The glory of God

Exodus 33:12-23

12 Moses said to the Lord, “See, you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’ 13 Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please hshow me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is iyour people.” 14 And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 15 And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”
17 And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” 18 Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” 19 And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”

Pastor Steve

"We have become children of lightweight God."

Glory = heaviness/weight
The word for glory in Hebrew is used to describe heavy, weight, power, influence, or authority.

The bible says that no one has more weight than God.

We see God's glory in creation.

The world is an example of God's power. The diversity shows His creativity. It shows His beauty.

God's salvation shows His character

He shows His mercy, His grace, His faithfulness to His promise... The cross shows both His love and His justice. He cleanses us of all of our sins. He clothes us in the righteousness of Jesus.

God is glorious period.

Even without salvation or creation, God is still glorious.

Application

We need to behold God's glory. When this sinks into our heart and soul, we will be changed.

What we behold, grips us...and changes us. Whatever it is. Football. Movie characters. Celebrities. We become more like them.

The question is are we beholding Christ?

We see God's glory in Christ

In Christ, we see God's glory.

We can hope in our future glory

God will glorify us when He comes back. He will make us like Him. We will enter into glory. No matter how hard or painful our life is now, we can still have hope.

One day, those pains and disabilities will disappear. We will join God, changed and redeemed back to our perfect selves.