356 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 4 - Book 30 - 2 Corinthians 1:1 - 3:18 - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 30 2 CORINTHIANS 1:1-3:18 - PART 2 Also remember that He was only sent to the Nation of Israel. Romans 15:8 "Now I (Paul) say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision (Jews only) for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:" (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) So what Jesus said was to the Nation of Israel under the Law. What the Apostle Paul writes is Holy Spirit inspired and it is directed directly to us as Gentiles in this age of Grace in the Body of Church. Verse 1: II Corinthians 3:1 Peter and the eleven didn't send Paul out into the Gentile world, but rather the ascended Christ seated at the Father's right hand did. So Paul is reminding them of that. Now verse 2: II Corinthians 3:2 So Paul says you) are our epistle (you are changed people)written in our hearts, known and read of all men: They've become living epistles! II Corinthians 3:3 II Corinthians 3:4,5 Dung. Philippians 3:7,8 Verse 6: II Corinthians 3:6 "Who (God from verse 5) also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, (the Law of Moses) but of the spirit: for the letter (Law) killeth, but the spirit giveth life." See the difference? Law could do nothing but condemn. The Law had no life-giving power whatsoever. Now here in this verse is that same Spirit - that power from on High, it's that Holy Spirit that gives life. But the Law can only condemn. II Corinthians 3:7 "But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, (the Law, and so if that) was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which was to be done away:" Well, because Moses was so radiant in his glory, having been in the presence of Christ of the Old Testament that the children of Israel couldn't stand to look on his face. What was being veiled was the passing away of the Law. Now verse 8: II Corinthians 3:8 What's Paul talking about? As the gloriousness (if there is such a word) of the Law faded away, then what takes its place and is even more glorious? Grace! Law has to fade away and Grace becomes epitomized. Now moving on to verse 9: II Corinthians 3:9a "For if the ministration of condemnation..." Romans 3:19,20 "Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law, (who's under the Law? Israel. The Gentiles never were. But the power of the Law didn't stop with Israel but) that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world (not just Israel) may become guilty before God. Death! So the Law was an administration of death. II Corinthians 3:9 "For if the ministration of condemnation (Law) be glory, (then) much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory." As great as the system of Law was in operating in the Nation of Israel, it's nothing to be compared with the operation of Grace. II Corinthians 3:10 That, by comparison, the glory of legalism which was, of course, the way God mandated to the Nation of Israel living under the Law, was nothing. Now verse 11. In this verse Paul puts it in plain language. II Corinthians 3:11 The Law. Grace. What a difference. Grace is far more glorious. Now verse 12: II Corinthians 3:12 There are millions of people who are shunning the Gospel of God's Grace, (believing in His finished work of the Cross. When Christ died and rose from the dead, God was totally satisfied that was all we needed. Now verse 13: II Corinthians 3:13 Now verse 14: II Corinthians 3:14 In other words when Christ finished the work of redemption by virtue of His death, burial, and resurrection the whole system of Law was done away with. So Christ died, He rose from the dead, He revealed to this apostle, the apostle Paul, this whole new concept of salvation by faith because of God's Grace, and nothing added. Now reading on: II Corinthians 3:15 Remember in synagogue worship what is primarily read? The Torah, from Moses. Romans 11:6,7 "And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. (in other words, Grace cannot operate mixed with Law. II Corinthians 3:15-17 "But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it (their hearts) shall turn to the Lord, (by believing Paul's Gospel) the vail shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." Now verse 18: II Corinthians 3:18 Every believer of the Grace Gospel) 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." II Corinthians 15:18a Now Israel was depicted as being veiled from the truth of the Law. It's just that simple, and the Law could never do any of that, because Moses had to be veiled, and Israel could never understand. But you're not under Law, but rather GRACE! #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible