From Veil to Glory: Embracing the New Covenant

Our salvation isn't in our abilities. Our acceptance by god isn't from our performance. Our forgiveness of god is not based on how well we do as sinners. It's not. Because the new covenant says, our salvation is 100% dependent upon the Messiah, Jesus, not based on performance. I jotted this down. Our status with the Lord is not based on our abilities. It's based on the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross and through his resurrection. [00:19:12] (40 seconds)  #SavedByChristNotPerformance

And this is how god sees us as his son or as his daughter. That's how he sees you today. He sees you perfect like his son, Jesus. This is the grace of god and the new covenant that we celebrate. The apostle Paul writing to the Romans in Romans chapter eight verse one and two. He said, there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. [00:25:32] (30 seconds)  #DeclaredPerfectInChrist

because the law is the ministry of condemnation. It reveals that we do fall short of the glory of God. But the ministry of righteousness in Jesus Christ shows us that we're forgiven, and we receive Christ's own righteousness. So not only is it not about our performance, it's because Christ performed perfectly. It's also that we're forgiven perfectly, and we receive the righteousness of Jesus Christ himself in our life. [00:25:06] (26 seconds)  #ClothedInChristsRighteousness

We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of god. Beholding the glory of God changes us. And it's interesting. You can also translate this reflecting the glory of the Lord. And I think it's both of those things. I think the key to our spiritual growth, the key to us putting to death our sin, the key to us growing more like Christ likeness, it comes in these two things. Beholding the Lord first. [00:31:15] (27 seconds)  #BeholdingChangesUs

What are we taking into our mind? How are we getting to know Jesus Christ and what he has done better? You're sitting through a long sermon because you're learning more about the glories of Jesus Christ, and it's stirring up your affections in your heart. And that's gonna move you in growth from one glory to another glory. And so that's how you grow. You see Jesus. You you behold him, but then you also reflect Jesus. [00:31:42] (20 seconds)  #KnowJesusGrowInGlory

You reflect him and to other people around you, and you grow in your faith when you are a witness for Jesus Christ. You're not gonna be perfect. You're not gonna always have the right words to say. Who is sufficient for this? I'm not. You're not. But guess what? God is, and he lives inside you. And when you reflect the glory of Jesus, you also grow in your faith. [00:32:02] (20 seconds)  #ReflectJesusGrowInFaith

So here here here's a question. So when you're crushing it as a Christian, man, you're doing your devotions, you're not struggling with any besetting sins, God is good, the sun is shining. When you're there, you feel pretty good with the Lord. Right? Things are going good, man. God God's pleased with me. But then in other seasons of life where you're struggling with sin, where the relationships that you have aren't very good, where you don't feel or experience the joy of the lord, you you think, well, god must be displeased with me. [00:17:56] (32 seconds)  #GodsLoveBeyondFeelings

Our goodness is in Jesus Christ, and it's his spirit living within us. And we gotta set our face on the sun. We we gotta look and have our affection stirred for Jesus in the way that we live and the things that we do. We gotta have our eyes on him. No veil in front of us. But, also, we're gonna reflect him to the people around us. We're gonna show the light that he's given to us, to other people. [00:34:26] (27 seconds)  #FixYourEyesOnJesus