2 Corinthians 4:3-6

“but even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing whose minds the god of this age has blinded who do no believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them”

The glory of God is Jesus

Countenance – Expression of the face

What is God’s expression towards you?

Countenance communicates more than words

The word “face” in the Bible refers to the way God looked at His people, If God faced was to people the was no judgment, however if his face was away from the people it meant that judgment was upon them. Sin causes the face of god to turn away from us.

Isaiah 53:4-6

“Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows: Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions. he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him and by His striped we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, everyone, to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”

Isaiah 54:7-10

“For a mere moment I have forsaken you, but with great mercies I will gather you. With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, Says the Lord, your Redeemer. For this is like the waters of Noah to me; For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant  of peace be removed, Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.”

Matthew 27:45-46

“Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land, and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli Eli lama sabachtani, that is My God My God why have You forsaken Me?”

Jesus became sin as in Isaiah 54:7-10, all the anger would be poured out on Jesus, he didn’t only take all our sin, he became sin. God turned His face on His own son so that He can turn His face to you.

What matters is because of what Jesus did was justified and we find favor in God.

“Even when I sin God is still pleased with me”

Romans 6:1-2

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly no! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it!”

2 Corinthians 3:12-18

“Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech – unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old testament, because the vei.l is taken away in Christ. But even to this day, when moses is read a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Be we all, with unveil 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.”

(Paul is refering to the Old testament Story in read Exodus 34)

Unveiled Faces…

Because of what Jesus did, we no longer have to cover our face, we no longer have to stand at a distance, we can stand in the presence of God There is no excuse not to know Jesus!

Daily transformation in the life of Jesus is…

Less of me, more of Jesus.

We can have all the cool stuff in KAIO, the live band, the seats, the huge gym, fancy lighting, but with out Jesus, we cannot be transformed, with out Jesus can don’t allow Him to transform us.

“Body of believers, being transformed, and reflecting His glory with our actions, and words, is our purpose to be transformed.”

What do you want to be known for?

What marks are you wanting to leave behind?

KAIO need to be know for this…

 Acts 4:13

“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and john, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.”

Have you been recognized as being with Jesus?

People should look at your life and see Jesus, it does not matter what talents you have, what you have accomplished. They should see Jesus by the way we act, speak, and live our lives.

“I hate my life when I am not reflecting Jesus” — Shawn Smith

Here is a need for us to be transformed. there is no specific formula to do so. All we can do is open our hearts to Jesus, and ask Him to transform us, to train us, to mold us, into the man and woman of God we are called to be.

“It’s more than a prayer we say, it’s the lifestyle we life after we say the prayers, it’s how our heart line up with God.”

2 Timothy 3:5

“Having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!”

It’s more than a religion or religious ritual, it’s about our relationship with Christ. We may not know what to say or how to act, you may not have it all together, but YOU ARE TRANSFORMED.

What is a gift that you all want for Christmas?

Every year we have a hope for a certain gift for christmas, whether it is the new video game out there for the Play Station 3, to the news shoes. Every year we anticipate the hope that we will get the gift we asked for.

Hope: to wish with expectation with its fulfillment.

Hope is something we already have. “We have lasting hope in salvation in Jesus.” There is confidence in Jesus, He is our Hope. In the Old Testament not everyone could experience God, in fact on High officials could do so, however, when our Hope, Jesus came in the flesh He made a way for all to experience God, for all to experience hope. He tore the veil (Matthew 27:51-53)  and made a way and became our ever lasting hope. He sacrificed His life so that all may be able to be apart of His kindness and His love. (John 3:16)

Enjoy all the family, friends, and gifts this year, but NEVER forget where your true hope lies, and that never ends.

2012 El Salvador Missions Trip
KAIO Student Ministries is planning our 2012 Missions trip for June 4th thru June 11th to El Salvador. The approximate cost will be $1,200 and we are planning on taking a group of 30 students. If you are interested in being a part of this trip, please pickup your application and setup your appointments with Pastor Jeff Leatherman or Pastor Brandon Strickler to hold your spot.

“AMPED” Youth Retreat
February 17th through the 20th
Lake Placid, FL
Cost: $155 per person
Our guest speaker will be “Al Force” and worship will be lead by “For a Season”. We are now taking deposits for our AMPED Winter Retreat. Make sure to have your deposit of $50 in by Wednesday, January 11th to hold your spot.

28 Days will be a sermon series that will carry our students through a 28 day challenge to have an authentic encounter with Jesus and other believers. This sermon series will begin on January 4th through January 25th. We encourage all of our students to join us in this foundational challenge. This series will lay the ground work for what we believe God wants to do in and through KAIO student ministries in 2012.