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 Not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end.

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 But their minds were hardened.

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 For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted because only through Christ is it taken away.

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 Yes, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts.

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 But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

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 Now, the Lord is the Spirit.

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 And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there's freedom.

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 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.

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 For this comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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 One more prayer.

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 Father, we pray that you would open our eyes to behold wonderful things out of your law.

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 We admit the truthfulness of your word that the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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 We admit before you this morning that there is no sufficiency in human ministers apart from your power and apart from your grace.

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 And so I pray this morning that what flows from this pulpit would not be about me, but about the glory of Christ by the power of the Spirit.

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 We submit ourselves as in desperate need of Holy Spirit power and unction.

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 Holy Spirit, preach a greater message than the one that's been prepared.

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 Use your word and fulfill the promise that you have made to transform your people from one degree of glory to another as we behold the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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 In whose name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 For the last two months, Pastor Jared has been preaching through the first three chapters of Genesis.

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 From the glorious account of God's creation and creating all things by his word and his spirit,

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 to the special nature of humanity in the image of God, we have seen beauty and goodness in God's design.

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 The last two Sundays, however, in Genesis 3 have taken a turn from the glory of the created order to the tragic fall and rebellion of man against God in the garden.

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 The consequences of Adam's sin in Genesis 3 were catastrophic and cataclysmic.

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 The image of God in man, that great gift given to humanity by God, though not altogether lost,

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 was marred in such a way that man could no longer live out God's faithful design.

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 Man fell so drastically short of the glory of God and in turn the glory and the life that he was designed to live.

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 Death reigned, Paul put it.

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 Judgment and condemnation came to all men through the sin of the one man, Adam.

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 But God.

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 God had a plan.

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 A plan to redeem marred and fallen sinners from sin, death, and eternal separation.

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 This plan that we call good news or gospel first appears like an acorn in the passage that Jared will preach next Sunday, Lord willing.

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 We'll see that though the created order has been marred by sin,

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 God's original design for humanity will not be thwarted by that fall.

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 Our passage this morning in 2 Corinthians 3 traces the growth of that acorn into this beautiful oak tree.

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 So as we're going through Genesis, we're given the opportunity this morning to pause for a moment

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 and zoom forward in time to see that little acorn of the gospel grow into this giant beautiful oak tree

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 in the promises of God in the new covenant.

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 By God's grace, in your hands this morning and in our ears as we read,

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 we have the fullness of the revelation of God's plan of redemption.

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 So we have a question by God's grace that we'll seek to answer from this text this morning and it's this.

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 How will the triune God heal the marred image of God in man and restore him to glory?

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 How is it that the triune God will heal the marred image of God in man and restore him to glory?

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 And what we'll see together is that Paul's answer will be nothing short of new creation life.

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 First, a little bit of context and then we'll walk through three glimpses of this glorious new covenant reality.

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 In Acts chapter 18, we read about Paul's ministry to Corinth for the very first time.

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 Corinth was a significant Roman capital and a trade center in Greece.

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 Some historians have even called Corinth the San Francisco of the Roman Empire.

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 Now, Paul, when he makes his way to Corinth, consistent with his approach to missions,

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 he found a Jewish synagogue in the city and began to preach the gospel from the Old Testament,

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 seeking to persuade Jews and those Greeks surrounding the synagogue to believe in Jesus.

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 But shortly after he's joined by his ministry partners Silas and Timothy,

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 this first synagogue resists Paul and stands against him and forces him to leave.

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 And he's very discouraged by this.

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 But in God's providence, he leads Paul to a second synagogue in that city.

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 And there's a house that he's staying with just outside that synagogue.

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 And wouldn't you know it, the leader of that synagogue, Crispus,

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 is converted by the Holy Spirit preaching the gospel through Paul.

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 And in a night vision, the Holy Spirit reassures Paul,

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 Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,

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 for I am with you and no one will attack you to harm you,

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 for I have many in this city who are my people.

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 What a great reassurance for Paul as he is being willing to be poured out as a sacrifice for the people.

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 I have many people in this city, the Spirit said.

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 So Paul obeys the Lord and stays there in Corinth for about a year and a half,

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 instructing people in that church, this new church in Corinth,

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 how to live the faithful Christian life.

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 Soon after Paul leaves, however, he begins to hear a report that things are not going very well

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 in the church at Corinth.

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 And that might be a little bit of an understatement.

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 Though they were indeed a converted body

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 and people who genuinely belonged to the Lord,

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 they were tolerating gross immorality.

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 They were lacking necessary church discipline.

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 People were getting drunk at the Eucharist or communion.

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 And the church itself was living in a disordered state.

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 So Paul wrote a letter, 1 Corinthians, to correct these errors,

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 seeking to convince them to stay faithful to the preaching of the gospel

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 and the truth of a healthy biblical church.

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 But it seems that Paul's first letter wasn't as successful as he had hoped,

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 for he had to return in person to the church for what he called a painful visit

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 in 2 Corinthians 2, 1.

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 In that visit, he's attempting to set things in order,

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 after which he sends an additional letter that we read about in 2 Corinthians 1, 3-4

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 that apparently led to the genuine repentance of many there in the church.

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 But needless to say, it was not a very pleasant visit,

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 nor did he consider it to be successful.

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 They didn't view Paul with much respect and authority and love during that visit.

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 2 Corinthians, the third letter of Paul to the church,

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 was a defense of Paul's apostolic New Covenant ministry

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 against the charges of a group of classically trained rhetoricians called Super Apostles.

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 What a name.

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 Paul, on the other hand, though highly educated at the feet of Gamaliel,

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 was not a classical Ciceronian rhetor,

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 taking the rhetoric of the past and throwing the gospel into these beautiful forms for a price.

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 No, Paul was poor.

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 He was often mistreated.

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 Though he was very gifted, he did not put the gospel in classical Ciceronian form to impress crowds.

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 He rather, without peddling the word,

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 faithfully proclaimed the message that people could understand without going through those methods.

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 And he didn't travel with elite letters of recommendation and resumes

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 from famous teachers around the Roman Empire saying,

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 Oh, Paul, you've got to go here, Paul.

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 He's trained in the classical ways.

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 A new Cicero in Corinth.

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 No, Paul had this.

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 You yourselves, Corinthians, are our letters of recommendation.

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 Written on our hearts to be known and read by all.

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 And you show that you're a letter from Christ delivered by us,

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 written not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God,

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 not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts.

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 In other words, Corinthians,

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 God's promises anticipated in Jeremiah 31, 33,

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 and Ezekiel 36, 26 have come true in your very conversions.

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 You don't need a resume for me.

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 You're alive in Christ.

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 Is that not evidence enough of the power and the ministry of Paul?

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 The sufficiency of Paul's apostolic ministry was not classical rhetoric,

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 letters of recommendation, extravagant honorariums.

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 No, his sufficiency was from God.

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 The Holy Spirit had been using the apostolic preaching of the gospel

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 to give life to these people.

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 It was the spirit of God who made Paul's ministry significant, sufficient.

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 Because as Paul himself said,

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 the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.

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 May we be reminded today that teaching,

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 no matter how externally impressive,

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 without the accompanying power of the Holy Spirit

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 is like a body without a soul,

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 lifeless, dead, ineffective.

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 It is a corpse on display.

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 For the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.

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 So how will the triune God heal the marred image of God in man

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 and restore him to glory?

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 The same way he created the universe,

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 by his word and by his spirit.

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 The Holy Spirit, the spirit of the resurrected Christ,

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 gives life.

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 And Paul gives us three glimpses this morning

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 into God's new creation plan.

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 First, we'll see that God promises in the new covenant

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 a greater glory.

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 Verses 7 through 11, a greater glory.

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 Now, if we are to be successful in unpacking these verses,

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 we have to come at a definition of what glory means.

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 What is it that Paul intends for us to understand as glory?

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 Al Mohler helpfully writes that glory here is something like

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 the intrinsic reality and outward manifestation

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 of God's power and character.

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 An intrinsic reality,

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 but the outward manifestation of God's power and character.

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 Another theologian adds,

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 we have the personal presence of the Lord

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 in all his goodness and in the fullness of his revealed character.

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 And yet another,

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 the revealed person, character, work, and power of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So we might weave these helpful definitions together

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 to say something like,

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 the greater glory involves an outward manifestation,

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 an experience of the personal presence

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 of the Shekinah glory of God

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 and the revelation of the person, work, and power of Jesus Christ.

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 Now, Paul here in these few verses

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 makes a lesser to a greater argument

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 to defend his new covenant ministry,

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 to demonstrate the significance of what God had done

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 in the hearts of the Corinthian believers by Christ's spirit.

