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The book of 2 Corinthians

Chapter 3

2Cor.3:1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 3:2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men.

The apostle Paul understood what so few Christian's do today, there is no credit in Christ Jesus, Paul on his best day could not make a person he taught into a new creation!

Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

Paul like all of us in Christ was dependent not upon his teachings skills, but the gift of God's Holy Spirit through His chosen channel Christ Jesus, too give birth to one of His children, not man, or Paul, for the body of Christ is not created with corruptible hands of men. The flesh is dead in Christ Jesus of no value at all. It judgments and teachings of sins laws have no hold on Christ Jesus imperishable life seated at the right hand of his Father YHWH.

Ephesians 1:11 in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will.

Hebrews 8:6 But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.

God would place His law of love, the Royal law into each new heart He created in His children, not Paul, Paul was a member of the same body, not the head of the body, he need not letters from fleshly men in found in fleshly religious appointments by other learned men. The proof was the pudding, the Holy Spirit had anointed each member of the Corinthian congregation not Paul personally as a Samuel anointing Kind David. But God's own hands, and God's own mouth speaking through Christ Jesus the head of the congregation in Spirit and truth to each body member, God's own progeny.

Galatians 1:4 who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father--

Paul need not commend himself, he was a brother a fellow worker with the brothers and sister in Corinthian's, he need not prove anything to those having the witnesses the truth of Holy Spirit given them as a gift of God's love.

2Cor.3:3 being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

Here Paul stood as a restraint to the fleshly thinking of the Corinthian congregation those enslaving brothers and sisters to sin laws found upon death to the body of Christ Jesus. Christ has spoken profound truth before the teachers of the law the Scribes and Pharisee's costing him his life, he stated the flesh is of no value at all to God's children what he taught was Spirit, and truth.

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Paul is stating truth of Christ here making sure there is no fleshly worldly teachings in giving glory to men in the flesh whom see all things in this life by position of power over others. This would be the weeds that would completely take over the field of wheat after the apostles died off the earth into huge institutions of religions with appointed teachers by worldly wisdom mixed with the teachings of the apostles of Christ Jesus.

Matthew 13:38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

John 8:15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

They would boast in physical letters written by the great leaders of their religion as proof of authority in Christ Jesus, but not Paul, he would boast only in the Christ, letters seen by faith, and not sight of weak minded men in human glory and wisdom, receiving their reward in full upon earth, in the name of Christ. But Paul was taking this thought in his letter further into the glories freedom of the Son of God by the power of Christ through his imperishable life that cannot die or be corrupted by unrighteous men through works of law.

He would turn the fleshly thinking into the unshakeable heavens with the king of eternity is seats at the Fathers right hand, where angels of God see the glory of the Father and the Son and the first born of God's new creations is enrolled into the heavens. Yes, away from the earthly glory of Moses and the hand of God writing the ten commandments upon stone.

Paul would not compromise the reality for what Moses could only longingly hope for looking into the promise land at his miraculous death, the glory of God Holy Spirit given to each child of God from the King he installed everlastingly in heaven his Son the one truth faithful witness of God whom never sinned, the perfect righteous lamb of God.

Matthew 12:31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

Matthew 28:19 Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

2Cor.3:4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
3:5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God.

How does a Christian's make themselves sufficient enough for God as a teacher or any other part of the body of Christ Jesus? Is it through the teachings of some ministry school, some institutions of higher learning. Is this the sufficiency Paul was speaking too here?

Sufficient for what is the next question? The new covenant, where is this new covenant written, can it be found on paper, stone, in a elite position found at the top of some religious mountain? Well, as simple as Paul's words are here to the Corinthian congregation they have been locked down and twisted into all sorts of false teachings by false religion boasting as holding the position of Christ Jesus upon earth, so those attending such institution can walk by sight instead of faith.

1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.

Paul makes the point as he does everywhere within his writing the body of Christ are made sufficient by the body to which they are grafted into Christ Jesus, God's great spiritual temple that will not, nor cannot be polluted by human hands. Yes, to be made part of Christ Jesus one must be made new by the blood of the new covenant, what does this mean? It means we must become a new person born again into a spiritual body of Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Yes, born new by Holy Spirit of God giving us a righteous birth through the body of Christ Jesus, we no longer have a fleshly life condemned by the sins of the flesh, that is, by laws of sin that judge us as sinner - dead to God. No! But rather, made alive by God's Holy Spirit by the righteous life of Christ Jesus imputed too us by a gift of undeserved kindness. Here than is the truth Paul speaks here, nothing within our old flesh makes us sufficient, it is rather the life of Christ Jesus flowing into the body of Christ as members that makes us sufficient. We are created new to fit into Christ Jesus, not the other way around. We live to the Lord and die to the Lord, we belong to him for God good pleasures.

