I was reading yesterday in 2 Corinthians 3: 7-11 and began to think and meditate on that passage in relationship to our worship. (I would encourage you to read the passage.) I began to think on the new covenant, the new song, and the new glory! We have come to know the new covenant that is wrapped up in our Savior, Jesus Christ. We are told some nine times in scripture to sing the new song. Christ is the new song. And here in this passage, we are told there is a new glory greater than what the people of Israel had seen on Moses' face and were unable to look upon.
Verse 8 states, "Shouldn't we expect far greater glory, under the new way, now that the Holy Spirit is giving life? If the old way, which brings condemnation, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new way, which makes us right with God? In fact, that first glory was not glorious at all compared with the overwhelming glory of the new way. So, if the old way, which has been replaced, was glorious, how much more glorious is the new, which remains forever?"(NLT)
Glory, hallelujah, what truths! How can we approach worship and not expect and anticipate the manifest presence and glory of God? The church doesn't need revival. Revivals come and go. The church needs the glory of God in a new way because according to scripture there is a new way. Can you imagine what would happen if the glory of God erupted in the church? We would not be having to come up with schemes to get people in church. The Glory of God can come back to the church if we will walk in the new covenant, sing the new song, and expect to see His glory manifest in the church. God help us! mjm
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