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As we look towards the new year, let us examine again what it means to forsake the old man, and look towards Christ who is the founder and perfecter of our faith.
Hannah Ball
Transform [2 Corinthians 5.17]
Good morning, friends and kindred. Today we are reading 2 Corinthians 5.17. I would encourage you to read all of chapter 5 this morning as we meditate on this verse. It is imperative that we read scripture contextually so that we do not misinterpret the meaning in which the author is writing for! This will help in our understanding of verse 17. It is a beautiful mystery that before the beginning, God already chose and knew his children! When God speaks, by necessity it must take place. I pray that today we would see that it is all joy, and we would accept the blessings the Lord has given us. Praise King Jesus, it’s all joy.
Evan McGee
The Veil - Juxtaposed [2 Corinthians 3:16-18]
We are creatures of comfort. As we saw in Numbers, many of the Israelites wanted to “go back to Egypt,” rather than move into the Promised Land. Paul is speaking to a people who are struggling with the “new things” that have now sprung forth in Jesus as Isaiah had prophesied in 42:9. A vocal minority did not want to accept Paul or his message of the transforming, Spirit-filled gospel. They wanted to return to the Law, the familiar, the stagnant. Paul is encouraging God’s people to receive with joy, an unveiled face. Transparency, relationship, transformation, peace, truth, and love all are available as the Lord’s redemptive story continues to march onward. Would God’s people live in the past, under the tutor, under the Law, under the veil? Or would God’s people personally welcome the truth, walk in it, and reap the fruits of the Spirit with faces brilliantly shining God’s light into the darkness? What will you and I choose today?
Kim Williams