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 We're introduced to the Mosaic covenant

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 in contrast to the new covenant.

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 So what is it that Paul teaches here

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 about the Mosaic covenant or the law?

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 Well, he describes it, if you look at your Bibles,

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 as the ministry of death,

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 a ministry of condemnation,

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 carved in letters on stone.

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 Now, in the passage that Pastor Jared read for us

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 in our assurance of pardon,

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 we were shown that there was something

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 that the law could not do.

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 But this has nothing to do

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 with the wonder of the law,

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 but the problem with us and our sinful flesh.

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 The law is similar to an x-ray machine.

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 We might call the x-ray machine

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 a ministry of brokenness.

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 If I'm feeling internal pain

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 and I go to the x-ray machine

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 and it shows me that I have a broken bone,

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 it is showing me that I have a problem.

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 It's revealing something to me.

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 It can't fix it for me,

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 but it can show me that I indeed have a problem with brokenness.

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 In a similar way,

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 the law reveals to us

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 that we are separated from God

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 because of our sin

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 and that sin proceeds to bring forth death.

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 We see in the word condemnation,

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 the reality that before God,

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 apart from Christ,

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 in Adam,

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 we stand guilty.

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 The gavel of divine justice says condemned.

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 And the law was God's plan

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 to show and point forward

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 to the need for his son,

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 Christ,

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 to be our source of salvation.

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 Its location

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 is intentionally stated

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 as carved in letters on stone.

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 This is an external rule list.

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 Do this.

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 Don't do this.

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 But as we all know,

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 when we receive a list of rules,

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 those rules do not give us the power to obey them.

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 Often the moment that we receive a rule,

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 we go,

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 yeah, I don't want to do that.

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 Or perhaps,

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 don't do this.

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 I'm going to do that.

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 I'm going to try to get around

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 this rule list that's been given to me.

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 And the purpose of the law,

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 as it was indeed glorious,

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 it was so glorious in its origin from God

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 that Moses had to veil his face

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 because the Israelites could not gaze upon the glory

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 of the law revealed as covenant.

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 But what was God's design,

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 or telos,

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 its purpose,

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 was to point forward

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 to Christ as the fulfillment

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 of all God's salvific promises.

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 It reminds me,

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 we have a Dalmatian at the house,

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 and sometimes he can be intelligent,

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 and other times not so much.

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 I could drop a piece of food on the floor,

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 and Pongo is right here looking at me,

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 and I point,

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 and I point at the food,

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 and the dog is looking at me.

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 Hey, hey, hey.

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 And I'm pointing, I'm pointing,

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 and he's looking straight at me.

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 That's similar to what Paul is saying

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 people are doing when they look to the old covenant,

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 the law,

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 which is supposed to say,

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 hey, look at Christ,

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 and they're looking straight at the law.

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 The law is a pointer finger

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 directly to Christ as fulfillment.

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 As Paul says in Romans,

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 Christ is the telos of the law.

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 He is the end of the law.

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 And so we see the law does have glory,

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 but it's a ministry of death.

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 It's a ministry of condemnation,

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 and there's much that we cannot do

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 in the receiving of the law.

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 We are shown our sin.

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 We're shown our reality before God.

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 We're shown our need for a savior.

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 We're shown our need for Yahweh to save us,

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 but the law itself is not the ministry of salvation.

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 Remember, Paul's defending his ministry here.

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 Notice that in his lesser to greater argument,

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 he's making the bold claim,

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 my ministry is greater than Moses' ministry.

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 What a statement.

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 You want a letter of recommendation,

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 a more significant ministry than the greatest,

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 perhaps one of the greatest men in Israel's history?

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 And Paul says,

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 the new covenant ministry is greater than Moses.

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 So what does he teach about the new covenant?

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 The description is the ministry of the spirit

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 and the ministry of righteousness.

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 So we see in contrast to death,

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 we have spirit or life.

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 And in contrast to condemnation,

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 we have acquittal, righteousness, freedom,

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 gifted status before God.

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 And how is it that this gift is given?

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 In contrast to the law,

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 which was written on tablets of stone,

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 where is it that the new covenant ministry is written?

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 On the tablets of human hearts.

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 So where the law was externally given

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 and a list of what shows us our need of Christ,

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 in the gift of the new covenant,

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 the spirit has written the law of God

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 on the tablets of human hearts

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 so that we by his grace,

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 desire to follow his word

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 and live in accordance with what he's done for us.

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 What a great gift,

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 a greater glory.

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 Paul says,

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 this ministry,

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 this new covenant ministry,

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 isn't temporary,

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 like the law was.

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 It was being brought to an end.

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 No,

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 the new covenant ministry is permanent.

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 It's eternal.

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 And because of that,

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 he says,

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 it has much more glory,

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 a surpassing glory.

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 It's telos,

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 it's design,

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 it's purpose,

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 is nothing short of reconciliation with God

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 and a restored image of God

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 in everlasting glory.

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 Whereas we internally weeped

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 at the loss or the marring of the image of God

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 in man in Genesis 3

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 and the separation of the relationship

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 between God and man

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 and the great fellowship

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 and communion they had together in the garden,

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 the good news of the new covenant

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 is that that relationship

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 has been completely restored in Christ

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 and that the image of God

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 which was marred in the garden

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 is being healed even now

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 and awaits a final and perfect healing

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 when Jesus returns.

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 There is a greater glory.

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 I remember as a child

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 loving to get Happy Meals.

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 The incredible McDonald's burger

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 with the toy and the fries

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 and just collecting the things

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 and as a child,

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 have you ever looked at your children

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 when they like something like a Happy Meal

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.420
 and go,

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 you have no idea.

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 You just have no idea.

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 If you get to pick where you go on your birthday,

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 if you pick McDonald's,

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 you just,

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 you had one shot all year,

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 you pick McDonald's.

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 The first time you have a Five Guys burger,

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 the moment you take that first bite,

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 whatever glory you thought

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 the Happy Meal hamburger had

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 suddenly has no more glory.

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 Whenever I think of a burger,

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 I never ever think,

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 I think I want to go to McDonald's

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 and grab that Happy Meal,

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 single patty with cheese

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 and a little bit of onions

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 that may have been in the place

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 a little bit too long.

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 No, I want to go to Five Guys

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 and I want the cheese to be melting.

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 I want there to be lettuce, tomato, onion,

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 jalapeno peppers

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 with the perfect bun and the side of fries.

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 There's a greater glory in the Five Guys burger.

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 In the New Covenant, y'all,

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 there's such a greater glory

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 than the glory that was present

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 in the Old Covenant

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 that when you look back

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 from the New Covenant to the Old,

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 it's as if that Old Covenant

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 no longer has any glory at all

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 because of the surpassing glory

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 of the New Covenant.

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 In Hebrews 3,

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 the author says,

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 Now Moses was faithful

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 in all God's house as a servant

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 to testify to the things

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 that were to be spoken later.

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 But Christ is faithful

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 over God's house as a son.

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 We go from servanthood under Moses

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 to sonship in Christ.

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 The glory is surpassing.

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 It is far beyond whatever glory

00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:10.960
 was genuinely present

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 in the Mosaic Covenant as law.

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:14.440
 Dane Ortlund writes,

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 God is no longer merely

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 commanding people from the outside.

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 He is transforming them

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 from the inside.

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 The 18th century particular Baptist

00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:25.500
 John Gill said,

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 The law was given by God as a judge,

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 the gospel by him as a father,

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 as the father of Christ

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 and of his people in him.

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 Since the Spirit's ministry

00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:39.480
 in the New Covenant is internal,

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.200
 life-giving,

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:42.380
 and everlasting,

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:43.960
 the glory of that ministry

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:46.799
 far surpasses the glory

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.539
 of the Old Covenant.

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 Paul says his ministry has,

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.500
 indeed, a greater glory.

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:53.380
 Second, we see beyond

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:54.279
 just a greater glory,

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:56.380
 we see a removed veil,

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 a removed veil.

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 This is verses 12 through 17.

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 In this next movement,

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.400
 Paul teaches that,

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.620
 and by extension,

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:09.420
 his and our New Covenant ministry

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:12.380
 is so much greater than Moses' ministry

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:15.539
 because God included greater promises

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.279
 in the New Covenant.

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:18.060
 And here we begin to see

00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:19.920
 some of those promises unpacked.

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.539
 There's surpassing glory

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:23.160
 in the Spirit of Christ's ministry

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:26.100
 that gives his chosen human instruments

00:25:26.100 --> 00:25:28.060
 boldness and confidence

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:29.539
 to proclaim the gospel.

