YOU ARE A LETTER FROM CHRIST

You show that you are a Letter from Christ,

The result of our Ministry,

No written with Ink but with the Spirit of the Living God,

Not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. (2 Corinthians 3:3)

Thanks be to God, Who always leads us in Triumphal Procession IN Christ

And through us spreads Everywhere the Fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

For we are to God the Aroma of Christ among those who are being Saved

And to those who are Perishing.

To the one we are the Smell of Death;

To the other, the Fragrance of LIFE.

UNLIKE SO MANY, we do not Peddle the Word of God FOR PROFIT.

On the contrary, IN Christ we speak before God with Sincerity,

Like men sent from God. (2 Corinthians 2:14-17)

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,

No written 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 as Ministers of a NEW COVENANT--

Not of the Letter but of the Spirit;

FOR THE LETTER KILLS, BU 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 OF THAT WHICH 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 Every Increasing Glory,

Which comes from the Lord, Who is the SPIRIT.

(2 Corinthians 3)

Be always on the Watch,

And pray that you will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,

And that you may be able TO STAND before the Son of Man. (Luke 21:36)

Today, the World is raging against God, rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)

This World in it's present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)

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!