Ephesians 4:24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

2Cor.3:6 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Many letter indeed have been written about Christ Jesus, many books and endless vanity that cannot change a person one iota into a spirit member of the body of Christ. Not one teachings written anywhere can write God's new covenant into the hearts of one of his children. Not one man can take credit for the life of God's children, not one person can pollute what God has created righteous by false teachings, not one person can shut the door of Christ Jesus upon earth.

The Spirit of God is Holy and righteous so the children of God are conceived by Holy Spirit, not teachings of unrighteous men through corrupt organized religion. No one can worship a child of God because they are unseen by human sight, they are not know by the world of false religion because they have not yet been reveal to the world.

Subsequently, the righteous holy work of God's hands are under construction until God says it is enough, than the sheep and the goat will be faced with the ultimate question by the Spirit person of Christ Jesus: “Because you done it to the least of these my brothers you did it to me.” What great things did the sheep and goats do to Christ Jesus brothers? Was it preaching, or building great institutions, seating them as kings over the flock, no!

A simple kindness of helping them “unknowingly”. Yes, a simple act of kindness moved by a heart of love. Such love that God would show one of his own children. Hidden from the sheep, and goats eyes is the new covenant, which is written into the hearts of each of God's children, they could not judge correctly as goats do, that is, judge the sin in Christ Jesus body by laws that cannot put away the filth of the flesh in Christ brothers, or for that matter in the sheep nor the goats without God's own undeserved kindness.

So it is God whom makes Christ body members sufficient not man or man's judgment of the them by religious teachings. It is the life of Christ impute too them and working in them that builds the house of God free from the judgment of the god of system of things and his people.

2Cor3:7 But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:

Here Paul comes upon a point that was planted by the Devil and has now grown into a huge field mountain of false Religion, and what is that?

The Holy Spirit out-shined by the physical acts of men in their flesh. The humble Holy Spirit that must be sought with ones whole heart lost to a physical glory of Moses in his flesh coming down the mountain after receiving the commandments of God on stone, by Holy Spirit. Now Paul must reminded those anointed the greater the writing of God own law into the hearts of his children anointed by His own Holy Spirit, has become mundane by comparison to fleshly men in sin, Moses and the prophets?

Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

Matthew 13:38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

Shocking! But true of the nature of human under unrighteousness of sin. Each member of the body of Christ Jesus, the glorified body of Christ Jesus existing in God's form, with incorruptible life, traded for created things of men. How foolish and mundane is the wisdom of men when compared to the Glory of God, very foolish. The new birth of a child of God making them into the temple of God where God dwells, making them a branch on a good fruit tree something Moses could not produce if he had volumes of laws.

John 1:13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

The curse of the law removed as a child of God, a freedom from judgment, something Moses could not do on his best day by the law. But of a much more sinister nature is the truth all anointed members of the body of Christ Jesus cannot worship by sight, that is, looking to man or a man made organization they are dead to their flesh in Christ Jesus and must walk by faith, and not sight worshiping in Spirit and truth.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

They are not considered in their flesh to YHWH, but in spirit being part of a greater spiritual temple, Christ Jesus, who himself is a spirit being! They are not seen by laws visible to mankind, no! Their law is written into their heart by God's own love.

Romans 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

Here this field of weeds grew fast into corruptible religions from Paul's time forward to where most now Christian's trade the glory of Christ Jesus, for sight of religions, and position of men over them once again walking like the physical Israelites did, by sight.

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"}

Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

2Cor.3:8 won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?

Can a person compare the two, that is, apples against oranges, Spirit against flesh? Well, that is what these fleshly Corinthian's were doing, they were comparing the physical glory of Moses receiving the Law from God, to the glorious Holy Spirit in Christ. But within a few short years the weed fleshly Christian's would have their day, they would over take God's planting by the Holy Spirit and build massive empires of false religion bring back the glory to men in their fleshly physical sight worship!