00:25:30.800 --> 00:25:31.680
 Paul says,

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:34.980
 wow, we have this great hope.

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.980
 We're very bold.

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:39.799
 And then he lifts an image

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:42.279
 from Moses and the veil

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.460
 from Exodus 34

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:45.680
 to show the promises

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.620
 of the New Covenant

00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:48.480
 are indeed far better.

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 You might write down,

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.840
 if you're taking notes,

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:52.160
 Exodus 34,

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:54.299
 verses 29 to 35

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:56.019
 to perhaps visit later

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.920
 to read the account

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:58.840
 of this first moment

00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:00.839
 of Moses' face shining

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:02.459
 and the veil being placed.

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.399
 But I'll simply read verse 35

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:05.779
 as we look at this image

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:07.039
 in 2 Corinthians 3.

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:09.099
 The people of Israel

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:11.720
 would see the face of Moses

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:14.259
 that the skin of Moses' face

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.039
 was shining.

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:18.019
 And Moses would put the veil

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.259
 over his face again

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:22.559
 until he went in to speak with God.

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.980
 Now as I work through

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:26.619
 Paul's use of this image

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.159
 in these verses,

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.540
 I will be following

00:26:28.540 --> 00:26:29.279
 the exegesis

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.640
 of the 17th century

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:32.279
 English theologian John Owen

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:34.360
 who points out in this passage

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:35.519
 a double veiling.

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:38.660
 A veil over Moses' face

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:41.340
 and a veil over the sinful heart.

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:43.420
 What I'll call the external veil

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:45.779
 and the internal veil.

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:48.180
 So let's look at the external veil first

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.820
 and then the internal veil.

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:52.680
 We'll call this external veil

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:54.019
 the veil that was literally

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:55.460
 over Moses' face

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:57.220
 and then how Paul uses that

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.500
 in his theology here.

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.180
 Now Moses,

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:02.180
 he put a veil over his face

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.620
 so that the Israelites

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:05.240
 might not gaze,

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.960
 he says,

00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.680
 at the outcome

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.840
 or the telos

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:10.779
 of what was being brought

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.920
 to an end.

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:13.960
 Why?

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:16.519
 So why would Moses

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:18.500
 veil his face?

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.400
 Dan Ortlund observes,

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:22.519
 Moses wore a veil

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:25.060
 lest the Israelites

00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:26.680
 mistook which era

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:27.840
 of redemptive history

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.660
 they lived in.

00:27:30.060 --> 00:27:31.640
 God did not want

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:32.400
 the Israelites

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.519
 to mistake

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.460
 which era

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.700
 of redemptive history

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.400
 they were in.

00:27:36.780 --> 00:27:38.360
 What stage of growth

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:40.180
 is the oak tree

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.700
 of the promise

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.280
 of the gospel?

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:43.559
 The glory contained

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.259
 in the law

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.480
 was intended

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.039
 to point

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.940
 to the telos

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.639
 of the law

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:49.160
 which is Christ

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:50.259
 as Paul argues

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.399
 in Romans 10.4.

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:53.220
 And if the Israelites

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.119
 were to gaze

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:55.599
 at the pointing finger

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:57.480
 pointing to Christ

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.759
 rather than Christ himself

00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:00.200
 they would be like

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:01.779
 Pongo staring at me

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.799
 and not staring

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:04.099
 at the glorious food

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.980
 that awaited him.

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.200
 And so

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.960
 Moses veils

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.799
 his face.

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:12.119
 John Owen observes

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:13.299
 because the Mosaic

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.619
 covenant contained

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:16.240
 glorious truths

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.299
 that pointed forward

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.000
 to Christ

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:20.279
 Moses veiled his face

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.539
 lest the people

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:23.440
 look to the scaffolding

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:25.059
 as the telos

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:26.759
 rather than the building.

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:29.079
 What a terrible mistake

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.680
 to make

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.960
 to see the building

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.539
 being built

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.440
 and the scaffolding

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.259
 surrounding the building

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.440
 and to look at the scaffolding

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.700
 and go

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:36.539
 wow that's some pretty

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.940
 impressive scaffolding.

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:39.500
 I think I'd like

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.119
 to stare

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.000
 at the scaffolding

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.579
 of this building

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.180
 rather than

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.980
 the building

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.839
 that is being built

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:45.160
 the living stones

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:46.279
 as Peter

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.480
 later helps us

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:47.900
 to see.

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:51.319
 But this external veil

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:53.599
 also represents

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.299
 for Paul

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.440
 something like

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.619
 the obscurity

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:58.440
 or the presence

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.740
 of the promise

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.420
 of the gospel

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:01.819
 in types

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:03.160
 and shadows

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.960
 in the old covenant

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.720
 pointing forward

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.299
 to Christ.

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.639
 as we read

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:08.079
 the law

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.680
 as we read

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:10.180
 the Mosaic covenant

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:11.879
 we see these institutions

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.779
 and promises

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:14.419
 that point forward

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:15.519
 toward Christ

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.359
 without mentioning

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.539
 his name specifically.

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.180
 The Bible calls

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.720
 those things

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.480
 types

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:22.039
 or shadows

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:23.680
 of the substance

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.500
 that is Christ

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.119
 to come.

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.379
 And so

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:27.319
 Paul seems to be

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.279
 using this metaphor

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.480
 of the external veil

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.740
 over Moses' face

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:32.680
 as something like

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.559
 the types

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.240
 and the shadows

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.639
 contained in the old covenant

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:37.080
 that pointed forward

00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:37.800
 to Jesus.

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:39.560
 John Gill agrees

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:40.160
 saying that

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.280
 Moses' veil

00:29:41.280 --> 00:29:42.160
 is an emblem

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.120
 of the gospel

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:44.380
 being veiled

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:45.460
 under the law.

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.240
 The promise is present.

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.759
 We know that God

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.360
 made promises

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:50.040
 to Abraham

00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:51.660
 that his seed

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:52.840
 would be the answer

00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:53.580
 to the promises

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:55.100
 and in the Mosaic covenant

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:56.360
 mediating between that

00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:56.940
 we see

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:58.300
 pieces

00:29:58.300 --> 00:29:59.560
 that point forward

00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.200
 to the fact

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.780
 of what Jesus

00:30:00.780 --> 00:30:02.120
 would actually fulfill

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:03.920
 and this veil

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:05.020
 in Paul's theology

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:06.759
 seems to be functioning

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.660
 as something like

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.180
 an emblem

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:10.139
 of the gospel glory

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:11.000
 of Christ

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.259
 veiled underneath

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.039
 the law.

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.660
 The external remedy

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:17.400
 to the veil

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.599
 over Moses' face

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.559
 is the very thing

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.240
 Paul says

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.579
 he's trying to do here.

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:23.379
 Boldly preach

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:25.160
 the new covenant gospel.

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.599
 Moses

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:28.779
 he was not like that.

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.720
 He veiled

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.440
 with a veil

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.359
 over his face

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:32.879
 but in contrast

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.480
 with the veil

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.279
 over Moses' face

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.880
 Paul says

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:36.339
 we are confident

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:37.900
 and very bold

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.279
 preaching the gospel

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.599
 of the Lord Jesus Christ

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.839
 because the fullness

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:43.120
 has come.

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.519
 We have the fullness

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:46.200
 of God's revelation

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.120
 in Christ

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:49.019
 the external veil

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.559
 of Moses

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.940
 in the preaching

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.759
 of the gospel

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:53.099
 is removed.

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.940
 All of those types

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.640
 and shadows

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.900
 are now shown

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:58.140
 to be completely filled

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:59.120
 in what Paul calls

00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:00.660
 the mystery of God

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.799
 which is Christ

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.399
 in you.

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.460
 All of those mysteries

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:06.399
 now have their revelation

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:07.119
 in Jesus

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:08.299
 and Paul says

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.099
 because of that

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:10.480
 we're very bold

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.980
 and the Holy Spirit

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.799
 in the preaching

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.659
 of the gospel

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:14.799
 has removed

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:16.079
 the external veil

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:17.240
 from Moses' face

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.299
 that was contained

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:19.740
 in the law itself.

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.559
 But then why

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.639
 do people reject it?

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:26.519
 If the external veil

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:28.879
 is removed objectively

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:29.619
 in the preaching

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.279
 of the gospel

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.659
 why does one chapter

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.659
 earlier Paul say

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.119
 the gospel

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:34.319
 is an aroma of life

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.879
 to some

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:36.799
 and aroma of death

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.379
 to others?

