We show that we are LETTERS FROM CHRIST, the result of our MINISTRY, written not with ink but with SPIRIT of living God, not on tablets of STONES but on tablets of HUMAN HEARTS. 2 Corinthians 3 vs 3
Not that we are competent in ourselves, but our competency comes FROM GOD ministry that brought DEATH = engraved in letters on stones came with glory. (transitory it was)
MINISTRY of the SPIRIT = is even more glorious because it brings righteousness through Christ. The law puts a VEIL OVER OUR FACE (shame tried to cover in the garden) to prevent the end from passing away. So, their minds are made DULL, FOR to this day the same veil remains when the OLD TESTAMENT IS READ. But only in CHRIST is it taken away; the revelation of unveiled glory is in CHRIST; this is why the veil was thorn and the partition was taken away when Jesus died. Matthew 27: 51. This is why the Old Testament veils Christ in characters (in Moses as a deliverer, David as a king who bring the kingdom of God i.e. the church, he reveals himself in man) and the New Testament reveals CHRIST as the son of God. This why a veil covers the hearts of men when the law of Moses is read, but as we turn to the LORD Jesus Christ the veil is taken away.
The Lord Jesus is SPIRIT AND WHERE the spirit of the lord is; there is FREEDOM. So, when we see Jesus, we contemplate the Lord’s glory as we are being transformed into Christs image with ever increasing glory, which comes from the LORD, who is SPIRIT.
CHAPTER 4 – the teaching of the (Old Testament) and the preaching of Jesus (New Testament)
The dictionary meaning of teaching is to enact knowledge using examples.
Preaching is based on the church, where we bring the kingdom of God (Jesus) down to show who God is. So, we preach Jesus and teach the Old Testament. It is Jesus that is the kingdom of God, because he taught the kingdom of heaven see Matthew 4:17, Matthew 3:2. This is why the kingdom of God is within us, his spirit in us.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/preacher
For example, Matthew 3: 1-2 ‘John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Since we have Christ ministry of life within us, we renounce SECRET AND SHAMEFUL WAYS, we do not use Deception, nor do we distort the truth of the WORD of God. We set forth TRUTH plainly. We commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of ELOHIM. If the gospel is VEILED, it is from those who the GOD OF THIS AGE has BLINDED THEIR minds (making them unbelievers), so they cannot see the light of the gospel.
FOR what we preach is not ourselves, but JESUS CHRIST as lord (what we teach can also be the word of God) but we PREACH Jesus Christ. For God said let light shine out of darkness, so light will shine in our hearts to give us LIGHT of the knowledge of Gods glory displayed in the FACE of Christ. So, we can see Christ who is the face of God without veil.
But we have this treasure in JARS OF CLAY to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not in despair; PERSECUTED but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed. we carry around in OUR BODY the death of JESUS, so the life of Christ is revealed in US.
Therefore, do not lose heart, though outwardly you are wasting away inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light affliction/troubles is achieving us an eternal glory that far outweighs them ALL. So, fix your eyes not on what is SEEN, but on what is UNSEEN, since what is SEEN is temporary but what is UNSEEN is eternal.
In our human world, we have the ministry of works, ministry of transport and government is on Jesus’s shoulder. Isaiah 9:6. so is the ministry of the spirit and letters. The spirit super cedes the letters of the law.
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