SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 3:1-4:15 (Page 1374); Exodus 33:7-34:11a; 27-35 (Page 110)
SERMON: Reflect the Glory of God!							       19 August 2001

INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS MAN? (see Ps.8:4; see 144:3; Heb.2:6-8)

  I. ADAM: THE REFLECTIVE IMAGE OF GOD (see Gen.1,2)

A. CREATION: MADE (Gen.1:26&27; see 11&12; 24&25; Lk.3:38)

B. FALL: RUINED (Gen.2:17; 3:1f,24; see Rom.1:23&26(2:15); Jms.2:10)

C. MAN IN ADAM
1. made according to his kind (Gen.1:28; 4:1; 5:1; 9:6; Ps.8:4; Jms.3:9; see 1Cor.11:7; see Ps.51:5; 139:13f)

2. ruined according to his sin (Gen.3:24; 4:1; 5:1f; Rom.5:12f; Eph.2:1f)

II. CHRIST: THE RADIANT IMAGE OF GOD (see Heb.1:3)

A. INCARNATION: PERFECT (Heb.1:3; see Jn.1:1,14,18; 17:4,5; 2Cor.4:4; Phil.2:6; Col.1:15,19; 2:9; see Jn.14:9(10:30f); see Lk.9:32; 2Pt.1:16f)

B. REDEMPTION: RENEWING (Eph.4:15,16; 24,20f; Col.3:10; 2Cor.3:18; Col.3:10(1:15))

C. CONSUMMATION: PERFECTING (Rom.8:29,30; 1Cor.15:49,45f; Phil.3:21; see Rev.21:9f,11,18f,22f)

D. MAN IN CHRIST
1. remade according to His kind (1Cor.15:45f; 2Cor.5:17; Eph.2:10)

2. perfected according to His righteousness (Rom.5:17f; Eph.2:10; 4:13,24; Col.3:10)

III. REFLECT THE GLORY OF GOD!

A. GLORIFY GOD BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE MADE FOR! 
1. created in the image of God to reflect His glory to the whole creation (Gen.1:26,27f; Ps.8:3f; see Rev.21:9-26)

2. recreated in Christ, the perfect image of God, to reflect His glory to the whole world (Mt.5:14 with Jn.1:4f,14; 8:12; 9:5; 2Cor.3:18; 4:4; Heb.1:3; see Ps.36:9)

B. THEREFORE, GET SOME SON! 
1. dwell in His light (Ex.33,34; 2Cor.3:18; 4:4-6; with Mt.5:14; see Heb.12:22f)

2. that which is reflected (Eph.2:10; see Ex.34:1f; 27,28f & Mt.5:14-16f with Heb.12:18f,22f; see Eph.4:24; Col.3:10; Rom.7:12; 12:2)

3. enduring vs. fading (2Cor.3:13; 17,18; 4:6; see Ex.40:34; 1Kngs.8:11; Ezk.10:19; 43:4f; Hag.2:7,9; and Eph.2:21,22; 1Cor.3:16; 2Cor.6:16; see Heb.12:18f&22f)

C. HONOR MAN BECAUSE HE IS MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD (Gen.9:6; Ps.139:13f; Jms.3:9; see 1Cor.11:7; Rev.19:7f; 21:9-11f; Eph.5:26,27(1Tm.2:9,10; 1Pt.3:3-6))