00:31:37.479 --> 00:31:37.959
 After all

00:31:37.959 --> 00:31:39.359
 he's been cast out

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:39.839
 of the synagogue

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.919
 in Corinth before.

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:42.419
 He knows that

00:31:42.419 --> 00:31:43.259
 as he preached

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.579
 the apostolic gospel

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:46.419
 not everyone received it.

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.319
 The veil

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:49.119
 seemingly wasn't removed

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.519
 even though

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.699
 the objective preaching

00:31:50.699 --> 00:31:51.539
 of the gospel

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:53.439
 had removed

00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:54.399
 the external veil

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.419
 of Moses' face.

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:56.959
 This is where

00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:57.419
 John Owen

00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:58.239
 is so helpful

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.180
 in helping us see

00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.859
 the internal veil

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.960
 that remains.

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.680
 To this day

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:06.339
 whenever Moses

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.920
 is read

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.680
 Paul says

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:09.079
 a veil

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.940
 lies where?

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.519
 Over Moses' face?

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:14.019
 Over their hearts.

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.019
 Owen says

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.859
 this is symbolic

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:19.019
 of the ignorance

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:20.059
 the darkness

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.339
 the blindness

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.480
 that is on men

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.220
 by nature.

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.220
 One of the effects

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.339
 of Adam's sin

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:26.079
 in the garden

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:27.579
 is this blindness

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:29.240
 this sinfulness

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.599
 this hardened heart

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:32.099
 this heart of stone

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:32.859
 that needed to be

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.779
 replaced with a heart

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.359
 of flesh

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:35.699
 the very promise

00:32:35.699 --> 00:32:36.399
 that Paul said

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:37.139
 had already happened

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:38.139
 to the Corinthian church

00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:39.240
 that now their heart

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:40.480
 had been written on

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:42.299
 but some

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.460
 did not believe.

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.899
 Isaiah 25

00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.319
 7

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.740
 we see a glimpse

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.919
 of this idea

00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:50.279
 of the internal veil

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:52.039
 where Isaiah writes

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:53.099
 and he will swallow

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:54.460
 up on this mountain

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.399
 the covering

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.139
 that is cast

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:57.059
 over all people

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.839
 the veil

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.639
 that is spread

00:32:58.639 --> 00:33:00.680
 over all nations.

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:04.019
 How can this

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:05.000
 internal veil

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.740
 be removed?

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:08.059
 If the gospel

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.559
 preaching

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:10.119
 is the means

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:11.339
 of removing

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:12.659
 the external veil

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.879
 over Moses' face

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:15.899
 how can the internal

00:33:15.899 --> 00:33:17.039
 veil be removed?

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.819
 2 Corinthians 4

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.259
 6

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:23.919
 For God

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.899
 who said

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:26.579
 let light

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.359
 shine

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.419
 out of darkness

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:29.980
 has shown

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.980
 in our hearts

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:32.379
 to give

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.019
 the light

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.919
 of the knowledge

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:34.700
 of the glory

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.279
 of God

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.379
 in the face

00:33:36.379 --> 00:33:37.439
 of Jesus Christ.

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.319
 Do you see

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:40.379
 just how

00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:41.119
 significant

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:42.220
 the work

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.279
 of the Holy Spirit

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.419
 is in New Covenant

00:33:44.419 --> 00:33:44.939
 ministry?

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.819
 Paul says

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.859
 the God

00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:48.480
 who said

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.460
 let there be

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.039
 light

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.480
 light

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.059
 and there

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.740
 was light

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:53.399
 had to do

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:53.940
 a work

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.799
 of recreation

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.960
 in our hearts

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:57.039
 in order for us

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.539
 to behold

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:58.480
 the face of God

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.460
 the glory of God

00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.960
 in the face

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.799
 of Jesus Christ.

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.899
 So if you are here

00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.379
 this morning

00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:03.019
 and you belong

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.460
 to Christ

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.079
 and the spirit

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:05.259
 is within you

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.000
 you are a work

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:07.039
 of new creation

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:09.759
 even though

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.579
 the outer man

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.739
 is fading away

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.539
 day by day

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.320
 the inner man

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.440
 is being renewed

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:17.280
 and this affliction

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:18.000
 is working

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.659
 for us

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.820
 an eternal

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.400
 weight

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.760
 of glory.

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.460
 To remove

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.240
 this internal

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:25.599
 veil

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.599
 requires a work

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.579
 of new creation

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:29.220
 by God's word

00:34:29.220 --> 00:34:31.159
 and by his spirit.

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:33.360
 It's a great

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.099
 reflection

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.599
 a contrast

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:37.000
 a theme

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.599
 traced

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.139
 from God's

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.980
 work of creation

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.440
 and his work

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:39.980
 of redemption.

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.659
 He is doing

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.179
 something

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:42.539
 new within us

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.539
 as he is restoring

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.559
 that which was broken

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.980
 and not only

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.880
 restoring it

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.900
 but making it

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.980
 even better

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.760
 than it would have

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.400
 been prior

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.340
 to the fall.

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.820
 Y'all our God

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.960
 is so incredible

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:55.740
 and his promise

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.420
 to turn

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.360
 all things

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.000
 for the good

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.440
 of those

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:59.119
 who love him

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:01.079
 is made

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:02.500
 so plain

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.579
 in the very fact

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.599
 that whatever

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.740
 Adam lost

00:35:05.740 --> 00:35:07.559
 in Christ

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.659
 we gain

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.719
 even more.

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:11.099
 We are not

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:12.079
 simply restored

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:13.019
 to Eden

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.840
 but we are

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.599
 transformed

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:16.179
 into glory

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:17.079
 and ever

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:18.400
 increasing glory.

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.940
 Just as an

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.719
 acorn has

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.519
 the capacity

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.320
 in perfection

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.320
 to grow

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:24.880
 so the image

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.300
 of God

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:26.219
 has the capacity

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:27.420
 to expand

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:28.019
 and grow

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:29.019
 and to honor

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.360
 God

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:30.019
 and glorify

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.360
 God

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:30.980
 and reflect

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.320
 God

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.860
 in ever

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.920
 increasing ways.

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.000
 It's one thing

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.380
 that makes

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:35.460
 the excitement

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.019
 of heaven

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.920
 so worth

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.659
 looking forward

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.159
 to that we

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.599
 will never

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.199
 be bored.

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.059
 the infinite

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:41.079
 cannot comprehend

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:42.279
 the finite

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:43.239
 cannot comprehend

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:43.879
 the infinite

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:44.480
 and yet

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.279
 as we behold

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.699
 the face

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.119
 of God

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.739
 will ever

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.119
 be made

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:48.419
 more in his likeness

00:35:48.419 --> 00:35:49.119
 and will know

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:50.239
 more and more

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:51.179
 without ever

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.759
 exhausting

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.659
 all there is

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.159
 to know

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.739
 of the glory

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.199
 of God.

00:35:54.359 --> 00:35:55.099
 His past

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.500
 glories

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.039
 his present

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.399
 glories

00:35:56.399 --> 00:35:57.199
 his future

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.679
 glories

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:59.039
 all a part

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.779
 of beholding

00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:00.199
 the glory

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.619
 of God

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.879
 in the face

00:36:01.879 --> 00:36:02.659
 of Jesus

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.279
 Christ.

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.000
 Ortlund

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.439
 observes

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.059
 only by

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.519
 union

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.200
 with Christ

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:07.920
 do the

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.300
 scales

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.980
 fall off

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.420
 from one's

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.820
 eyes

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.559
 and one

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.119
 sees the

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.500
 deepest

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.139
 intent

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:13.599
 and inescapable

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.260
 terminus

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.720
 of the Old

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:15.079
 Testament

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:16.019
 and here's

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.400
 the good

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.900
 news

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:18.059
 when you

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.760
 read the Old

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.099
 Testament

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.539
 now

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.480
 what do

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.260
 you see?

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.059
 You see

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:24.019
 the pointer

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.460
 finger

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.260
 to Christ

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:26.200
 you see

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.960
 the types

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:28.099
 pointing forward

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.400
 to the fulfillment

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.159
 of the type

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.900
 you see

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.579
 the shadow

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.280
 pointing forward

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:33.079
 to the substance

00:36:33.079 --> 00:36:34.519
 and you rejoice

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:35.340
 in Christ

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:36.039
 in the Old

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.480
 Testament

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.099
 where

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:38.420
 Paul says

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:40.039
 almost weeping

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:41.360
 to this day

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.059
 the Israelites

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:43.699
 read and know

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.299
 the Hebrew

00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:45.440
 better than we

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.019
 and yet

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:47.119
 they miss

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:48.119
 the whole

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.799
 purpose

00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:50.039
 of the law

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:51.539
 because the

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.199
 purpose of the

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:52.819
 law was to

00:36:52.819 --> 00:36:53.579
 point forward

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.340
 to Christ

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:56.299
 what great

00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:57.319
 glory we have

00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:58.920
 that those

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.460
 of us in this

00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.860
 room who've

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.960
 never ever read

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.639
 one Hebrew

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.840
 word can know

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.400
 the Hebrew

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.980
 Old Testament

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.620
 better than

00:37:04.620 --> 00:37:05.440
 those who are

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.200
 masters of

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:06.539
 the Hebrew

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:07.039
 language

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.880
 why?

