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Unapproachable Light

Yes, there is a good reason God is an Unapproachable Light

His Purity and Righteousness condemn us all

But through Jesus Christ, His Mercy and Grace make it possible for us

To be like Moses, a Friend of God and see the back side of His Glory

 God places the earth just 8 minutes from the light of the sun for a reason

God in our life should be far enough away from us so no one would take His Glory

 And close enough that we would walk without spot or blame 

 

Unapproachable Light

In Exodus 33, Moses asked

God to see His Glory.

You may be like many believers and many songs

of worship crying out to see the Glory of God.

God answered Moses…

And the LORD said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you,

and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence.

I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy,

and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 

But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live."

Then the LORD said, "There is a place near me where

you may stand on a rock. When my glory passes by,

 I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover

you with my hand until I have passed by.

Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back;

 but my face must not be seen."

Exodus 33:19-23

"You cannot see my face,

for no one may see me and live."

John tells us…

No one has ever seen God.

But his only Son, who is himself God,

is near to the Father's heart;

he has told us about him.

John 1:18 NLT

Paul writes to Timothy…

— God, the blessed and only Ruler,

the King of kings and Lord of lords,

16 who alone is immortal and

who lives in unapproachable light,

 whom no one has seen or can see.

To him be honor and might forever. 

1 Timothy 6:15,16

God “Unapproachable Light”.

Habakkuk sees the Glory of God as the sun.

His glory covered the heavens

and his praise filled the earth.

His splendor was like the sunrise;

rays flashed from his hand,

where his power was hidden.

Habakkuk 3:3-4

The sun is an unapproachable light.

The light of the sun reaches

the earth in 8 minutes.

The sun’s diameter is 109 times the size the earth,

the sun makes a really big sphere.

You could fit 1.3 million earths inside the sun.

Or, you could flatten out 11,990 earths

to cover the surface of the sun.

Think about the last time you were

outside with no cloud cover and

the temperature was 95 degrees.

Image the earth and sun stood still,

soon that spot you are standing in

would become so hot you and all other

living things would be consumed.

We have sent space ships to observe the

sun in December, 1995, and October, 2006.

Although we have gotten closer to

the sun, the sun is a consuming fire.

God is like the sun…

 He is an “Unapproachable Light”.

Yet, like the sun, its light reaches the earth

to give us the light and heat we need.

The profile of the sun has made great

analogies to help us understand God from

the Old Testament writers throughout

the New Testament and by preachers today.

Although God is not the sun, the sun helps

us to understand the realities of God.

As John says…

 

This is the verdict: Light has come into the world,

but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

 Everyone who does evil hates the light,

and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light,

so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." 

John 3:18-21

Jesus said about Himself…

I have come into the world as a light,

so that no one who believes in me

should stay in darkness.

John 12:46

As Paul writes to Timothy about God being

 an “Unapproachable Light”…

 He reminds us that whatever our achievements

are, whatever position in life might be…

If we become a king, God is still KING of kings.

No matter how many people we lead,

 God is still LORD of lords.

We are reminded as men and women of God…

To flee darkness and pursue righteousness,

godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.

Fight the good fight of the faith.

Take hold of the eternal life

Because God is the Unapproachable Light, we are to…

 Make a good profession of our

faith to keep this command

without spot or blame until the

appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

Yes, there is a good reason God

is an Unapproachable Light,

His Purity and Righteousness condemn us all.

But through Jesus Christ, His Mercy and

Grace make it possible for us to be like

Moses, a friend of God,

 and see the back side of His Glory.

 God places the earth just 8 minutes

from the light of the sun for a reason.

God in our life should be far enough away

from us so no one would take His Glory

and close enough that we would

walk without spot or blame. 

 Scripture Reading

Habakkuk 3:3-4 NIV

His glory covered the heavens

and his praise filled the earth.

4 His splendor was like the sunrise;

rays flashed from his hand,

where his power was hidden.

1 Timothy 6:11-16 NIV

11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.   12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you 14 to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 which God will bring about in his own time — God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.