2 CORINTHIANS 3 vs 1 KJV-lite VERSES

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1 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? / do we need to present an official document of our credentials from a certain graduate studies program? Paul says, not necessary! 2 You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men / the way of life in the Spirit isn t taught at any university now days; their emphasis is science and research; not love and truth: 3 Forasmuch as you are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart / Paul says: our authorizations are written on your hearts. 4 And such trust we have through Christ toward God: 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves / the school of life and hard knocks that Paul endured is outlined in chapter 11, but Paul began this letter reminding us he along with those traveling and preaching with him in Asia on the Turkish peninsula were stoned in Lystra by religious zealots and as was their custom supposing they were dead dragged them to the edge of the city and left them for dead; Paul said: the sentence of death in ourselves and why? To teach Paul and those with him: that we should not trust in ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God / God s first grade student, albeit head of the class was learning some tough lessons; but I bet Paul could say: Lesson learned! The felt experience certainly was something Paul could never forget: Paul s lesson about: sufficiency, competency and adequacy is something we could all think deeply about and take to heart; 6 who also has made us able ministers / in Greek: diakonos, deacons who, like Stephen, full of the Spirit do great things like, serving up good food especially to foreign women, and cleaning the tables; and maybe toilets, too willing to do the shitty jobs; oh, like our Lord who took all our stuff for us; deacons of the new testament; not of the letter / not check list, inquisitive, legalistic deacons, but of the spirit / but heartfelt: loving, joyful peaceful, merciful, graceful deacons: 1 ilibros.net internacional 2015

2 for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life. 7 But if the deaconing / you know, what deacons do: instead of sitting and looking pretty goofy; But if the deaconing / the serving and ministering, and clean-up crew of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious / when the first commands, spectacularly presented even by the great stammering and stuttering Moses overwhelmed with fear coming from Mount Sinai -- Heb.12:18-20, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to fade away: 8 How will not the deaconing / the serving and clean-up crew of the Spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the deaconing / the serving, and ministering, and clean-up crew of condemnation be glory, much more does the deaconing / the serving and clean-up crew of righteousness exceed in glory / Paul says: this new work crew, serving, ministering, and cleaning up empowered to do what is right, and to do what is right is to look out for the welfare of others. the evidence of God s love at work; serving up peace and joy in an angry, heartless world being destroyed by the governments of the world until the whole world is broken a world that has lost its way; much more does the deaconing of doing what is right exceed in glory! 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth / what?!.@#*$&^!!! I didn t think I was going to make it through the last 4 verses!! But with the Lord s help we will get through this verse, too: For even what was made glorious / the old way; the bloody sacrificial ways, that old law underscoring gloom and doom; death and destruction, which was made glorious, had no real glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses. if what is done away was glorious; what remains is much more glorious. 12 Seeing that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech / the wasted words of Paul something some of the King James translators should have remembered to do; though I ll take the KJV attempts over the deceptive agenda of translators who do not love the Word; but who love to twist and pervert the word who want us to believe plain speech means: tasteless, boring, confusing speech causing many to stop reading God s word: 2 ilibros.net internacional 2015

3 Seeing that we have such hope / a glorious hope of life and joy and peace in the Spirit, we use great plainness of speech. 13 And not as Moses, who put a veil / a covering over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of what faded away / because after 40 days, coming down from Sinai, the face of Moses radiated with the glory of God, and I m sure it was a little scary to see; that faded away; but years later, the Aaronic ceremonial rules would fade away: 14 But their minds were blinded / not only the House of Judah; but also the House of Israel: for until this day remains the same veil untaken away / and until today our day; in the 21 st century, the veil remains not unveiled. in the reading / notice: it does not say in the singing. Now, I like music a lot having graduated from a university listed in the top 2% of music programs in the world; and whenever I submitted an original musical composition it would always win in the composition contests. I like music; but, Paul says: in the reading / so Paul is talking to people who are studying and have learned to read something Paul could do very well. in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ. / in the church age as the time of the Gentiles comes to a close, Paul tells us there is a definite difference: When Christ is read -- His lessons; His words VS When Moses is read -- the types and shadows. 15 But even to this day, when Moses is read / in essence: when Moses and all the prophets who also wrote of the types and shadows of things to come if that is all that is read, then since this verse has nothing to do with whether: to read, or not to read the Old Testament. Jesus tells us 1000 times: having no other gods before our God, is not a bad thing; to love God his Father above all others is not a bad thing; the Lord shepherding us is also not a bad thing, then, the superficial imitation of the old, and selectively mimicking worn out legalistic practices and reading to understand all the types and shadows, but missing the substance, the One those types and shadows point to if that is all that is done: Paul says then starting with Moses, when Moses is read / if you stop there; if your limited reading for understanding excludes all the other stuff in scripture that were written for our benefit, then the veil is upon their heart. 3 ilibros.net internacional 2015

4 16 Nevertheless when it will turn to the Lord / Paul is talking about: the heart which means that what Paul is talking about will probably not be able to even reach to nonetheless have any impact on our genius 21 st generation people who are not sure if they have a heart; since it s not scientific! So, their choice is simple: heart or heartless! And I would imagine a bad heart, is better than no heart; though a maturing heart, not an angry heart; a heart full of joy and peace is best of all, right? Paul says, when those with a heart will turn to the Lord and they will: if Christ is read; if His words His information, and what He taught those who joined him when His way of thinking is taken to heart, the veil will be taken away. 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit / like God our Father in heaven who is spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty / there is freedom to understand; freedom to build a life fashioned for eternity. 18 But we all, with open face / clearly with unveiled face beholding as in a glass / a mirror, clearly with unveiled face see reflected the glory of the Lord / remember: Paul has been talking about in the reading not in the singing of lots and lots of little churchy songs mostly about us; one of the local congregations always loves to start their service singing about themselves. I had to tell the guys, you need to pick an occasional song that does not start with: I adding: to get up early and drive to the service that can t start on time, even if they knew Jesus would be present and finally start by singing 2 or 3 songs often beginning with I reminded me more of the verse: lovers of self rather than lovers of God. Paul is talking about reading the old vs. the new; reading of Moses vs. reading of Christ = being schooled by Christ; so, let s put it together, But we all with unveiled face see reflected in the reading of Christ / being schooled by Christ who is: 4 ilibros.net internacional 2015

5 the glory of the Lord are changed / metamorphoo Dr. Dallas Willard reminds us: our mind is where thoughts and feelings, together with external images beyond rational thought always intersect the soul. The heart, the executive core of our innermost being is not reached directly bypassing our mind. That is the way we were created. God created us with that unique place of freedom, where we decidedly say: Yes, or No! So, we need to be careful about what thoughts -- which are always accompanied by unruly feelings and what images we let in our mind. The heartless, addictive, violent, impersonal world doesn t care about that; they spend millions on the images presented to our minds. because they also know: without a changed mind; there will be no changed heart -- and they are coming for yours and mine. Paul says, But we all with unveiled face see reflected in the reading of Christ the glory of the Lord and are changed into the same image / which is what God our Father wanted from the beginning: men and women made in His image and in His likeness. we... are changed from glory to glory / from old, faded glory; to new glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. You know, the Spirit of the Lord is ready to help; every day ready to help. He has been ready a long time: ask Him! 5 ilibros.net internacional 2015