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.039
 because of

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.620
 the spirit

00:37:09.620 --> 00:37:10.200
 of Christ

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:11.120
 writing his

00:37:11.120 --> 00:37:11.680
 law upon

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.140
 your heart

00:37:12.140 --> 00:37:12.800
 and opening

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.260
 your eyes

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.680
 to behold

00:37:13.680 --> 00:37:14.120
 the glory

00:37:14.120 --> 00:37:14.460
 of God

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:14.860
 in the face

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.260
 of Jesus

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:15.740
 Christ

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.760
 transforming

00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:17.280
 you from

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:18.000
 one degree

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.960
 of glory

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.579
 to another

00:37:19.579 --> 00:37:21.660
 this is why

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:22.220
 the psalmist

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.700
 prayed

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:24.079
 open my

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.519
 eyes

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.640
 that I may

00:37:25.640 --> 00:37:26.039
 behold

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.559
 wondrous

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.059
 things out

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.260
 of your

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.559
 law

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:29.240
 perhaps you

00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:29.600
 might make

00:37:29.600 --> 00:37:30.100
 it a practice

00:37:30.100 --> 00:37:30.579
 this week

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:31.340
 as you take

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.800
 the word

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.260
 of God

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:33.060
 and open

00:37:33.060 --> 00:37:33.300
 it

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:34.160
 to simply

00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:34.840
 begin with

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.520
 that prayer

00:37:35.520 --> 00:37:36.520
 open my

00:37:36.520 --> 00:37:37.000
 eyes

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.820
 that I may

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.640
 behold wonderful

00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:39.120
 things out of

00:37:39.120 --> 00:37:39.540
 your law

00:37:39.540 --> 00:37:41.120
 because I want

00:37:41.120 --> 00:37:41.620
 to point out

00:37:41.620 --> 00:37:42.440
 from this text

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.440
 that where

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.200
 they don't

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:45.100
 see Christ

00:37:45.100 --> 00:37:46.060
 is when

00:37:46.060 --> 00:37:47.880
 when the

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.540
 law of

00:37:48.540 --> 00:37:48.800
 Moses

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.520
 is

00:37:49.520 --> 00:37:50.940
 red

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:52.900
 this is an

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.640
 important note

00:37:53.640 --> 00:37:54.080
 in Paul

00:37:54.080 --> 00:37:54.600
 because it's a

00:37:54.600 --> 00:37:55.380
 connection to

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:56.100
 the word

00:37:56.100 --> 00:37:57.400
 the word

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.960
 of God

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.580
 is where

00:37:58.580 --> 00:37:59.060
 we see

00:37:59.060 --> 00:37:59.680
 the glory

00:37:59.679 --> 00:37:59.719
 glory

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.419
 we're in

00:38:00.419 --> 00:38:00.919
 a stage

00:38:00.919 --> 00:38:01.359
 of walking

00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:02.139
 by faith

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.639
 and not

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:02.960
 yet

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.919
 by sight

00:38:03.919 --> 00:38:04.759
 so where

00:38:04.759 --> 00:38:05.039
 is it

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.659
 your faith

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:06.039
 will be

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.799
 built up

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.339
 and you

00:38:07.339 --> 00:38:07.579
 will be

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:08.079
 transformed

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.619
 from one

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.000
 degree of

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.440
 glory to

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.679
 another

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.199
 it is in

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.719
 the word

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.460
 of God

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:13.539
 and so we

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.219
 look to the

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.659
 word and we

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.159
 pray Holy

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.639
 Spirit

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.799
 do what only

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:17.500
 you can do

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.940
 for the

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.319
 letter

00:38:18.319 --> 00:38:19.719
 the letters

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:20.519
 and the words

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.519
 on the page

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:22.599
 can kill

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.139
 but you

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.679
 can give

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.440
 life

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.099
 as your

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.699
 word is

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:26.319
 shown to me

00:38:26.319 --> 00:38:26.719
 and as I

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.719
 look by

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:28.480
 faith as it

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.159
 were behold

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.659
 the glory

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.139
 of God

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:31.219
 in the face

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:32.119
 of Jesus

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.619
 Christ

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.379
 in the

00:38:33.379 --> 00:38:33.659
 written

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.219
 word

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:38.599
 in Christ

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.739
 the double

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.379
 veil

00:38:40.379 --> 00:38:41.799
 is removed

00:38:41.799 --> 00:38:42.779
 and what

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.299
 does Paul

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.779
 say we

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.359
 receive

00:38:44.359 --> 00:38:46.159
 the Spirit

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:47.099
 gives life

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:48.539
 and he

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.500
 gives freedom

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.799
 freedom

00:38:50.799 --> 00:38:51.679
 to see

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.500
 freedom

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:52.959
 from

00:38:52.959 --> 00:38:54.000
 condemnation

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.799
 and that

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:55.699
 belongs as

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:56.259
 we'll see

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:57.540
 to just

00:38:57.540 --> 00:38:57.920
 the Christian

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.300
 leaders

00:38:58.300 --> 00:39:00.320
 no

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:01.600
 all

00:39:01.600 --> 00:39:02.140
 Christians

00:39:02.140 --> 00:39:04.140
 here we

00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:04.420
 are

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:05.160
 we finally

00:39:05.160 --> 00:39:05.980
 reached the

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.520
 answer to

00:39:06.520 --> 00:39:07.060
 our question

00:39:07.060 --> 00:39:07.680
 in the text

00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:09.120
 how is it

00:39:09.120 --> 00:39:09.600
 that the

00:39:09.600 --> 00:39:10.040
 image of

00:39:10.040 --> 00:39:10.480
 God will

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.900
 be healed

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.920
 and man

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.420
 restored to

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.820
 glory

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.920
 verse 18

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.780
 our final

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.220
 point

00:39:16.220 --> 00:39:17.620
 a transformed

00:39:17.620 --> 00:39:18.440
 image

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:20.800
 and we

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.300
 all

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:23.160
 with unveiled

00:39:23.160 --> 00:39:23.780
 face

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:25.420
 beholding the

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.900
 glory of

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.320
 the Lord

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:26.740
 are being

00:39:26.740 --> 00:39:27.579
 transformed

00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:29.200
 into the

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:30.139
 same image

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:30.780
 from one

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:31.300
 degree of

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.840
 glory to

00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:32.180
 another

00:39:32.180 --> 00:39:33.300
 for this

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:33.880
 comes from

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.300
 the Lord

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:34.720
 who is

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:35.119
 the Spirit

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:37.119
 we've now

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.860
 reached what a

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.599
 theologian called

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.059
 one of the

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.820
 most important

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.740
 texts in the

00:39:40.740 --> 00:39:41.280
 New Testament

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:42.480
 for understanding

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.260
 what it means

00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:43.740
 to be a

00:39:43.740 --> 00:39:44.059
 Christian

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:46.760
 it's not

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.619
 simply Moses

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:49.200
 or Paul

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:50.760
 or a

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.240
 pastor

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:52.619
 or a

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:53.099
 trained

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.939
 academic

00:39:53.939 --> 00:39:54.799
 theologian

00:39:54.799 --> 00:39:55.799
 whose faces

00:39:55.799 --> 00:39:56.839
 are unveiled

00:39:56.839 --> 00:39:58.559
 oh no

00:39:58.559 --> 00:40:00.179
 we all

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:01.719
 we all

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.939
 every Christian

00:40:02.939 --> 00:40:03.839
 from the

00:40:03.839 --> 00:40:04.659
 Christian who

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:05.979
 first is

00:40:05.979 --> 00:40:06.639
 converted

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:08.279
 from the

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:08.939
 Christian who

00:40:08.939 --> 00:40:09.979
 just comes to

00:40:09.979 --> 00:40:10.439
 know Jesus

00:40:10.439 --> 00:40:11.419
 who maybe

00:40:11.419 --> 00:40:12.019
 has never

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.759
 even heard of

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.500
 Noah or

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.619
 Moses or

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.239
 Adam

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:16.839
 that Christian

00:40:16.839 --> 00:40:17.939
 new creation

00:40:17.939 --> 00:40:19.259
 life has

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:19.800
 the veil

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:20.620
 removed

00:40:20.620 --> 00:40:21.980
 and so

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.460
 does

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:23.340
 the seasoned

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.860
 Christian

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:24.480
 the mature

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.940
 believer

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:26.020
 we all

00:40:26.020 --> 00:40:27.320
 with unveiled

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:28.020
 face

00:40:28.020 --> 00:40:29.840
 are beholding

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:30.360
 the glory

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:31.060
 of the Lord

00:40:31.060 --> 00:40:32.140
 if you are

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:32.620
 a Christian

00:40:32.620 --> 00:40:33.420
 this morning

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:34.380
 rejoice

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:35.160
 you're indwelt

00:40:35.160 --> 00:40:35.740
 by the Holy

00:40:35.740 --> 00:40:36.100
 Spirit

00:40:36.100 --> 00:40:37.200
 and the veil

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:38.080
 of mystery

00:40:38.080 --> 00:40:39.200
 in the Mosaic

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:39.620
 covenant

00:40:39.620 --> 00:40:40.740
 is removed

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.200
 in the preaching

00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:41.740
 of the gospel

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:42.900
 and the veil

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.360
 of sinful

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.900
 blindness

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.700
 that we all

00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:45.400
 had on us

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:45.980
 in Adam

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.440
 has been

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.100
 removed

00:40:47.100 --> 00:40:48.300
 you are

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.860
 free

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.599
 by the Spirit

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.820
 to behold

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:51.280
 the glory

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:51.660
 of God

00:40:51.660 --> 00:40:52.260
 in the Word

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:53.300
 and to reflect

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:54.420
 his likeness

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:55.800
 not as Moses

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.559
 who veiled

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.280
 his face

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:58.180
 not as the

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.860
 children of Israel

00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.280
 who said

00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:00.200
 ah we can't

00:41:00.200 --> 00:41:01.240
 stand to see

00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:01.860
 the glory

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:03.160
 but as children

00:41:03.160 --> 00:41:04.140
 of God

00:41:04.140 --> 00:41:04.720
 who say

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:05.720
 we want

00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:06.160
 to see

00:41:06.160 --> 00:41:06.920
 your face

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:08.220
 seek the face

00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:08.880
 of the Lord

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.380
 the psalmist

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.640
 said

00:41:09.640 --> 00:41:10.840
 seek his face

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.780
 always

00:41:11.780 --> 00:41:12.820
 and now

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:14.180
 we can

00:41:14.180 --> 00:41:16.099
 why is that

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:16.740
 so important

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:19.039
 because now

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.639
 that we know

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:20.059
 and believe

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.559
 the gospel

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.079
 and have

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.519
 the Spirit

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.119
 of Christ

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:22.919
 God

00:41:22.919 --> 00:41:23.859
 transforms

00:41:23.859 --> 00:41:24.939
 us

00:41:24.939 --> 00:41:26.079
 from one

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.619
 degree of

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:26.919
 glory

00:41:26.919 --> 00:41:27.619
 to another

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:28.679
 by his

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.139
 word

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:30.879
 the word

00:41:30.879 --> 00:41:31.639
 transformed

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:32.579
 there is used

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:33.579
 by the gospel

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:34.439
 writers to refer

00:41:34.439 --> 00:41:34.919
 to Jesus

00:41:34.919 --> 00:41:36.379
 as transfiguration

00:41:36.379 --> 00:41:36.979
 this is

00:41:36.979 --> 00:41:38.000
 nothing short

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.359
 of

00:41:38.359 --> 00:41:40.199
 glorification

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:42.839
 here is the

00:41:42.839 --> 00:41:43.460
 contrast

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:44.779
 when Moses

00:41:44.779 --> 00:41:45.439
 is read

00:41:45.439 --> 00:41:46.980
 to the

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.559
 unbeliever

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.899
 it is a

00:41:48.899 --> 00:41:49.500
 ministry of

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.859
 death

00:41:49.859 --> 00:41:51.539
 but now

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:52.159
 for you

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:53.419
 when Moses

00:41:53.419 --> 00:41:53.960
 is read

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:55.139
 you are

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.779
 gloriously

00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:56.839
 being transformed

