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I absolutely love the truths contained in the transfiguration on the mount. It paints such a clear picture of grace, one of the clearest perhaps.
Mark 9:2-8 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. 3 His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them. 4 And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah” — 6 because he did not know what to say, for they were greatly afraid. 7 And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!” 8 Suddenly, when they had looked around, they saw no one anymore, but only Jesus with themselves. (NKJV)
Moses and Elijah appears with Jesus. Who are they, or what do they represent? Moses represents the Law while Elijah represents the prophets. What did Jesus say about the law and the prophets?
Matt 5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. (NKJV)
The disciples saw that the law (Moses) and the prophets (Elijah) appeared to grace (Jesus). After that, they only saw Jesus, only grace. The law and the prophets are fulfilled in grace, and that’s why they disappeared. There was no more need for the law and its righteous requirements because Jesus fulfilled the righteous requirements of it completely. There was also no more need for the prophets to prophesy His coming for He had arrived.
Matt 11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. (NKJV)
Why until John? Because he announced the Messiah is here. All the other prophets of old spoke of the Messiah to come. So when John said, ‘He is here’, the prophets of old got fulfilled. Back to the transfiguration; when the disciples saw Jesus, Moses and Elijah in their glorified state, they wanted to erect 3 tabernacles. A tabernacle is a place of worship. So what the disciples were actually saying was, “Let us worship the Law, the prophets and Grace. Let’s balance the 3 and give equal honour to all of them.” At that moment, God spoke from heaven to them and said, “This is My beloved Son, Hear Him!” Why did God say, ‘Hear Him?’ The word ‘hear’ means listen to, understand and give an audience to. So God was basically telling them “Listen to Grace, understand Grace, only give an audience to Grace. Don’t listen to the law, don’t listen to the prophets of doom and gloom, hear my Son, hear Grace.”
The moment God said that, Moses and Elijah disappeared and they were left alone with Jesus. That shows that you can’t worship the law, the prophets and Jesus together. They can’t be balanced. They can’t be equally honoured. On their own, each is so glorious and holy that man’s first instinct is to worship all of them, but God made it clear that only Jesus should be given an audience. The law is holy and glorious, and when you see it you will be inclined to uphold it. But when you see Jesus, the law disappears for He upholds it for you. When you hear the prophets, you hear the holy and glorious voice of the law speaking out against every transgression of the law. When you hear their voice, you will be inclined to uphold the law again. But when you see Jesus, the voices of the prophets are silenced for He fulfills them. In Jesus, there is no need to worship the law or the prophets. Only worship Jesus, only give an audience to Him, only listen to Him.
What do you hear if you give an audience to the law? “You are my beloved son, look at everything you are doing wrong.” This will only bring guilt. What do you hear when listen to the prophets? “You are my beloved son, I am judging you for everything you have done wrong.” That only brings condemnation. What do you hear when you give an audience to Jesus? The same thing God said about Jesus. “You are my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.” ‘Well pleased’ means this: You are approved, you are my good pleasure, I only think well of you.” In those words there is no room for guilt or condemnation. In Christ, there is no more need to give an audience to guilt or condemnation! In Christ you are God’s GOOD PLEASURE!
Praise His Name!
Cornel
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“So You Think Your Mind Is Renewed?”
2 Tim 4:3-4 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. (NIV)
I apologize for the bluntness of some the statements I am about to make. It is not my intention to offend anybody except the devil, the traditions of man and the lies they propagate against my Dad. If you do find yourself offended at some of the statements, go read the scripture references and decide for yourself if what I say is true or not, or even if everything you believe to be true about God is actually true.
