2 Corinthians 3:3-6 –3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
4 Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. 5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
The letter of the law was written on stone. The idea was not to break the law.
Today Christ has sent the Holy Spirit and Jesus the Word needs to be written in our hearts. The strength is from the Holy Spirit and letting Him dwell in you.
There’s not enough room for the Holy Spirit and someone bent on doing their own thing and following their own desires. Too much of that and there becomes a vacancy. There becomes a lot of knocking at the door from the Spirit so He can try to get back in and clean up the house some more.
What’s really sad is He is always right there, were the ones crowding Him out at times.
When we turn ourselves over to the truth and seek it, we are now capable of being ministers of this new covenant. Truth. There’s a lot of people out there ministering in these last days, but for many there is no truth in it.
It’s not cryptic. It’s in all our Bibles. Most sold all time book and the least read per capita.
If you want to know the Lord better, read his Word. If you want to help others get to know Him, you better read His Word. If you want the Lord to be able to use you, read his Word.
If I gave you GPS, compass, map, water, food, matches, gun, bullets, and dropped you fifty miles in the forest, you would probably find your way out if you use the stuff. Almost everyone should. However,
if you take the pack that has it all in it and never open it up, you’re in trouble.
Same goes for the Word of God. You are living in a battle for your heart. If you’re not covered in the Armor of God, you’re going to be in serious trouble.
We make the choice to serve God, or not. We make the choice to work for the Lord, or not. It matters.