00:41:56.839 --> 00:41:58.419
 from one

00:41:58.419 --> 00:41:59.000
 degree of

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.539
 glory to

00:41:59.539 --> 00:41:59.879
 another

00:41:59.879 --> 00:42:00.559
 by seeing

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:01.079
 Christ

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:01.739
 with the

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:02.219
 eyes of

00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:02.639
 faith

00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:04.119
 and though

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:04.779
 our outer

00:42:04.779 --> 00:42:05.679
 man may

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:06.259
 not reflect

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:06.599
 that

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:07.439
 although we

00:42:07.439 --> 00:42:08.219
 have weaknesses

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:09.079
 and suffering

00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:09.960
 and illnesses

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.239
 and frustrations

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:11.980
 and pain

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.860
 and afflictions

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.719
 our inner

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:14.420
 man is being

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.079
 renewed

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:16.159
 refreshed

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:17.539
 day by day

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.559
 week by week

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.299
 as we behold

00:42:19.299 --> 00:42:20.179
 the glory of God

00:42:20.179 --> 00:42:20.579
 in the face

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:21.400
 of Jesus Christ

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:22.319
 participating

00:42:22.319 --> 00:42:23.119
 now

00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:24.480
 by his

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:24.880
 spirit

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:25.299
 as our

00:42:25.299 --> 00:42:25.719
 guarantee

00:42:25.719 --> 00:42:27.460
 in the

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:28.239
 foretaste

00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:28.840
 of glory

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:30.360
 we know

00:42:30.360 --> 00:42:31.079
 we have so

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.500
 much more

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:31.940
 glory to

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.400
 experience

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:33.139
 on that

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:33.559
 day

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:34.559
 but yet

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.380
 our God

00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:35.759
 has not

00:42:35.759 --> 00:42:36.440
 left us

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:37.420
 without glory

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:38.480
 to taste

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:39.340
 now

00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:40.179
 and so

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:40.740
 we gather

00:42:40.740 --> 00:42:41.340
 around the

00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:41.639
 word

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:42.280
 and we

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:42.760
 behold

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:43.260
 the glory

00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:43.760
 of God

00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:44.460
 and we

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:45.019
 watch

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:45.679
 each other

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:46.240
 become

00:42:46.240 --> 00:42:47.260
 transformed

00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:48.240
 from one

00:42:48.240 --> 00:42:48.760
 degree of

00:42:48.760 --> 00:42:49.219
 glory to

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.559
 another

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.579
 and we

00:42:50.579 --> 00:42:51.300
 see Paul

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:51.940
 tell us

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:52.860
 this is not

00:42:52.860 --> 00:42:53.559
 something that

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.260
 I do

00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:55.000
 this is not

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.519
 something that

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:56.199
 you do

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:56.860
 he says

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:58.019
 this comes

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.619
 from

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:59.800
 the Lord

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:00.900
 who is

00:43:00.900 --> 00:43:01.860
 the spirit

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:03.480
 so you can

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.219
 trust today

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:05.079
 as a Christian

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:06.460
 God is

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:07.260
 transforming

00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:08.360
 you from

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:09.020
 one degree

00:43:09.020 --> 00:43:09.520
 of glory

00:43:09.520 --> 00:43:10.140
 to another

00:43:10.140 --> 00:43:11.000
 by his

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.260
 word

00:43:11.260 --> 00:43:11.600
 and by

00:43:11.600 --> 00:43:12.080
 his spirit

00:43:12.080 --> 00:43:13.260
 and it's

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:14.080
 not something

00:43:14.080 --> 00:43:15.240
 you're doing

00:43:15.240 --> 00:43:16.180
 it's something

00:43:16.180 --> 00:43:17.200
 he's doing

00:43:17.200 --> 00:43:19.020
 and yet

00:43:19.020 --> 00:43:19.520
 aren't we so

00:43:19.520 --> 00:43:20.040
 thankful that

00:43:20.040 --> 00:43:20.360
 he's given

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:21.360
 us means

00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:22.800
 means of

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:23.500
 approaching his

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:23.920
 word to

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.440
 behold his

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:24.860
 glory

00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:26.660
 the means

00:43:26.660 --> 00:43:27.380
 of baptism

00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:28.200
 and the

00:43:28.200 --> 00:43:28.560
 Lord's

00:43:28.560 --> 00:43:28.800
 supper

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:29.740
 to see

00:43:29.740 --> 00:43:30.620
 his glory

00:43:30.620 --> 00:43:32.420
 pictorially

00:43:32.420 --> 00:43:33.260
 shown for

00:43:33.260 --> 00:43:33.600
 us

00:43:33.600 --> 00:43:34.540
 the word

00:43:34.540 --> 00:43:35.240
 shown

00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:36.399
 in sight

00:43:36.399 --> 00:43:38.879
 but what

00:43:38.879 --> 00:43:39.339
 is it

00:43:39.339 --> 00:43:39.799
 that we

00:43:39.799 --> 00:43:40.139
 are being

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:40.679
 transformed

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:41.000
 into

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:41.259
 did you

00:43:41.259 --> 00:43:41.779
 catch it

00:43:41.779 --> 00:43:43.339
 the same

00:43:43.339 --> 00:43:43.719
 image

00:43:43.719 --> 00:43:45.339
 the same

00:43:45.339 --> 00:43:45.719
 image

00:43:45.719 --> 00:43:47.279
 not Moses

00:43:47.279 --> 00:43:48.599
 not Paul

00:43:48.599 --> 00:43:50.059
 who's the

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.459
 image

00:43:50.459 --> 00:43:52.139
 Christ

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:53.459
 the image

00:43:53.459 --> 00:43:53.959
 of the

00:43:53.959 --> 00:43:54.500
 invisible

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:55.019
 God

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:56.779
 the image

00:43:56.779 --> 00:43:57.239
 of God

00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:57.699
 and man

00:43:57.699 --> 00:43:58.019
 that was

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.699
 marred in

00:43:58.699 --> 00:43:59.159
 the fall

00:43:59.159 --> 00:43:59.819
 is being

00:43:59.819 --> 00:44:00.839
 perfected

00:44:00.839 --> 00:44:01.639
 by the

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:02.439
 true image

00:44:02.439 --> 00:44:03.500
 the image

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:04.119
 of the

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:04.500
 invisible

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:04.959
 God

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.519
 the divine

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:05.900
 eternal

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:06.440
 son

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:08.360
 Ortlund

