You
must know that your witness for Christ Jesus is powerful.
If
you live in Him and for Him your witness is POWERFUL.
Eternity,
for some, will depend on your witness.
In
this day when so few stand for Christ, you stand out like a light on
a hill.
You
do not even need to speak, because your life speaks for you.
Listen
to the apostle Paul:
Are
we beginning to commend ourselves again?
Or
do we need, like some people,
Letters
of recommendation to you or from you?
You
yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts,
Known
and read by everybody.
You
show that you are a letter from Christ,
The
result of our ministry, written not with ink
But
with the Spirit of the Living God,
Not
on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
Such
confidence as this is ours through Christ before God.
Not
that we are competent to claim anything for ourselves,
But
our competence comes from God.
He
has made us competent—not of the letter but of the Spirit;
For
the letter kills, but the Spirit gives LIFE.
Now
if the ministry that brought death,
Which
was engraved in letters on stone, came with Glory,
So
that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses
Because
of its Glory, fading though it was,
Will
not the ministry of the Spirit be even more Glorious?
If
the ministry that condemns men is Glorious,
How
much more Glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!
For
what was Glorious has no Glory now in comparison
With
THE SURPASSING GLORY.
And
if what was fading away came with Glory,
How
much greater is the Glory that lasts!
Therefore,
since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
We
are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face
To
keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading
away.
But
their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains
When
the Old Covenant is read.
It
has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.
Even
to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
But
whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
Now
the Lord is the Spirit,
And
where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
And
we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's Glory,
Are
being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing Glory,
Which
comes from the Lord, Who is the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3)
Therefore,
since through God's mercy we have this ministry,
We
do not lose heart.
Rather,
we have renounced secret and shameful ways;
We
do not use deception, nor do we distort the Word of God.
On
the contrary, by setting fourth the TRUTH plainly
We
commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
And
even if our Gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are
perishing.
The
god of this age [Satan]
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
we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord,
And
ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
For
God, Who said, 'Let Light shine out of darkness,'
Made
His Light shine in our hearts
To
give us the Light of the knowledge of the Glory of God
In
the face of Christ.
But
we have this Treasure in jars of clay
To
show that this All-Surpassing POWER is from God and not from us.
We
are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed,
Perplexed,
but not in despair, persecuted, but not abandoned,
Struck
down, but not destroyed.
We
always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,
So
that the LIFE of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
For
we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus'
sake,
So
that His LIFE may be revealed in our mortal body.
So
then, death is at work in us, but LIFE is at work in you.
It
is written: 'I believe; therefore I have spoken.'
With
that same spirit of Faith we also believe and therefor speak,
Because
we know that the One Who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead
Will
also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His Presence.
All
this is for your benefit,
So
that the grace that is reaching more and more people
May
cause thanksgiving to overflow to the Glory of God.
Therefore
we do not lose heart.
Though
outwardly we are wasting away,
Yet
inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For
our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an Eternal
Glory
That
far outweighs them all.
So
we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.
For
what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is Eternal.
(2
Corinthians 4)
Today,
the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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