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit

But the glory of Christ Jesus unknown/unseen by the world it is not seen in empires of religion, but instead in the secrete person of the heart, waiting patiently for the master return as a humble slave. None of the apostles exulted themselves into a icons of false religion, it would be the thieves that Christ warned us about that would rob the temple of God, enshrining men into idol worship something no lover of truth could do.

Rom.1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
1:23 and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things.

John 8:23 He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

John 9:39 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

Yes, at work already was the spirit of giving glory to physical instead of seeing with eyes of faith in the glory of Christ Jesus exulted position as the spiritual temple of God. The service God's anointed had, was by Holy Spirit, unseen by the wisdom of the world. The spirit of the fleshly in legal weed Christian's is in walking by sight building massive religious organization(s), placing men as god's over them, honoring them with power of Christ Jesus. Too the fleshly mind this has greater glory, because it is the world, and the world it loves, which world exist by condoning evil by a religious good work.

John 14:17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

2Cor.3:9 For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.

What is the service of the Spirit? Simply put, the righteousness of Christ. Yes, Christ Jesus righteousness that exceed the teachings of the scribes and Pharisee's whom were teachers of the laws righteousness, which brought condemnation with it.

Is Christ righteousness of greater glory than in Moses receiving God's law veiling his face too the fearful Israelites, yes! Christ not only received God's own glory in heaven he was filled with the wisdom of God as incorruptible light. Hence, Paul makes the profound statement to these foolishly children of God, whom were looking to men, by physical sight that they needed to sober up too faith!

Heb.1:1 God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 1:2 has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds. 1:3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 1:4 having become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have. 1:5 For to which of the angels did he say at any time, "You are my Son. Today have I become your father?"{Psalm 2:7} and again, "I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?"{2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13} 1:6 Again, when he brings in the firstborn into the world he says, "Let all the angels of God worship him."

The Law worked condemnation by conviction of us as sinners, but the Spirit educates us in the ways of life, what life, the righteous life of Christ Jesus the father of the human race replacing Adam. Christ Jesus is living, indwelling us with the truth, Christ is the Truth of God. God Holy Spirit has sealed this truth into our hearts where God has written his great Royal law of life, love.

Galatians 5:23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

The Law was written upon dead stone bring forth death to all whom could not keep, which means all of us as sinners, God thus sent us a righteousness that exceeded the laws conviction in removing its righteous judgment off the backs of those under it replacing it with Christ righteousness imputed too us. Now there is no condemnation for those in Christ by faith.

Galatians 5:14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."{Leviticus 19:18}

Rom. 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"}

These babies in Christ Jesus were fleshly, they found power in judging by law removed in Christ their brothers and sisters, they found the strong things of God weak by comparing them to the judgment of the old law, they longed for righteousness by meeting rules of laws, but sadly would only find like the Jew's one cannot put away the filth of their flesh by meeting rules of God or man.

Galatians 5:4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

Romans 9:32 Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

Romans 10:4 For Christ is the fulfillment{or, completion, or end} of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

2Cor.3:10 For most certainly that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses. 3:11 For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.

Here Paul deals with the cruxes of the issue, the law was gloriously given to Moses, it stunned the nations causing fear and trembling among the people. The newly formed nation of Israel encountered Spirit and truth through God's holy angels. So fearful was the sight of the mountain smoking and shaking with a thick cloud none of the leading men wanted to go up the mountain and cowardly begged Moses to go up to talk with God.

Hebrews 12:18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm.

Hebrews 12:20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned{TR adds "or shot with an arrow" [see Exodus 19:12-13]};"{Exodus 19:12-13}
12:21 and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."{Deuteronomy 9:19} 12:22 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,

Such fear inspiring glory should have told these Israelites something? Which is, flesh and blood does not stand before the sinless God of Abraham. Flesh does not stand at all, because its is mundane not the reality of truth. Moses and the great nation only saw a shadow of truth, not the reality of truth which they could not bear the responsibility, the sheer feeling of being corrupt before the shadow of the incorruptible God YHWH!

Isaiah 6:5 Then I said, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!"

John 4:20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship."
4:21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.

