Comments on: I’m On Top of the World – pt 3 http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:27:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mike http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222&cpage=1#comment-43613 Mike Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:10:05 +0000 http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222#comment-43613 thanks Jean thanks Jean

]]> By: Jean Prey http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222&cpage=1#comment-43612 Jean Prey Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:48:09 +0000 http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222#comment-43612 It's Fri. evening & I just finished your message. You explained how life is with it's ups & downs, using the account of Moses in Exodus for your illustration. Like you, I always wanted summer church camp to last forever while growing up. Camp was in the Bradshaw Mts. of AZ towards Prescott out of the town of Mayer. Jean Prey, Lakewood campus It's Fri. evening & I just finished your message. You explained how life is with it's ups & downs, using the account of Moses in Exodus for your illustration. Like you, I always wanted summer church camp to last forever while growing up. Camp was in the Bradshaw Mts. of AZ towards Prescott out of the town of Mayer. Jean Prey, Lakewood campus

]]> By: Mike http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222&cpage=1#comment-43607 Mike Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:09 +0000 http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222#comment-43607 What? Commentaries aren't inspired?<br /><br /><br />Mike<br /><br /><br />-------<br />yes it's short & it may be misspelled because it was \"Sent from my iPhone\" What? Commentaries aren't inspired?

Mike

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yes it's short & it may be misspelled because it was \”Sent from my iPhone\”

]]> By: Paul http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222&cpage=1#comment-43606 Paul Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:35:43 +0000 http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222#comment-43606 Oh! You didn't tell me a commentary said it...must be true then. There is a certain reasoning to the inference, but there's also a problem. It doesn't seem like God would let Moses get away with that kind of attitude for long. That's not a fool-proof argument obviously, since none of us understand why God does what he does or does do, but it does seem a bit unusual given the God-Moses relationship. I'll give you half a point for doing your homework anyway. Oh! You didn't tell me a commentary said it…must be true then.

There is a certain reasoning to the inference, but there's also a problem. It doesn't seem like God would let Moses get away with that kind of attitude for long. That's not a fool-proof argument obviously, since none of us understand why God does what he does or does do, but it does seem a bit unusual given the God-Moses relationship.

I'll give you half a point for doing your homework anyway.

]]> By: Mike http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222&cpage=1#comment-43605 Mike Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:42:06 +0000 http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222#comment-43605 Thanks Paul. i expected some push back on that. i do think the greater point of the 2cor passage is what you point out, but i think it's a very logical inference to go where i do with it...and it's not a new idea with me either, i've read similar points made in several commentaries, etc Thanks Paul. i expected some push back on that. i do think the greater point of the 2cor passage is what you point out, but i think it's a very logical inference to go where i do with it…and it's not a new idea with me either, i've read similar points made in several commentaries, etc

]]> By: Paul http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222&cpage=1#comment-43604 Paul Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:36:10 +0000 http://mikegoldsworthy.com/wordpress/?p=1222#comment-43604 I'm not sure I'm totally on board with your assessment that Moses was hiding his face out of a sense of vanity or pride that he didn't want the Israelites seeing him unless he was in super-spiritual mode. The 2 Corinthians verse goes on to create a symbolism between Moses' veil and the veil on the heart of the Israelites that separated them from God. Isn't that the point of the veil? That without Jesus we can't see God clearly? It's a fair point, regardless, that we sometimes have the desire for people to perceive us as more spiritual than we are. Although it's my experience that this is a disease that plagues people more and more as they mature. I don't often see new Christians acting this way. I'm not sure I'm totally on board with your assessment that Moses was hiding his face out of a sense of vanity or pride that he didn't want the Israelites seeing him unless he was in super-spiritual mode. The 2 Corinthians verse goes on to create a symbolism between Moses' veil and the veil on the heart of the Israelites that separated them from God. Isn't that the point of the veil? That without Jesus we can't see God clearly?

It's a fair point, regardless, that we sometimes have the desire for people to perceive us as more spiritual than we are. Although it's my experience that this is a disease that plagues people more and more as they mature. I don't often see new Christians acting this way.

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