Transforming by Transfiguration - 2 Cor 3:17, 18; Matt 17:1, 2

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

- 2 Corinthian 3:17, 18

a. We all with unveiled face: Every believer now has access to the glory of God.  This relationship and transforming power that is not the property of just a few privileged, but to all, to everyone who has turned to the Lord (see Acts 3:19).

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord...

b. Beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord: A mirror in the ancient world did not give nearly as good a reflection as our mirrors do today. Ancient mirrors were made of polished metal, and gave a clouded, fuzzy, somewhat distorted image. “We can see the glory of the Lord, but we can’t see it perfectly yet.”

c. Are being transformed: As we behold the glory of God, we will be transformed. God will change our lives and change us from the inside out. Though the old covenant had its glory, it could never transform lives through the law. God uses the new covenant to make us transformed people.

d. Into the same image: As we look into “God’s mirror,” we are changed into the same image of the Lord. When we spend time beholding the glory of the Lord.