Now Paul states this reality lives in each child of God, why are you making it less than the physical corruption those Israelites fearfully ran from? How has the greatest truth ever revealed to flesh since Adam Eve sin now become your building blocks into a corruptible false religion in idolizing men of flesh? How have you fallen from holy ground into corruption of the fleshly mind where death and fear did not even want to touch the physical mountain at Moses time?

Revelation 21:10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
John 1:14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

The glory of Christ Jesus life, the real temple of God eclipsed the Old Law of Moses for righteousness, and his glory, so greatly, there were no shadows of sin to be found in the glorious Good News of Christ the sinless lamb of God. The law perfected nothing! What did the law and its temple service do? It did not remove our sins, it did not removed our judgment, and it did not give us a Father Son relationship with God. What it did do is led us to the real glory of God Christ Jesus, it gave us a foretaste of the good things too come. It was a mere shadow found under the big tree of sin in mankind that would be replaced by the last Adam having no sin/shadow or sin/corruption in the righteous life of Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 64:6 For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

1 Peter 3:21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Here fleshly Christian's were head backwards down the mountain of YHWH into the death to the flesh left behind at the glorious resurrection of Christ defeating death and Hades giving all putting faith in him eternal life!

James 1:14 But each one is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. 1:15 Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
1:16 Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers. 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
1:18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

2Cor.3:12 Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, 3:13 and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn't look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.

Many conceit people have boldness in their flesh, they've had worldly accomplishments, and so they act boldly towards others humans. But is this the apostle Paul's meaning here that Christian's should act boldly in telling other what to do and where to go? No, not at all!

Mark 10:18 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one--God.

Real Christian's, that is, wheat Christian's, anointed by God's Holy Spirit have boldness to approach God, not because they are good, in having done wonderful things in obeying every rule of the bible of some group, but rather what Christ has done for them! This is the truth of Paul's entire discussion above about the Old law, or covenant and the New Law, or new covenant.

Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.

They have boldness because Christ is their righteousness given too them by God's own unmerited kindness, hence, their boldness is not with human fleshly pride in arrogance impressing other by provocative actions and/or words, but in humble consideration of Christ Jesus greatness. Here Paul makes the simple point overlooked by the arrogant weed/false Christian's of our times, what is that?

It is the Jew's of Christ time and his followers who were in power, they held the power of life and death, they were the accepted place to be, the disciples of Christ did not have massive institutions of Christian's religion boasting in as proof of God's blessings, no! The Jews had the glory of the temple, and the priest hood, by what? The power of the law, the old covenant!

What Christian's had was unseen, by faith in the invisible life of Christ resurrected by God from the dead, they had no proof by material outwards appearances proving blessings. Subsequently, Paul argues the above of the greatness of the unseen unshakeable spiritual kingdom of God, entrusted to the imperishable life of Christ Jesus. Paul is not stating for modern day Christian's with institutions of religion you have boldness because of such things, pound the pulpit, blast the enemies with might words.

No! This is not boldness of what Christ Jesus did for us so we can walk by faith unseen to the world, a faith that must worship not in some publicly place boldly claiming to be God temple on earth, but in Spirit and truth, in the secret person of the heart that God so loves.

Matt. 6:1 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 6:2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. 6:3 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does, 6:4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
6:5 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward. 6:6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

2Cor.3:14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

Why does Paul speak of a veil on the eyes of Israel? Well, the nation ask Moses to veil his face after receiving the Ten-Commandments that nations trembled in fear of the glory of God reflection on Moses face. Now Paul eludes to this veil being on the face of Israel still, not wanting to see God glory, but there is more here for a Christians to consider.

Hebrews 12:18 For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,

Hebrews 12:20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned{TR adds "or shot with an arrow" [see Exodus 19:12-13]};"{Exodus 19:12-13}

The flesh cannot see God and yet live, because of its condition of sin, God's righteousness is so pure that fear grips the heart of any sinful human coming into contact with God's own glory. But still there is more here, the mind of the flesh is opposed to the Holy Spirit it cannot know God nor please God, but it is also a legal mind, one that sees God only through laws.

Isa.6:5 Then I said, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!"
6:6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.
6:7 He touched my mouth with it, and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven."

Hence, the Jews were very fleshly people, but they dearly loved the law because they could not walk in Spirit and truth by faith. This is why the great nation kill the Son of God and all the prophets, because they seen them as of no value by their legal judgments from the fleshly mind. Hence, they veil their faces just as they begged Moses too do after meeting God's glory through and angel. Now that same nation is faced with even a greater glory, the glory of the only begotten Son of God, whom was the light too their world but for a short time.

