We have been on this since March 20th as the inspirations keeps pilling up. While thinking about this I was watching Mike Huckabee's program when he had a magician who revealed the number one problem these days as 'listening.' Seems that many jump ahead of what is being said to form their own conclusion. Will that could be what this small passage is saying to us. This passage began at verse 12 of chapter 3 of 2Cor. and was carried forward through chapter 4 verse 6. This whole process actually started with 1Peter 1 and grew on from there to this post, again using the KJV translation before zeroing in on my subject matter in verse 2 of chapter 4 of 2Corinthinas, using the Mirror assisted Study Bible.
2Co 3:12-4:6 (KJV) "Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: For their minds were (are) blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But (For) even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. For we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; But by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the LORD; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For GOD (Elohim of Genesis 1:1), who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."
Now in an effort to keep this short and to the point I shall take the Mirror Study Bible study of this passage beginning at verse 2 through 6.
2Corinthians 2:2-6 We have renounced hidden agendas (employing a little bit of the law in an attempt to "balance" out grace); We have distanced ourselves from any obscure [1]craftiness to manipulate GOD'S word to make it mean what it does not say! With truth on open display in us, we highly recommend our lives to everyone's [2]conscience! Truth finds its most authentic and articulate expression in human life. This beats any doctrine debate! (It is our passion for all to see what is so completely obvious in the mirror of our redeemed likeness and innocence! The word translated craftiness, is the word [1, G3834 from G3835 panourgos, from G3956 and G2041] panourgia and it is from (G3956) pas and (G2041) ergon, all manner of wearisome labor! [2]Conscience in Latin means to posite together; In the Greek, [2, G4893, suneidēsis, translated as conscience, from a prolonged form of G4894 from G4862 sun and G1492 eido] suneido, translated as joint seeing, which is the opposite of (G86 which comes from G1 A or a and G1492 eido, meaning) Hades, not to see. [Mat. 11:23]) If our message seems vague to anyone, it is not because we are withholding something from certain people! It is just because some are so stubborn in their efforts to uphold an outdated system that they don't see it! They are all equally found in Christ but they prefer to remain lost in the cul-de-sac language of the Mosaic Law (this law only offers condemnation for all that adhere to it.)! The survival and self-improvement programs of the [1]religious systems of this world veil the minds of the unbelievers; Exploiting their ignorance about their true origin and their redeemed innocence (all the while claiming to be Christ-ones, ie...'Christians'). The veil of unbelief obstructs and obstructs a person's view and keeps them from seeing what the light of the true gospel so clearly reveals: the [2]glory of GOD is the image and likeness of our Maker redeemed in human form; This is what the gospel of Christ is all about. (The god of this [1, G165 aion, is from the same as G104 aei, regular] age refers to the religious systems and governing structures of this world's order. The unbelief that neutralizes Israel in the wilderness was the lie that they believe about themselves to this very day; "We are grasshoppers, and the 'enemy' is a giant beyond any proportion!" [Num. 13:33, Josh. 2:11, Heb. 4:6] "They failed to possess the promise due to their unbelief." The blueprint [2, G1391 from the base of G1380 dokeo, a prolonged form of a primary verb δόκω dokō] doxa, glory of GOD, is what Adam lost on humanity's behalf. [Look at Eph. 4:18]) Even though we recommended ourselves with great confidence, it is not with arrogance; We do not preach ourselves! We preach Christ Jesus the LORD; We are addicted to this gospel; Employed by Jesus for your benefit. The light source is founded in the same GOD Who said, "Light, Be!" (Gen. 1:1) And light shone out of darkness! He lit the lamp in our understanding so that we may clearly recognize the features of His likeness in the face of Jesus Christ reflected within us all! (The same Elohim (GOD, 'Father, Son and Spirit') Who bade light shine out of darkness has kindled a light in our hearts, whose shinning is to make known His glory as He reveals it in the features of Jesus Christ, the same Christ that is within us all!)
Now this may seem to some to be a repeat and so it is as we have all heard but have we really listened?
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