Re: POWER of PRAYER- No Matter Which Faith You Follow=GOD is With You
More and More like Jesus
A person's countenance is the outward expression of what is in his heart. When the revelation of God's glory was made real to Moses, it changed his very look. "Whenever the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone, then Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him" (Exodus 34:35, NKJV).
Paul testified, "When it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood" (Galatians 1:15-16).
Paul was saying, "I have within me much more than some doctrine somebody thought up, more than just a head knowledge of Christ. I have a revelation of who Christ is, a revelation of his grace, mercy, and love. This revelation has become the very source of all I am and do. It's the very essence of my life." The revelation of God's glory is indeed wondrous. Yet many have turned that very revelation into a license to sin. Jude describes people "...who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ" (Jude 1:4).
According to Paul, such people sin "that grace may abound" (see Romans 6:1). They are saying, in essence, "If God loves to express himself through mercy and forgiveness, then I'm going to give him every opportunity. I'm going to sin and let him keep loving me, so that grace will flow."
Such people are easy to spot. Sin wears a certain look. No smile can cover it up, and its voice has the sound of emptiness, the echo of a sounding brass, a tinkling cymbal.
On the other hand, even the rankest of sinners can tell when you have been with Jesus. How can they tell? They say, "You're different. You carry yourself with a humble assurance, and nothing about you seems hidden. You've got no secretiveness and you don't seem to carry any grudges or bitterness. If you did, I'd know it. Your life is an open book." Those who have appropriated the glory of God are being changed every day. Their countenance is becoming more and more like that of Jesus!
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I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people -- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:1-4
Last edited by Tarfoot; 22-03-26 at 02:30.
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