Easter weekend at C3, Pastor David preached through Matthew’s account of the transfiguration found in the first 8 verses of chapter 17. This is the special time in the life of Christ when he took some of his closest disciples to get a sneak peak of his full glory and splendor. The same kind of thing happened with Moses, when he received the commandments on Mt. Sinai and his face literally radiated from being in the presence of God. We learn that it is no coincidence that these two events are so similar, because what Jesus came to do was the fulfillment of what Moses was sent to do so many years before. Moses came to free the people of God from bondage and slavery to Egypt, which was to foreshadow what Jesus came to do. That is, Jesus came to free the people of God not from bondage to a national or political power, but from spiritual slavery to sin and death.
So what does that mean for me? Well, it means that the radiance of Jesus is something so powerful that it breaks the power of cancelled sin, and sets the sinner free, as one of my favorite hymns says. It means that our exodus from sin is found when we turn our eyes upon Jesus and watch the things of this world grow dim.
[1 Corinthians 3:18 - And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another]
--Ryan Shelton - C3 Student
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