John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 8:15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

Christ went to the reality after his precious blood was shed completing the Old Covenant and opening the glorious freedom of the New covenant by Holy Spirit. Such glory was the reality of those Jew's faith, their nation and temple service was but a shadow of truth, Christ Jesus. Hence, they missed it because of a legal mind which judge God's as evil. They could not let God's Holy Spirit write the law of love into their hearts, they could not understand God's law called love? What shocking statements to the legal mind set upon righteousness through law, how could love be any value in disciplining a nation of wicked acts?

Subsequently, Christ was despised for such teachings, he looked plague and hated by God for such teachings, how wrong could a people be in murdering the Son of God? The law could not teach them love, or God's law of love, no! They were veil to such thinking by a legal mind of the flesh. Sadly, Paul states here even after Christ left the earth the veil still existed for the Jew's, and if the Gentles were not very careful in not being seduced by Jews in bring back parts of the Old law mixing it into the New Covenant they would also be blinded to the New Covenant and law of the Spirit and losing the light.

Galatians 2:18 For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a law-breaker.

Galatians 2:19 For I, through the law, died to the law, that I might live to God.

Galatians 2:21 I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"

2Cor.3:15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 3:16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

Why is a veil on the face of those under Moses Law, the Old Covenant, did the demands of the law give one the reality of God's own glory, or did it veil our minds and heart to the truth of God as a loving Heavenly Father?

1 John 4:9 By this God's love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Here than is the truth of Paul's words under the power of Holy Spirit without a veil. Can a person truly love someone if they are being judged as wicked by them? We must always remember a judge upholds the law without human emotions, because with human emotions the judge is partial, not fair to the law of justice. In other words, if one goes before a judge and the judge is prejudice because of race and social position the law does not matter he has an agenda and will bend the law to his agenda.

Ezekiel 33:20 Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. House of Israel, I will judge you everyone after his ways.

God is not partial he does not bend the law to get a person because of race or social statues, hence, all human under God's righteous law the Law of Moses were judge as evil and convicted of sinning against God, even though they could keep some of the bigger parts of the law, they could not stop sinning in their thoughts. In other words, every human as some point lust in their hearts for the opposite sex, or is anger with someone holding a grudge, such thoughts are wicked to God's righteous law making one a sinner.

So sinner veil their face in the presents of the Holy, Holy, Holy, God YHWH. But not so in Christ Jesus, but why? It is because Christ upon earth did not sin, earning himself eternal life with God by his own good merit something we can't do no matter how much we try it is out of our reach. God unveil the face of sinner under the law by giving them Christ Jesus as their earn merit. Yes, Christ earn merit completed the judgments wrath of the law paying the price for our sins. Hence, we are sinless before God where we can see the loving personality of God, the judge behind the old laws, and learn of him as a Father. We can emotionally get involved with God, we can know what no person could understand by a unemotional law.

Rom.8:15 For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba{Abba is an Aramaic word for father or daddy, often used affectionately and respectfully in prayer to our Father in heaven.}! Father!"
8:16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

Here than is the reality of all the prophets to contact in love a heavenly Father cut off from them by the judgment of the law, now those turning to Christ Jesus had freedom with God himself through the love of the Son of God, Jesus Christ.

1 John 4:8 He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.

2Cor.3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Freedom comes through love, which love produces faith, hence, trust in God's own love, but why is such freedom needed among mankind? It is simple, it is because life on earth is under the distrust of sin laws, which judge us first and than we earn our love by proving our worth by merit. Subsequently, the love of God is based upon another person earned merit and given too us freely without our earning it, but as a undeserved gift of God's kindness.

Rom.8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.{NU omits "who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit"}
8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

These two worlds are opposed to each other as light is to darkness, one is freedom founded upon the superior law of love, while the other is found in darkness by the laws of distrusted and fear! Those in the Corinthian congregation were fleshly minded not understanding this great chasm existing between these two worlds willing to enslave brothers and sisters into laws of the flesh after being set free by Christ Jesus.

