You can see God in the face of Jesus. Gazing at Jesus transforms and purifies you.

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Encouraging Devotionals

You can see God in the face of Jesus. Gazing at Jesus transforms and purifies you.

You can see God in the face of Jesus. Gazing at Jesus transforms and purifies you.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see [optanomai] God.” (Matt 5:8)

“I have heard [shama] of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You.” (Job 42:5)

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding [katoptrizo] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed [metamorphoumetha] into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” (2Cor 3:18)

“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.” (Jn 17:17)

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (Jn 1:14)

“For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2Cor 4:6)

“whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.” (2Cor 4:4)

“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.” (Num 6:24-26)

“But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” (Acts 7:55-56)

“I saw the Lord [Adonai] sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.” (Isa 6:1)

“which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.” (1Tim 6:15-16)

“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace [charis], that we may obtain mercy [eleos] and find grace [charis] to help in time of need.” (Heb 4:16)

“As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered [heteros = something other, different]” (Lk 9:29)

“and He was transfigured [metamorphoo] before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.” (Matt 17:2)

“and He was transfigured [metamorphoo] before them.” (Mk 9:2)

Reading: Rom 4-6; Matt 5