A Glory That Never Fades

Excerpted from today's column for Columbia Faith and Culture Examiner:

The modern age of relativism teaches us to value personal opinion above objective truth. As we journey through life, our experiences either confirm or contradict our presuppositions about God and the world around us. The result is a multiplicity of contrasting worldviews, each forming a barrier to reality.

Just as the Jews stood condemned in their zeal for the Old Covenant of the law, so are those who continue to have their minds dulled by refusing to follow Christ. We remain steadfast in ignorance affirming the fallacies of subjective experience. The deceit of our own lives veils our eyes from the revelation of Truth, which is Jesus Christ.

"But," says Paul, "whenever anyone turns to the Lord [that is, Jesus Christ], the veil is taken away." That means that we can now see clearly the awesome glory of God—a glory that does not fade, but lasts forever. The barriers have been removed. We are not condemned but are made righteous because Jesus has perfectly fulfilled the requirements of the law on our behalf. In his presence, where there is his Spirit, there is freedom. But what kind of freedom? Not the false freedom to do as we please according to the desires of the flesh, but the true freedom to please God under the power of his Spirit as "we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."

Read the whole article here.