Friday, May 13, 2011

This little light of mine...

If you want to see glorified humanity in the Bible, it’s summed up in Matthew 17: “And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
[2] And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.”

Likewise, Luke reports in Luke 9, “And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
[29] And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.”

Jordan explains, “The glory of God was in the Lord Jesus Christ and was manifested through Him. Altered means transformed. There He is and His body inside of His clothes is transformed and the glory of God begins to shine out of it as the sun and it made His raiment that He had on glisten; kind of sparkle.

“You understand folks, you know what the difference is between that spotlight up there shining down on my face and reflecting out? My face is shining like the moon shines--reflected light. To shine like the sun is to shine like a light bulb shines. It’s to have the light inside of you and the light shines out.

“Did you ever notice that verse over there in Isaiah where God says, ‘I created the light and I created darkness?’ You know, God had to create darkness. What do you and I have to create? Light.

“You ever had any trouble creating darkness? No, you have to dispel darkness, don’t you? You don’t get along so good in the dark. If you’re in the dark it debilitates you. Before the light bulb we had kerosene lamps and different kind of torches and before that you went to bed before the sun went down because you couldn’t see much and it forced restricted activity. You and I don’t have to create darkness; it’s natural in our world.

“We need a light source that creates light, but God’s the other way. God is naturally in the light. ‘God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.’ And He had to literally create places where he wasn’t so there would be some darkness.

“Well, in the passage it’s talking about His glory coming to reside in us so there’s no darkness in us anymore. Literally, our future body’s going to be the repository of the glory of God and that glory is going to shine out through you. It’s going to be inherently and innately present inside of you because of who He is and you’re going to share in His glorification and it’s going to shine through you. That’s going to be some day!”

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