My Father is not…
… a child abuser: He doesn’t make His children sick. (Ex 15:26, Is 53:5, Matt 8:16, 1 Pet 2:24, Acts 10:38)
… double-minded: He doesn’t decide to heal one day and refuse the next. (2 Cor 1:20, Mat 12:25, 1 Tim 2:4)
… an angry God: Sure He can get angry but His anger is directed to those hurting and oppressing His children. (Is 35, Is 54:9, Acts 10:38)
… against His children: God is anti-anything that comes against you to destroy you, steal from you or harm you. (Is 54:15, Eph 6:16, Acts 10:38)
… the devil: He does not steal, kill or destroy. Anything that steals, kills or destroys any part of you is the devil. (John 10:10, Acts 10:38, Matt 12:24-25)
… a bully: Bullies try to humiliate you to make you feel worthless. You have to pay off the mafia to not make bad things happen to you. You don’t pay-off God with tithes or good works. God also does not allow sickness to humble us or teach us anything. He has His Spirit and the Word to teach you with, He doesn’t need the devil’s help. (Is 50:7 Is 54:4, Acts 10:38, Matt 8:16-17, 2 Tim 3:16-17, 1 John 2:27)
… a mafia boss: You have to pay off the mafia to keep them from doing bad things to you and to protect against bad things happening. You don’t pay-off God with tithes or good works. (Tithing series)
… a rapist: He does not force intimacy on His bride. We are co-labourers, co-workers and co-missioned. When one party is forced to do something they are no longer co-labouring or co-working. (2 Cor 6:1, 1 Cor 3:9)
… a sin accountant: He doesn’t keep score of your sins, nor does He weigh them against your good deeds in order to decide whether you are in right standing before Him or not. Jesus is your right standing. He forgave ALL your sins. (Eph 2:8-9, Heb 8:12, Heb 10:17, Rom 3:20-25)
… an adulterer: He only relates to people inside covenant. How He relates to you is based on which covenant YOU decide to live under. The old covenant of law brings only death and destruction. The New Covenant brings life and life abundantly. (2 Cor 3:5-9, Gal 5:4, Gal 3:2, Heb 8:8-13, Heb 7:18, Rom 10:4)
… a murderer: He didn’t kill Jesus to atone for your sins only to punish you for them too. If He punishes you for your sins, Jesus died for nothing. He judged Jesus guilty so you can be set FREE! (Rom 5:8, Rom 3:24, Rom 8:1, Is 53:5)
… a prostitute: You can’t buy blessings from Him through giving or tithing. God does not reward tithing, He rewards faith. If you want to tithe, tithe yourself because God would much rather have you then your money. (Heb 11:6, Eph 2:8-9, Gal 2:16)
… thief: Yes, He gives and takes away, but He gives us what we don’t deserve (mercy & grace) and takes away what we do deserve (judgment and death). (Eph 1:3, Rom 6:23, John 3:16-17)
… a genie: He doesn’t grant wishes, He fulfills promises. (2 Cor 1:20)
… a homophobe: He came to set all men free regardless of the bondage they are under. Is anybody beyond God’s reach? Is there anybody not worth saving? You weren’t worth saving yet He saved you anyway. He knew you weren’t going to stop sinning after He saved you yet He saved you anyway. What makes your sin less worse than somebody else’s? Stop judging the very people you are called to preserve and be the salt of the earth. Stop keeping people in bondage when you have the key to set them free. God didn’t save you based on your works, why should He then save others based on theirs? (Matt 5:13, John 12:47, Matt 7:1-5, Eph 2:8-9)
… manipulative: He doesn’t wave blessings in front of our noses to make us do good things. He blessed us with everything He had in Christ already. Reward for good and curse for bad was the old covenant which has been done away with. (Eph 1:3, Rom 8:16-17, Gal 4:7, 2 Cor 3:5-9, Gal 5:4, Gal 3:2, Heb 8:8-13, Heb 7:18, Rom 10:4)
… an evolutionist: He is a creationist. Why then do some people think they are someday going to evolve into a super-christian? “One more conference, one more anointing, one more impartation, one more check to write, one more book to read and then I will be ready…” You have everything you need to do what you need to do, just go do it! (2 Pet 1:3-4, Acts 1:8, 1 John 2:20, 1 John 2:27, Eph 1:3, Rom 8:16-17, Matt 28:18, Mark 16:15-18, John 14:12, 2 Tim 4:2)
I hope I didn’t upset anybody too much. Again, I encourage you to read the scripture references and see for yourself how the traditions of man and the devil try to misrepresent our Dad. I for one am fed up. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free!
Grace to you all!
Cornel
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