I Am Called to Deeper

Pneuma: The Wind Blows Where It Wishes

Where are you still playing it safe on the surface of your spirituality?

Is it possible God has called you to something deeper? How do we go deeper?

“But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”

(2 Corinthians 3:16–18, ESV)

When we turn to Christ…

  • The veil of separation is removed
  • True freedom is found
  • Lives are transformed

Three Calls of Pentecost to Go Deeper

1. Pentecost Is a Call from Visitation to Habitation

“When one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.”

(2 Corinthians 3:16, ESV)

The First Pentecost – Sinai

“The ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face…”

(2 Corinthians 3:7, ESV)

The Second Pentecost – The Upper Room

“Will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory?”

(2 Corinthians 3:8, ESV)

Paul uses the veil as a metaphor representing the distance or separation between what was and what now is.

Former Glory vs. Greater Glory

Former GloryGreater Glory
Temporary and fadingEternal and increasing
Brought condemnationBrings righteousness
Reflected from the outsideTransforms from the inside

God doesn’t want visitation rights—He wants habitation rights.

2. Pentecost Is a Call Out of Hiding and Into Humility

“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”

(2 Corinthians 3:17, ESV)

Freedom – eleutheria – liberty or freedom

What Have We Been Liberated From?

“Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end.”

(2 Corinthians 3:12–13, ESV)

“Why did he do this? Did Moses believe that the rebellious Israelites would be less inclined to obey God if they witnessed a diminishing of this awesome radiance? Or did Moses consider them unworthy recipients of this display of God’s glory and so veiled his face as a commentary on the hardness of their hearts?”

(David K. Lowery, The Bible Knowledge Commentary, 1985)

Paul uses this as a prophetic sign: it is in the nature of the religious to hide behind veils.

The veil wasn’t about glory—it was about concealment.

Pentecost is the power to live unveiled.

What Are Today’s Veils?

  • The Veil of Religion – “I’ll stay busy with church so I don’t have to be intimate with Christ.”
  • The Veil of Performance – “Maybe if I do enough, they’ll finally see me.”
  • The Veil of Shame – “God might forgive me, but I can’t forgive myself.”
  • The Veil of Busyness – “Stillness scares me, so I stay distracted.”
  • The Veil of Bitterness – “I can’t open up—I’ve been hurt too many times.”
  • The Veil of Control – “If I can manage everything, I won’t be disappointed.”

Pentecost is your permission to take off the veil and say:

“Here I am, Lord—nothing hidden, nothing held back.”

3. Pentecost Is a Call from the Surface to the Spirit

“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another…”

(2 Corinthians 3:18, ESV)

Unveiled Faces

This is an invitation.

Glory to Glory

Moses could only reflect the glory.

You and I are invited to be transformed by it.

“Transformed” – metamorphoo – not a surface clean, but a complete inner transformation.

“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

(2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV)

We don’t just carry the presence—we become like the One we behold.

You will never experience the deep things of God if you stay on the surface of your faith.

How to Experience a Fresh Pentecost

  • Step out of the shallow.…This means drop the veil.
  • Step into the deeper.…Let Him fill you.

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