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2Co 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
2Co 3:18 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 by the Spirit of the Lord.
Just sharing a thought on those two verses. we should know the freedom that only Christ can give- where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom. Praise God!
V 18. I think of this as beholding in a mirror “reflecting” as well as “looking into.” We are meant to behold something of the glory of the Lord, the veil has been rent in two, we are to be continually transformed into the same image by the Spirit of the Lord. We with ever-increasing glory, are to reflect what we behold, to become more and more like our Lord.
Eph 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Philo says, “What the eye is to the body, that is the mind to the soul;”
The desire here is that the eyes of your heart and mine are enlightened. The heart refers to the whole inner man. The soul has eyes that need to be and can be enlightened, flooded with divine light. The Holy Spirit opens our eyes and hearts in order that we can see something of the glory of our Lord. The purpose of spiritual illumination and spiritual perception is that believers may know and experience God’s calling, inheritance, and power. The hope of his calling is from Him and summons us to Him. It is a call to a victorious new life in Christ, through Christ, for Christ, and with Christ. It involves perfect deliverance and perfect fellowship. We are called to herald in the Kingdom of God in all it's fullness, we are to take the full gospel of Jesus Christ out to the people around us.
2Co 3:18 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 by the Spirit of the Lord.
Just sharing a thought on those two verses. we should know the freedom that only Christ can give- where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom. Praise God!
V 18. I think of this as beholding in a mirror “reflecting” as well as “looking into.” We are meant to behold something of the glory of the Lord, the veil has been rent in two, we are to be continually transformed into the same image by the Spirit of the Lord. We with ever-increasing glory, are to reflect what we behold, to become more and more like our Lord.
Eph 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Philo says, “What the eye is to the body, that is the mind to the soul;”
The desire here is that the eyes of your heart and mine are enlightened. The heart refers to the whole inner man. The soul has eyes that need to be and can be enlightened, flooded with divine light. The Holy Spirit opens our eyes and hearts in order that we can see something of the glory of our Lord. The purpose of spiritual illumination and spiritual perception is that believers may know and experience God’s calling, inheritance, and power. The hope of his calling is from Him and summons us to Him. It is a call to a victorious new life in Christ, through Christ, for Christ, and with Christ. It involves perfect deliverance and perfect fellowship. We are called to herald in the Kingdom of God in all it's fullness, we are to take the full gospel of Jesus Christ out to the people around us.
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