Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Who Is Like Our God? Summer Series

We began a new Summer Teaching Series. It attempts to unfold the declaration of God about Himself in Exodus 34.5-7. We are trying to spend a week with each concept. While we talk about God in general terms, I have never preached a series on His character specifically. We are looking to take "Eight-weeks to proclaim the Name of God, to expand our understanding of Him,
to be shaped into His Image."


In order to scaffold this exposition, we will use the narrative surrounding the proclamation of the name, HWHY (LORD). First Moses was exposed to the Glory of God and heard the proclamation. Then he returned from the mountain to the people gathered below. His face glowed from the exposure to God's Glory and he put on a veil. So we will spend our time looking first at THE GLORY and the specific characteristic for the week. Then we will look at how that characteristic of our God might GLOW or reflect in our living for the week. We need to "be holy, for God is holy." "Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away...And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect[a] the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3.12 & 18 (NIV)


Judaism calls this proclamation of the name, HWHY, the "Thirteen Attributes of Mercy." It is to the character of God found in this declaration they appeal for forgiveness. We have reduced the discussion to 9 weeks, not 13.

More posts will follow...

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