00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:08.960
 once again

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.440
 writes

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:10.280
 united to

00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:10.579
 him

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:11.659
 we look

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:12.300
 like him

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:13.099
 as we

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:13.579
 gaze

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:14.119
 at him

00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:15.240
 it is

00:44:15.240 --> 00:44:16.039
 the regaining

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.440
 of our

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:16.860
 lost

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:17.400
 humanity

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:18.800
 our fallen

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.320
 dignity

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:20.840
 we look

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:21.280
 at the

00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:21.659
 beauty

00:44:21.659 --> 00:44:22.519
 of Christ

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:23.320
 as we

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:23.940
 look at

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:24.539
 the mirror

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:25.720
 seeing

00:44:25.720 --> 00:44:26.320
 Christ

00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:27.260
 but also

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:27.820
 seeing

00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:28.500
 and becoming

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:29.360
 our true

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:30.059
 selves

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:31.659
 the Holy

00:44:31.659 --> 00:44:32.079
 Spirit

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:33.220
 is molding

00:44:33.220 --> 00:44:33.440
 us

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:34.220
 even now

00:44:34.219 --> 00:44:34.899
 into the

00:44:34.899 --> 00:44:35.299
 final

00:44:35.299 --> 00:44:36.259
 resplendent

00:44:36.259 --> 00:44:36.980
 radiance

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:37.539
 that will

00:44:37.539 --> 00:44:37.839
 be of

00:44:37.839 --> 00:44:38.239
 such a

00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:38.519
 bright

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:38.859
 beauty

00:44:38.859 --> 00:44:39.239
 that the

00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:39.480
 world

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:39.980
 will not

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:40.439
 be able

00:44:40.439 --> 00:44:41.019
 to stand

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:41.619
 the sight

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:45.639
 husbands

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.259
 and wives

00:44:46.259 --> 00:44:46.779
 think of it

00:44:46.779 --> 00:44:47.379
 one day

00:44:47.379 --> 00:44:47.980
 we'll finally

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:48.500
 be able to

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:48.859
 look at each

00:44:48.859 --> 00:44:49.279
 other and

00:44:49.279 --> 00:44:49.639
 say

00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:51.139
 I always

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:51.619
 knew

00:44:51.619 --> 00:44:52.099
 you'd be

00:44:52.099 --> 00:44:52.759
 like this

00:44:52.759 --> 00:44:54.719
 I always

00:44:54.719 --> 00:44:55.459
 saw that

00:44:55.459 --> 00:44:55.859
 you'd be

00:44:55.859 --> 00:44:56.639
 like this

00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:58.539
 I saw

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:58.879
 you at

00:44:58.879 --> 00:44:59.339
 your best

00:44:59.339 --> 00:44:59.659
 I saw

00:44:59.659 --> 00:44:59.899
 you at

00:44:59.899 --> 00:45:00.279
 your worst

00:45:00.280 --> 00:45:01.040
 and finally

00:45:01.040 --> 00:45:01.740
 you're

00:45:01.740 --> 00:45:02.320
 here

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:03.820
 what a

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.420
 glory

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:06.660
 fathers and

00:45:06.660 --> 00:45:07.120
 mothers to

00:45:07.120 --> 00:45:07.440
 look at our

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:08.000
 children and

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:08.940
 say finally

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:10.160
 I always

00:45:10.160 --> 00:45:10.720
 knew you

00:45:10.720 --> 00:45:11.060
 could do

00:45:11.060 --> 00:45:11.720
 this with

00:45:11.720 --> 00:45:12.260
 Christ's

00:45:12.260 --> 00:45:12.540
 help

00:45:12.540 --> 00:45:13.540
 and now

00:45:13.540 --> 00:45:14.140
 you finally

00:45:14.140 --> 00:45:14.820
 reflect his

00:45:14.820 --> 00:45:15.260
 glory

00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:16.440
 perfectly

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:19.820
 the result

00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:20.320
 of God's

00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:20.740
 plan of

00:45:20.740 --> 00:45:21.079
 redemption

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:21.780
 is something

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:22.559
 even greater

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:23.480
 and more

00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:24.200
 beautiful than

00:45:24.200 --> 00:45:24.700
 what Adam

00:45:24.700 --> 00:45:25.480
 experienced

00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:26.659
 before the

00:45:26.659 --> 00:45:26.980
 fall

00:45:26.980 --> 00:45:28.059
 and wasn't

00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:28.639
 it glorious

00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:29.740
 to imagine

00:45:29.740 --> 00:45:30.079
 what he

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:30.679
 experienced

00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:31.740
 walking with

00:45:31.740 --> 00:45:32.579
 God in the

00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:33.059
 garden in

00:45:33.059 --> 00:45:33.480
 the cool

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:34.099
 of the day

00:45:34.099 --> 00:45:35.579
 and yet

00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:36.099
 believer

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.659
 you get

00:45:37.659 --> 00:45:38.179
 something

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:39.220
 even better

00:45:39.220 --> 00:45:40.579
 what a

00:45:40.579 --> 00:45:41.039
 glory

00:45:41.039 --> 00:45:42.579
 as Isaac

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:43.440
 Watts penned

00:45:43.440 --> 00:45:43.679
 in the

00:45:43.679 --> 00:45:44.280
 great hymn

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:44.599
 Jesus

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.320
 shall reign

00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:46.920
 in him

00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:47.340
 that is

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:47.860
 Christ

00:45:47.860 --> 00:45:49.140
 the tribes

00:45:49.140 --> 00:45:49.780
 of Adam

00:45:49.780 --> 00:45:50.280
 boast

00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:51.640
 more blessings

00:45:51.640 --> 00:45:52.180
 than their

00:45:52.180 --> 00:45:53.200
 father lost

00:45:53.200 --> 00:45:55.019
 in him

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:55.660
 the tribes

00:45:55.660 --> 00:45:56.120
 of Adam

00:45:56.120 --> 00:45:56.539
 boast

00:45:56.539 --> 00:45:57.700
 more blessings

00:45:57.700 --> 00:45:58.140
 than their

00:45:58.140 --> 00:45:59.039
 father lost

00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:02.120
 very recently

00:46:02.120 --> 00:46:03.100
 I have

00:46:03.100 --> 00:46:03.620
 had the

00:46:03.620 --> 00:46:04.140
 blessing

00:46:04.140 --> 00:46:04.920
 of knowing

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:06.080
 a Christian

00:46:06.080 --> 00:46:06.519
 in her

00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:07.220
 90s

00:46:07.220 --> 00:46:09.559
 she is

00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:09.880
 one of the

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:10.360
 most generous

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:11.000
 people I've

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:11.440
 ever met

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:12.920
 one of the

00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:13.519
 most trusting

00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:14.000
 people

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:15.039
 in the

00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:15.320
 Lord

00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:17.500
 things come

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:17.900
 her way

00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:18.219
 that she

00:46:18.219 --> 00:46:18.500
 wasn't

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:18.940
 expecting

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:19.300
 and she

00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:19.820
 turns to

