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2 Corinthians 3:12-4:7
*12* Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,
13 and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away.
14 But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ.
15 But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;
16 but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
*Chapter 4*
*1* Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,
2 but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
5 For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.
6 For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
*7* But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;
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I. The Unveiled Glory of God…
!! A. Paul contrasts the Law of Moses with the gospel of grace
!!! 1. Showing the superiority of the latter over the former
!! B. The Law of Moses (3:7, 9a, 10a, 11a, 13-15)
!!! 1.
The temporary glory of the Law of Moses, which brought the knowledge of sin and death 3:7
*Rom.
3:20*
20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
*Rom.
7:10*
10 and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;
!!! 2. Compared with the eternal glory of God’s New Covenant of grace
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*Hebrews 8:7-13*
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.
8 For finding fault with them, He says, “Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, When I will effect a new covenant With the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
9 Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers On the day when I took them by the hand To lead them out of the land of Egypt; For they did not continue in My covenant, And I did not care for them, says the Lord.
10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds, And I will write them on their hearts.
And I will be their God, And they shall be My people.
11 “And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen, And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ For all will know Me, From the least to the greatest of them.
12 “For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And I will remember their sins no more.”
13 When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete.
But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
!!! 3. The gospel of GRACE brings the power of inward transformation
!! C. Great boldness verse 12
*2 Corinthians 3:12** *
12 Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech,
!!! 1. Having such a hope we speak with freedom of speech, or frankness
!!! 2. The Law functioned as a veil, restricting God’s glory (3:13-14a, 15)
*2 Corinthians 3:13-15*
13 and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away.
!!! 3. Ex.
34:29-35 is the story of the veil of Moses
!!!! a) It was not to hide the glory….
but to obscure it
!!!!! (1) It concealed the end of what was paasing away of the glory of God
!!!!! (2) Paul uses this analogy to explain that God is making a new covenant in Jesus
!!!!! (3) The difficulty in understanding the Old Testament vanishes when a person comes to Christ
!!! 4. Jews and Christians who look for the old covenant to be the answer still….
see the veil and not the glory of Jesus
!!!! a) We find freedom when we look to Jesus
!!!! b) Sometimes it is the veil of the unteachable spirit
!!!! c) There’s none so blind as those who will not see
!!!! d) God gave us free will, and, if we insist upon our own way, we cannot learn his
14 But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ.
15 But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;
!! D. The gospel of grace (3:8, 9b, 10b, 11b–12, 16–18)
16 but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
!!! 1.
It is accompanied by an unfading glory (3:10b)
!!! 2. It is a law of life that we become like the people we gaze at
!!! 3. It is eternal (3:11b)
!!! 4. It leads to life (3:8)
!!! 5. Gospel of grace It functions as a mirror, reflecting God’s glory (3:16–18)
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
!! E. The Lord is spirit Verse 17
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
!!! 1.
The Spirit gives us freedom from sin, death, and the condemnation of the law (vv.
7-12)
!!! 2. It produces boldness (3:12)
!!! 3. It transforms us
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
!! F. All believers behold the glory of the Lord in the Scripture
!!! 1.
We are transformed into the image of God
!!! 2. Christ is the image of God
!!! 3. In our physical universe, the sun is always shining
!!!! a) We do not always see it, ,,,,,the reason ….. something has come between the sun and us
!!!! b) So it is with the gospel
!!!!! (1) The son is always shining
!!!!! (2) God is always wanting to shine abroad in us
!!!! c) Satan will try any number of things it may be
!!!!! (1) The cloud of pride
!!!!! (2) Or of rebellion
!!!!! (3) Of self-righteousness
!!!!! (4) Or any one of a hundred other things
Paul writes about appropriate attitudes toward the Scriptures and toward suffering.
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II.
How to Handle the Scripture (4:1-7)
!! A. As practiced by Paul the apostle (4:1-2, 5-7)
*1* Therefore, since we have this ministry,+ as we received mercy, =we do not lose heart,
!!! 1. Since we have this ministry +
!!! 2. As we have received mercy =
!!! 3. We do not loose heart
!! B. We have renounced things hidden
!!! 1.
It is all simple attainable stuff
!!!! a) There is no hidden, unattainable meaning, deeper thing of God
!!!! b) That is Gnostic in nature, not biblical
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