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2 Corinthians 3:7-8  

"But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, 

so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses 

for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 

How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?"  

   The old covenant was based on a written document. The story of it's initiation is in Exodus 24:1-8. Moses took the book of the covenant and read it to the people and they agreed to it. The new covenant is based on the power of the life giving Spirit. A written document is something that is external; whereas the work of the Spirit is internal and changes a mans very heart. A man may obey the written law while all the time he wishes to disobey it; but when the Spirit comes into his heart and controls it, not only does he not break the law, he does not even wish to break it, because he is a changed man. A written letter can change the law; only the Spirit can change human nature. 

  The old covenant was deadly because it killed certain things. It killed hope. There was never any hope that any man could keep, because human nature being like it is. Therefore it could cause nothing but frustration. It killed life. Under it a man could earn nothing but condemnation; and condemnation meant death. It killed strength. It was perfectly able to tell a man what to do, but it could not help him to do it. 

  The new covenant was quite different. It was a relationship of love. It came into being because God so loved the world. It was a relationship between a father and his sons. Man was no longer the criminal in default, he was the son of God, even if a disobedient son. It changed a man's life, not by imposing a new written law on him, but by changing his heart.

  My Friends, When the sun rises, the lamps seems to have no use. So many people still cling to the old when the best has been offered, "Jesus Christ."  Churches all over the world cling to the old and refuse the new. Listen, just because something was always done, don't make it right, and because a thing was never done, don't make it wrong. We must be careful not to worship the stages instead of the goal, and not to cling to the second best while the best is waiting, Lets not refuse the new glories that God is opening to us, each day of our earthly life.

Amen!

Reading: 2 Cor. 3:4-11

Ref: HG SB; DSB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry