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2 Corinthians 3:17AMP

If we are really free our lives ought to be imitating satan. If we are free it’s, because of Jesus. Freedom doesn’t have to prove a thing. Freedom produces confidence. Freedom makes us bolder.

I’ve come up with this thought, When evil is present, and it is present at all times. Instead of using the name satan, or devil, I say, “Okay you losing defeated lier.”

I don’t stop there, “And then I turn to Jesus my Savior and Lord, and I worship Him!”

2 Corinthians 3:17AMP Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom].

The Apostle states, to turn to the Lord, who is Spirit, is to turn to the Spirit which is His, which dwelt in Paul, and which Paul gives. And he assumes, almost as an rule or principle of the spiritual life, that the presence of that Spirit gives freedom, as contrasted with the bondage of the letter—freedom from slavish fear, freedom from the guilt and burden of sin, freedom from the tyranny of the Law.

Now to study this evenings text farther, I want to read the text in perfect context. And give it to you verse by verse. 2 Corinthians 3:7-18.

2 Corinthians 3:7TPT Even the ministry that was characterized by chiseled letters on stone tablets came with a dazzling measure of glory,

though it produced death. The Israelites couldn’t bear to gaze on the glowing face of Moses because of the radiant splendor shining from his countenance—a glory destined to fade away.

3:7 Glory or glorious is mentioned fourteen times in this chapter. No chapter in the Bible refers to God’s glory more than, 2 Corinthians 3.

2 Corinthians 3:8-9TPT Yet how much more radiant is this new and glorious ministry of the Spirit that shines from us! 9For if the former ministry of condemnation was ushered in with a measure of glory, how much more does the ministry that imparts righteousness far excel in glory.

2 Corinthians 3:9 The contrast here is between a ministry that brings awareness of sin and leads to condemnation, and a new ministry that confirms to us that we are made righteous and innocent by the work of the cross and the grace of the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:10TPT What once was glorious no longer holds any glory because of the increasingly greater glory that has replaced it.

“Because of Jesus, we have been given a replacement policy. And His replacement policy is greater and more glorious!" P.H

2 Corinthians 3:11TPT The fading ministry came with a portion of glory, but now we embrace the unfading ministry of a permanent impartation of glory.

“As a believer you cohabit with God’s Spirit; therefore, this permanent impartation of glory only gets sweeter. This glory delivers you right smack dab into eternity.” P.H

2 Corinthians 3:12-13TPT So then, with this amazing hope living in us, we step out in freedom and boldness to speak the truth.

13 We are not like Moses, who used a veil to hide the glory to keep the Israelites from staring at him as it faded away.

2 Corinthians 3:13 Or “the end of what was fading.”

“Think about it, Moses wore a veil over his head, so no-one would know when the glory was fading. The Law produced shame. -Wow! P.H

2 Corinthians 3:14TPT Their minds were closed and hardened, for even to this day that same veil comes over their minds when they hear the words of the former covenant. The veil has not yet been lifted from them, for it is only eliminated when one is joined to the Messiah.

Notice, 2 Corinthians 3:14c...for it is only eliminated when one is joined to the Messiah.

“Believers, you and I, now have our share of revelation and unveiling. We get to partake of His glory!” We are walking with the Messiah. P.H

2 Corinthians 3:15-16TPT So until now, whenever the Old Testament is being read, the same blinding comes over their hearts. 16But the moment one turns to the Lord with an open heart, the veil is lifted and they see.

Paul is speaking on, Exodus 34:34, it speaks of Moses, the glory, and his veil.

Again, this evenings text, 2 Corinthians 3:17-18TPT Now, the “Lord” I’m referring to is the Holy Spirit, and wherever he is Lord, there is freedom. 18We can all draw close to him with the veil removed from our faces. And with no veil we all become like mirrors who brightly reflect the glory of the Lord Jesus.

Once, Jenny and I were somewhere in White, Ga. Traveling a county road, it was pitch black. We turn around a long turn to face a yard filled with Christmas lights. Lights everywhere! Once we got closer to the home, and my high beams weren’t shining in the direction of that particular yard, we both begin to laugh, because what we thought was thousands of lights, were actually reflectors. This property owner had nailed thousands of reflectors everywhere. On trees, limbs, At least, 15,000 all along their driveway.