GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!
MINISTERS OF A NEW COVENANT
"THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO ALWAYS LEADS ME IN TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION IN CHRIST AND THROUGH ME SPREADS EVERYWHERE THE FRAGRANCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST. FOR I AM TO GOD THE AROMA OF CHRIST AMONG THOSE WHO ARE BEING SAVED AND THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. TO THE ONE I AM THE SMELL OF DEATH; TO THE OTHER, THE FRAGRANCE OF LIFE. AND WHO IS EQUAL TO SUCH A TASK? UNLIKE SO MANY, I DO NOT PEDDLE THE WORD OF GOD FOR PROFIT. ON THE CONTRARY, IN CHRIST I SPEAK BEFORE GOD WITH SINCERITY, LIKE A MAN SENT FROM GOD.
"AM I BEGINNING TO COMMEND MYSELF AGAIN? OR DO I NEED, LIKE SOME PEOPLE, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION TO YOU OR FROM YOU? I MYSELF AM A LETTER, WRITTEN ON MY HEART, KNOWN AND READ BY EVERBODY. I SHOW THAT I AM A LETTER FROM CHRIST, THE RESULT OF GOD'S MINISTRY,WRITTEN NOT WITH INK BUT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, NOT ON TABLETS OF STONE BUT ON THE TABLET OF MY HUMAN HEART". SUCH CONFIDENCE AS THIS IS MINE THROUGH CHRIST BEFORE GOD. NOT THAT I AM COMPETENT IN MYSELF TO CLAIM ANYTHING FOR MYSELF, BUT MY COMPETENCE COMES FROM GOD. GOD HAS MADE ME COMPETENT AS A MINISTER OF THE NEW COVENANT - NOT OF THE LETTER BUT OF THE SPIRIT; FOR THE LETTER KILLS, BUT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE.(2Cor.2:14-3:6)
"THEREFORE, SINCE THROUGH GOD'S MERCY I HAVE THIS MINISTRY, I DO NOT LOSE HEART. RATHER, I HAVE RENOUNCED SECRET AND SHAMFUL WAYS; I DO NOT USE DECEPTION, NOR DO I DISTORT THE WORD OF GOD. ON THE CONTRARY, BY SETTING FORTH THE TRUTH PLAINLY I COMMEND MYSELF TO EVERYMAN'S CONSCIENCE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. AND EVEN IF MY GOSPEL IS VEILED, IT IS VEILED TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. THE GOD OF THIS AGE, THE DEVIL, HAS BLINDED THE MINDS OF UNBELIEVERS, SO THAT THEY CANNOT SEE THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD. FOR I DO NOT PREACH MYSELF, BUT JESUS CHRIST AS LORD, AND MYSELF AS YOUR SERVANT FOR JESUS' SAKE. FOR GOD, WHO SAID, "LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS", MADE HIS LIGHT SHINE IN MY HEART TO GIVE ME THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF CHRIST. I HAVE THIS TREASURE IN A JAR OF CLAY TO SHOW THAT THIS ALL- SURPASSING POWER IS FROM GOD AND NOT FROM ME".(2Cor.4:1-7)
"GOD I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." (Gal.2:20)
"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!.
"THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO ALWAYS LEADS ME IN TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION IN CHRIST AND THROUGH ME SPREADS EVERYWHERE THE FRAGRANCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST. FOR I AM TO GOD THE AROMA OF CHRIST AMONG THOSE WHO ARE BEING SAVED AND THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. TO THE ONE I AM THE SMELL OF DEATH; TO THE OTHER, THE FRAGRANCE OF LIFE. AND WHO IS EQUAL TO SUCH A TASK? UNLIKE SO MANY, I DO NOT PEDDLE THE WORD OF GOD FOR PROFIT. ON THE CONTRARY, IN CHRIST I SPEAK BEFORE GOD WITH SINCERITY, LIKE A MAN SENT FROM GOD.
"AM I BEGINNING TO COMMEND MYSELF AGAIN? OR DO I NEED, LIKE SOME PEOPLE, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION TO YOU OR FROM YOU? I MYSELF AM A LETTER, WRITTEN ON MY HEART, KNOWN AND READ BY EVERBODY. I SHOW THAT I AM A LETTER FROM CHRIST, THE RESULT OF GOD'S MINISTRY,WRITTEN NOT WITH INK BUT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, NOT ON TABLETS OF STONE BUT ON THE TABLET OF MY HUMAN HEART". SUCH CONFIDENCE AS THIS IS MINE THROUGH CHRIST BEFORE GOD. NOT THAT I AM COMPETENT IN MYSELF TO CLAIM ANYTHING FOR MYSELF, BUT MY COMPETENCE COMES FROM GOD. GOD HAS MADE ME COMPETENT AS A MINISTER OF THE NEW COVENANT - NOT OF THE LETTER BUT OF THE SPIRIT; FOR THE LETTER KILLS, BUT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE.(2Cor.2:14-3:6)
"THEREFORE, SINCE THROUGH GOD'S MERCY I HAVE THIS MINISTRY, I DO NOT LOSE HEART. RATHER, I HAVE RENOUNCED SECRET AND SHAMFUL WAYS; I DO NOT USE DECEPTION, NOR DO I DISTORT THE WORD OF GOD. ON THE CONTRARY, BY SETTING FORTH THE TRUTH PLAINLY I COMMEND MYSELF TO EVERYMAN'S CONSCIENCE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. AND EVEN IF MY GOSPEL IS VEILED, IT IS VEILED TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. THE GOD OF THIS AGE, THE DEVIL, HAS BLINDED THE MINDS OF UNBELIEVERS, SO THAT THEY CANNOT SEE THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD. FOR I DO NOT PREACH MYSELF, BUT JESUS CHRIST AS LORD, AND MYSELF AS YOUR SERVANT FOR JESUS' SAKE. FOR GOD, WHO SAID, "LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS", MADE HIS LIGHT SHINE IN MY HEART TO GIVE ME THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF CHRIST. I HAVE THIS TREASURE IN A JAR OF CLAY TO SHOW THAT THIS ALL- SURPASSING POWER IS FROM GOD AND NOT FROM ME".(2Cor.4:1-7)
"GOD I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." (Gal.2:20)
"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!.
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