00:46:19.820 --> 00:46:20.019
 the Lord

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:20.360
 in prayer

00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:20.820
 and says

00:46:20.820 --> 00:46:21.760
 I know

00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:22.480
 I've seen

00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:22.900
 the Lord

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:23.480
 be faithful

00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:23.940
 to me

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:25.400
 and as I

00:46:25.400 --> 00:46:25.940
 get to know

00:46:25.940 --> 00:46:26.480
 her her name

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:27.000
 is Lib

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:29.079
 the more

00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:29.420
 that I get

00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:29.719
 to know

00:46:29.719 --> 00:46:30.539
 her and

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:31.139
 we see

00:46:31.139 --> 00:46:31.820
 her it's

00:46:31.820 --> 00:46:32.599
 almost as if

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:33.039
 there is a

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:33.679
 radiance

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:34.760
 not a

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:36.380
 visible light

00:46:36.380 --> 00:46:37.599
 but something

00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:39.219
 like the

00:46:39.219 --> 00:46:40.099
 reflection of

00:46:40.099 --> 00:46:40.619
 the glory

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:41.039
 of God

00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:41.500
 in the face

00:46:41.500 --> 00:46:41.880
 of Jesus

00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:42.380
 Christ

00:46:42.380 --> 00:46:43.300
 in Christian

00:46:43.300 --> 00:46:43.900
 maturity

00:46:43.900 --> 00:46:45.200
 year after

00:46:45.200 --> 00:46:46.059
 year after

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:46.820
 year after

00:46:46.820 --> 00:46:47.220
 year

00:46:47.220 --> 00:46:48.300
 and I go

00:46:48.300 --> 00:46:49.059
 I'm not

00:46:49.059 --> 00:46:49.660
 like that

00:46:49.660 --> 00:46:50.059
 yet

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:52.260
 but this

00:46:52.260 --> 00:46:53.019
 passage reminds

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.300
 me

00:46:53.300 --> 00:46:54.500
 that I

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:54.940
 will be

00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:57.500
 I will

00:46:57.500 --> 00:46:57.940
 be

00:46:57.940 --> 00:46:58.900
 transformed

00:46:58.900 --> 00:47:00.099
 from one

00:47:00.099 --> 00:47:01.019
 degree of

00:47:01.019 --> 00:47:01.619
 glory to

00:47:01.619 --> 00:47:02.200
 the next

00:47:02.200 --> 00:47:03.640
 and wherever

00:47:03.640 --> 00:47:04.460
 you may be

00:47:04.460 --> 00:47:04.980
 this morning

00:47:04.980 --> 00:47:05.579
 in Christ

00:47:05.579 --> 00:47:06.280
 whatever you

00:47:06.280 --> 00:47:06.559
 may be

00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:06.940
 struggling

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:07.320
 with

00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:08.019
 whatever

00:47:08.019 --> 00:47:09.380
 feelings of

00:47:09.380 --> 00:47:10.059
 discouragement

00:47:10.059 --> 00:47:10.820
 and frustration

00:47:10.820 --> 00:47:11.420
 you may

00:47:11.420 --> 00:47:12.000
 feel

00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:14.820
 trust this

00:47:14.820 --> 00:47:15.280
 promise

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:16.500
 as you

00:47:16.500 --> 00:47:17.059
 behold the

00:47:17.059 --> 00:47:17.500
 glory of

00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:17.840
 God in

00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:18.300
 the face

00:47:18.300 --> 00:47:18.800
 of Jesus

00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:19.280
 Christ

00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:20.880
 you are

00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:21.280
 being

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:21.960
 transformed

00:47:21.960 --> 00:47:23.320
 from one

00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:23.860
 degree of

00:47:23.860 --> 00:47:24.340
 glory to

00:47:24.340 --> 00:47:24.880
 the next

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:27.000
 because the

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:27.559
 new covenant

00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:28.660
 contains a

00:47:28.660 --> 00:47:29.360
 greater glory

00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:30.200
 live in

00:47:30.200 --> 00:47:30.580
 hope

00:47:30.580 --> 00:47:32.039
 and confidence

00:47:32.039 --> 00:47:32.680
 in the gospel

00:47:32.680 --> 00:47:33.059
 of Jesus

00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:33.519
 Christ

00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:34.860
 we have

00:47:34.860 --> 00:47:35.440
 a greater

00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:36.120
 glory

00:47:36.119 --> 00:47:37.619
 because the

00:47:37.619 --> 00:47:38.099
 new covenant

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:38.980
 removes the

00:47:38.980 --> 00:47:39.359
 veil

00:47:39.359 --> 00:47:40.139
 pray

00:47:40.139 --> 00:47:41.239
 every day

00:47:41.239 --> 00:47:41.619
 for the

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:42.079
 spirit's

00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:42.400
 help

00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:43.000
 to see

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:43.480
 all of

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:43.819
 scripture

00:47:43.819 --> 00:47:44.559
 in light

00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:44.900
 of the

00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:45.239
 glory

00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:45.420
 of

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:45.799
 Christ

00:47:45.799 --> 00:47:46.339
 because

00:47:46.339 --> 00:47:47.039
 how dare

00:47:47.039 --> 00:47:47.199
 we

00:47:47.199 --> 00:47:47.519
 approach

00:47:47.519 --> 00:47:47.839
 his word

00:47:47.839 --> 00:47:48.159
 and not

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:48.500
 get the

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:48.920
 glory

00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:49.819
 I want

00:47:49.819 --> 00:47:50.279
 to see

00:47:50.279 --> 00:47:51.059
 your face

00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:52.599
 and because

00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:52.859
 of the

00:47:52.859 --> 00:47:53.400
 new covenant

00:47:53.400 --> 00:47:54.759
 because it

00:47:54.759 --> 00:47:55.639
 transforms us

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:56.239
 into Christ

00:47:56.239 --> 00:47:56.880
 image from

00:47:56.880 --> 00:47:57.500
 one degree

00:47:57.500 --> 00:47:57.940
 of glory

00:47:57.940 --> 00:47:58.519
 to another

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:59.940
 behold the

00:47:59.940 --> 00:48:00.420
 glory of

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:00.779
 God

00:48:00.779 --> 00:48:01.719
 in the face

00:48:01.719 --> 00:48:02.179
 of Jesus

00:48:02.179 --> 00:48:03.380
 through word

00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:04.079
 and sacrament

00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:05.319
 trusting that

00:48:05.319 --> 00:48:05.739
 the Holy

00:48:05.739 --> 00:48:06.139
 Spirit

00:48:06.139 --> 00:48:07.159
 is indeed

00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:07.980
 doing this

00:48:07.980 --> 00:48:08.440
 work of

00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:09.159
 transformation

00:48:09.159 --> 00:48:10.579
 within you

00:48:10.579 --> 00:48:13.799
 how much

00:48:13.799 --> 00:48:14.400
 of God

00:48:14.400 --> 00:48:15.460
 do you want

00:48:15.460 --> 00:48:18.000
 how much

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:18.519
 glory

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:20.119
 do you want

00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:22.539
 we have

00:48:22.539 --> 00:48:23.299
 treasure

00:48:23.299 --> 00:48:24.960
 in the word

00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:26.079
 and we have

00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:26.639
 the spirit

00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:27.239
 as our

00:48:27.239 --> 00:48:27.819
 foretaste

00:48:27.819 --> 00:48:28.500
 and guarantee

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:30.259
 and so

00:48:30.259 --> 00:48:30.759
 with the

00:48:30.759 --> 00:48:31.179
 psalmist

00:48:31.179 --> 00:48:31.840
 I exhort

00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:32.159
 you

00:48:32.159 --> 00:48:33.420
 seek

00:48:33.420 --> 00:48:34.320
 his face

00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:35.619
 always

00:48:35.619 --> 00:48:37.159
 behold his

00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:37.559
 glory

00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:38.539
 for you

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:39.119
 are forever

00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:40.000
 being changed

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:41.519
 let's stand

00:48:41.519 --> 00:48:42.000
 together for

00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:42.280
 prayer