Show Me The Change

• 1 You Can’t Fake God’s Presence
  This Christian life aint no joke. It is the most important part of your life. 
• I hit on this a bit, almost weekly because I’m trying to get us all across the line, we must be real
• We filter through a lot of visitors a people here. The demand is clear- come be real be changed. 
• And you can’t fake that. You just cant. You can try to act Christian, but it doesn’t work. 
• People who have been with God are just a different breed of humans. 
• Exodus 34:29 – Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai… that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.
• Moses didn’t even realize he had changed — transformation wasn’t forced, it was a byproduct of God’s presence.
• Moses didn’t come down and post a facebook status or a selfie “just spent time w God”
• It says “he didn’t know” 
• The shining face is symbolic of spiritual radiance — a life touched by the divine.
• The word “shone” in Hebrew is qāran — a unique word only used here in this way.
• It comes from the root qeren, meaning “horn,” implying projected rays or beams of light.
• Whats interesting is that Moses wrote Exodus and he wasn’t very clear- but this effect of being with God was a shooting extrusion- visible and different (vulgate-horns-michelangeo)
• Moses’ face didn’t just glow — it radiated with power and presence. Everyone could see it
• The glory was undeniable, outward, and spiritually authoritative — not for show, but as a result of being with God. This wasn’t a surface shine. It was the visible evidence of a deep encounter.
• People can tell when you’ve been with God — no need to announce it. (stinky run)
• When you’ve been in the presence of God- everyone else will see it and recognize it. 
• Ac 4:13 when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. they realized that they had been with Jesus.
• The Boldness pointed to the transformation- They noticed it and was REAL
• 2 Corinthians 3:7–8 7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?
• Paul says- the glory of Moses was passing away- it was temporary. But for Us we have the spirit of the Living God within US, and it will be MUCH MORE GLORIOUS
• Are people noticing something different about your life? Has God’s presence left a visible mark? 
• Sometimes Your mind can condemn you in a way that you wouldn’t expect. Hard to perceive
• I’ll be working on Sermon- and have to ask my wife- Do you see this in my life? I don’t see it. I only see my flaws, mistakes and shortcomings. But apparently God has done something according to my wife. I opened the door, she can say whatever she wants- 
• Bless God, I’m not a complete wretch. My wife says I’m doing OK. I don’t want the fake
• You shouldn’t want the fake! Ask someone if they can see it on you! Go spend time with God

• 2.  You Can’t Hide God’s Glory
  Once you’ve experienced God, you can’t hide it. Its impossible. Everyone sees it. 
• Exodus 34:30–32 – They were afraid to come near him… then all the children of Israel came near…

• Do you remember when you Got saved and the people around you saw it?

• Accused of many things- faking it, holier than thou, a ‘phase’ etc. full on attacks. 
• Some are drawn to the glory, others are initially afraid — because God’s presence convicts as much as it attracts. But when I got saved, and even now, you can see it on a person. 
• The people who are steeped in sin, who actually have a sense of God- straighten up. 
• What happened- Moses’ shining face led others to listen and obey — spiritual authority was a natural outcome, not a goal.
• 32 Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them as commandments all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
• Real presence produces both holiness and influence — not self-made, but God-given.
• The presence of God upon Moses gave him spiritual authority. It proved He was with God. 
• We can’t hide who we are and who we have been with! It rubs off on us!

• Probably told this before- But get your kids around bad kids and it rubs off on them. 

• The come home with an attitude that wasn’t there before and you gotta get it off them
• Goes the other way- goodness and mercy follow you all the days of your life
• Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
• We’re supposed to shine our light into this world- Its of God and its his light but we shine it. 
• And not everyone is going to like it because it comes with some spiritual authority
• John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
• You ever changed something about your diet or fitness? Breakfast meeting- everyone wanted me to eat. When something changes about you, everyone wants you to be like them. 
• But we can’t let that change who we are and how we live our light comes from God and its intended to shine in a dark world and condemn it of its darkness. 
• We have a mission on this earth to bring forth the truth of Gods word and spread it
• Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light

People will either be drawn to the light or uncomfortable in it — but they will respond. Does your life reflect something holy enough to convict or attract? Go spend time with God.