Rom.8:4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
8:6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace; 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

How? By returning to the law Moses, and/or fleshly laws killed the Spirit of truth and freedom, which is Christ Jesus in us, why? Because Christ is the Word of God, which means, he is also God's truth for mankind. Subsequently, because he was put too death in his flesh and made alive in the Spirit resurrect to God's, seated at His right hand, he is a spirit person.

1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

Now. freedom for these brothers and sister existed in worship in Spirit and truth. In other words, in Christ Jesus as God's Holy Temple in heaven. Yes, they were a part of this temple of Christ Jesus, but to worship in the Temple of Christ Jesus they must do so by faith in the unseen temple, and/or body of Christ Jesus in heaven. All body members of Christ were elevated into the spiritual heavens, born again by God's Holy Spirit.

1 John 5:6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

They were to turn to Holy Spirit to be led by it, taught by it, and commune with God through it. Nothing of their fleshly thoughts, or lives upon this earth would be alive in God's eye, being put too death in the fleshly mind, by their being made alive in the Christ. Hence, for them to stay in God's approval they must walk by faith in Christ Jesus above, they must listen to the voice of truth found in God temple above not below where the corruption of flesh reside in evil through mankind sin.

Freedom was not found in the laws of this earth from sin of Adam, no! They had been freed from such enslavement through the Christ. Their face no longer veiled from the glorious freedom in Christ from death abolished in Christ Jesus whom is Spirit and truth for all Christian's.

James 2:12 So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

2Cor.3:18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

If a person wants to see the image of Christ Jesus upon earth they must love their brothers, such love, the world cannot know, neither does is understand. Yes, Christ in us, and us in him reflecting the glorious imagine of God's love for mankind.

1 John 4:12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

Such faces are not veiled they are the Spirit person of Christ working in the love through brothers and sisters transforming ones from old to an new creations in Spirit and truth. Here Paul concludes his thought in this part of his letter to the Corinthian's congregation reminding them of unfathomable gift they had been given freely by God's own love.

1 John 4:8 He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.

Once must peer into the perfect law of freedom, the Royal Law of love to reflect like mirrors the Lord image, there simply is no other way. If these brothers and sister peered into the laws of the flesh their whole body would become dark again, losing the freedom of Christ Jesus in judging other as wicked, which law was abolished in Christ, which proved its point. Nothing more could the laws of the flesh do for those brothers and sisters in being transformed into a Spirit being where the laws of sin have no value at all!

1 John 4:17 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

They mustn't go back to death and enslavement to a enemy defeated by the precious blood of Christ, they must walk in the completed work of Christ Jesus as a humble slaves waiting upon the Master hand to finish their work upon earth as he himself did for his Heavenly Father YHWH. They must accept the rejection of this world and walk the road of faith not by sight in worshiping in some man made religion they must go the narrow road hard to find.

Yes, they must take the sole journey of their Master reject by the world and hated for no cause at all. They would leave behind the glory of man, the position of power and control of false religion and take the humble road unseen by the sheep or goats until the end of their earthly course.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

They must not follow men of the flesh into all sorts of false prophecies, end time prediction(s), but stay into the body of Christ where they had received salvation by the imperishable life of Christ Jesus. If they want food from the unleavened bread above they must not eat the yeast of sin founded in Babylon the Great fleshly religion created by man made laws.

Yes, they would be renewed day to day although they wast away being put to death like sheep for the slaughter enduring to the end of this life, or the Christ coming to take them home, neither matter because they have received the life of Christ by their faith.

1 John 4:20 If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

1 John 4:21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

Written by: Daniel a Slave of Christ Jesus

Completed on March 1, 2013

An amazing commentary on 2 Corinthians chapter 3…. I have never left you Daniel, I just was side tracked for a little bit. I have been visiting your web site regularly feeding on the beautiful spiritual food provided, of which has kept me nourished thanks to God our Father….
Blessings to you dear man…
Brian

Dear Friend,

It is good to hear from you, being side track is human something we all do and frankly can't help in a world with so many issues. The wonderful truth we have is our Father does not vary in shadows of His love for us, because of this faithful writers of God's word could state, even if we are unfaithful he is faithful and will not deny us.

Nothing is more powerful than God's love it never leaves us no one on earth or above can separate us from our Fathers love, not even ourselves. When we teach others the love of God, they are never far off from us, they are as near too us as life, the life of Christ Jesus. I am glad God's love has touched you in such a profound way that you should call me your friend and brother.

Daniel