When we come home from church...
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When we come home from church, is there a radiance in our face that others can see? Does our faith in Christ give us a different look? I have known Christians whose face glowed with joy because of their faith! They were transfigured! I want my children to see that my faith has transformed me so that they will want to grow in their faith also. I don't want to put fear into them just because of my laws into their ears.
Moses' face was still glowing when he came down to see Jesus on the mountain. It never went away in his day either. It was so bright that he had to cover it. Every meeting he had with the Lord renewed that glow.
Some artists paint Moses as having two horns on his head. That reminds us more of Satan! We have to be careful of symbolism! Sometimes our children may only see the horns when we discipline them: in other words, when we bring down the law on them. Moses had just come down with the two tablets of the law. It is not the law that will give us great joy, it is that we have met the Lord and felt his love and his presence.
Sometimes our children need to hear the law -- the law that a good lawyer can't get around. "Don't play ball in our yard or you'll break a window!" we may shout, because we know what can happen if they disobey!
The whole Bible calls into question the principle of democracy! It was a disaster through the whole of scripture. The majority had voted for the golden calf! Shouldn't we allow people the freedom to practice their faith in the way they see it? Evidently not. If democracy ruled we would still be worshiping a golden calf! God had to lay down some solid restrictions on the people's freedom in those two tablets or they would destroy themselves. That vision of Moses' face glowing must have made the Israelites see how far they had wandered from their God! We need to see that glow every Sunday. It is not meant to make us legalists, but to bring us back to the God who loves us and wants us to love him. Jesus tries to correct the people's concept of the law. As he said in just one interpretation of the law, "The Sabbath was created for man and not man for the Sabbath. Laws, especially God's, were given for our good!"
So pay attention to the one who gave the law. Don't get all dragged down in the legal details. Look for the Spirit of the law! Look to the one who gave it to us! Then you will glow.
Moses' face was still glowing when he came down to see Jesus on the mountain. It never went away in his day either. It was so bright that he had to cover it. Every meeting he had with the Lord renewed that glow.
Some artists paint Moses as having two horns on his head. That reminds us more of Satan! We have to be careful of symbolism! Sometimes our children may only see the horns when we discipline them: in other words, when we bring down the law on them. Moses had just come down with the two tablets of the law. It is not the law that will give us great joy, it is that we have met the Lord and felt his love and his presence.
Sometimes our children need to hear the law -- the law that a good lawyer can't get around. "Don't play ball in our yard or you'll break a window!" we may shout, because we know what can happen if they disobey!
The whole Bible calls into question the principle of democracy! It was a disaster through the whole of scripture. The majority had voted for the golden calf! Shouldn't we allow people the freedom to practice their faith in the way they see it? Evidently not. If democracy ruled we would still be worshiping a golden calf! God had to lay down some solid restrictions on the people's freedom in those two tablets or they would destroy themselves. That vision of Moses' face glowing must have made the Israelites see how far they had wandered from their God! We need to see that glow every Sunday. It is not meant to make us legalists, but to bring us back to the God who loves us and wants us to love him. Jesus tries to correct the people's concept of the law. As he said in just one interpretation of the law, "The Sabbath was created for man and not man for the Sabbath. Laws, especially God's, were given for our good!"
So pay attention to the one who gave the law. Don't get all dragged down in the legal details. Look for the Spirit of the law! Look to the one who gave it to us! Then you will glow.
