Category: 2 Corinthians 3
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Be Bold!
2 Corinthians 3:12 “Since we have such a hope, we are very bold.” If you are a Christian, do you share the gospel with others? Is it something you struggle with? Indeed, it is a rare thing if you don’t. Even the apostle Paul struggled with this at times. Thus his request to the Ephesian church…
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Concerning Veils
2 Corinthians 3:15-16 “To this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.” When Moses received the Law from God on Mount Sinai, we are told that his encounter with God was so glorious that his face shone with the glory of God. It was…
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The Law of God
2 Corinthians 3:7 “. . . the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone . . .” Some years ago, I was fishing off a pier at Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware. I was catching lots of fish and having the time of my life. I was catching croakers and had a five-gallon…
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A High Calling
2 Corinthians 3:4-6 “Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, Who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit.” Do you realize that the highest calling,…
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The Good
2 Corinthians 3:6 “For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” Are you a good person? How do you know? What’s the standard against which you are measuring yourself? Some time ago, a technician was checking out my furnace, which was malfunctioning. He had a meter with which he tested the components. He knew the…
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The Telephone Game
2 Corinthians 3:3 “You show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.” Have you ever played the telephone game where a message is sent by whispering in the ear of the person next…