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We are told that the works that Jesus does

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if we're believers in Him,

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that the works that He does,

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we will do too and greater works

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because He is going to His Father.

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But you know what?

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You will not do that unless you have been

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to the mountaintop like He was.

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Back up we must go.

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Back up.

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Because you know what happens?

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You try to dive into these duties.

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You've got all these things to do.

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Oh, well, it says I need 
to work with my hands,

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and it says I need to 
walk in a certain way,

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and it says I need to be doing 
these certain different things

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and I need to control my mouth

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and I need to use it a certain way,

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and I need to be involved in singing

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and I need to love my husband

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and love my wife

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and submit to my husband

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and I've got children,

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and I shouldn't do this 
and I shouldn't do that

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and all this instruction.

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I'll tell you what,

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you lose sight of the mountaintop,

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you lose sight of the glory up there,

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you know what's going to happen?

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You will become like Martha

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just distracted and disturbed and agitated

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by all manner of different things.

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And there's Mary.

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"Martha, Martha..."

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You see, we can be distracted 
from what really matters.

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You're anxious and troubled 
about many things,

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one thing is necessary.

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Is it necessary to come down?
You better believe it.

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But it is necessary to sit at His feet?

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That is the thing that is needful

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to charge you to live this life,

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to prepare you to live this life

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and all our activities

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and all our responsibilities

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and all the work that lies before us.

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And there is work!

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We must work while it's day!

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But we need men and women

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who fight to get back to the mountaintop,

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and that means you have to make decisions

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in your life to make 
certain that you get there.

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You need to put the cell phone down,

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the iPad down, the computer down,

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turn off the TV, turn off the movie,

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turn off this world and go back there.

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We need to go back there.

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And then come down,

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and go back there and then come down.

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That is absolutely essential.

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The mountaintop calls us.

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May God help us not to be content

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with a bunch of religious activity.

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It's on the mountaintop

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that Moses beheld His glory.

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And it's on the mountaintop

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that as He communed with the Lord

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that glow came to be upon his face.

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And don't think that has nothing to 
do with the New Testament believer

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because the Apostle Paul 
looked at that very example

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and said let me tell you something,

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that is what it is to be a Christian.

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That is exactly what 
it is to be the Christian.

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What happens?

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What happens when we see the glory?

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What happens when we go back

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face to face with God?

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What happens?

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I'll tell you what happens.

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The same thing that happened to Moses

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will happen to us.

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This is what 2 Corinthians 3 is all about.

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The glory gets on us.

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God burns into our hearts

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and upon our faces the 
image of the Son of God.

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And when we go down from the mountain

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and out into the world, what happens?

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The world sees the glory.

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"We all" - you see, the veil 
has been taken off.

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What does that mean?

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Nothing stands in the way anymore.

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Do you realize what that means, Christian?

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It means that you are 
one of the select few

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on the face of the earth

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that has had the veil taken off.

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Which means God has put you in a place

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to be emblazoned by His glory

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if you will but expose yourself to it.

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The veil is gone.

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"We all with unveiled face

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beholding the glory of the Lord..."

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He's been talking about Moses

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being exposed to the glory

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and having that glory on his face.

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"We are being transformed 
into the same image

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from one degree of glory to another,

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for this comes from the 
Lord who is the Spirit."

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We come down from the mountain.

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And you know what? 
The onlooking world will see the glory.

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The glory of God in the 
face of Jesus Christ

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etched into us.

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Into our character,

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into our person.

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Look, there's something.

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When you hear,

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when I was saying to you

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that this is Christ in 
the Song of Solomon:

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"Come away."

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"Come away."

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And you hear that and it sounded sweet.

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But you see, you don't want to stop there.

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You actually do want to go away with Him.

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And then come down.

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Go the Mount of Transfiguration.

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See the glory break through

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so that you see He's way 
beyond just a mere man.

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Behold the glory.

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It's being like Christ that turns 
the world upside down.

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The thing is if we try to go on

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to chapter 4, 5, and 6 of Ephesians

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and we lose sight of 
that term: "therefore,"

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and forget its significance in the fact

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that it joins what went before

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with what's coming after,

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then you know what?

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You know what will happen?

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You try to be dutiful

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and you try to do

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and you try to work

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without the image of Christ being

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emblazoned into your soul,

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you know what you'll be?

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You'll just be hollow religionists.

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It's a form of godliness,

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but it lacks the power.

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The power comes from

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a close intimacy with Christ.

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This excerpt was taken 
from the full sermon

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"Onward"

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from Tim's Ephesians series.