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3:1 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our1 hearts, to be known and read by all. 3 And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.2
4 Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? 9 For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory. 10 Indeed, in this case, what once had glory has come to have no glory at all, because of the glory that surpasses it. 11 For if what was being brought to an end came with glory, much more will what is permanent have glory.
12 Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, 13 not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. 14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. 15 Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 16 But when one3 turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. 17 Now the Lord4 is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,5 are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.6 For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
[1] 3:2
[2] 3:3
[3] 3:16
[4] 3:17
[5] 3:18
[6] 3:18
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One of the largest and most famous bicycling events in the United States is the Seattle to Portland (STP) ride. Every summer almost 10,000 riders from all over the world make the 200 mile trek by bike, most of them in two days. I've only done the STP once, and since I did it in just one day I knew I had to train long and hard to get ready.
Many cyclists do the STP every year, and they've told me that invariably there are a few people who ride their bikes a few miles a day and then try to just hop on and do the STP without any training. They are the ones I saw by the side of the road about 40 or 50 miles into the ride, waiting for the "sag wagon" to come and pick them up and take them to the next rest station because they could not go on. You don't become a serious cyclist in one day!
You don't become a Christ-like disciple in one day either. In 2 Corinthians 3:18 Paul writes: "And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." Paul's reference is to Moses whose face shone when he came down from the mountain after being with the Lord. And when we've been with Jesus by faith and have trusted in him and received his salvation by grace--our faces shine, in fact, our lives shine with his glory. But we don't instantly become like Jesus.
Paul says that we are being transformed into Jesus' likeness with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord. There are two important things we need to understand from this verse. First, becoming more like Jesus takes time. In fact you can work at becoming more like Jesus your whole life and you will never reflect his glory perfectly. His glory will never be perfected in us until we share in his glory in heaven. Second, no matter how hard we work at it, we can't become like Jesus on our own. Paul says that the ever-increasing glory in our lives come from the Lord. His Holy Spirit must be at work in us to conform us to the image of God's Son.
Nevertheless, if we spend time with Jesus through Word and Sacrament, the Holy Spirit will be at work in us to reflect the Lord's glory more and more. It cannot fail because it's not our work, it's his. So just as my training for the STP paid off with a completed 206 mile ride in one day, so our spiritual disciplines will pay off as the Spirit works in us to make us more and more like Jesus. But be patient with yourself. It's a lifelong process. So enjoy!
37:1 As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz. 3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. 4 It may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
5 When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, 6 Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the LORD: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me. 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’”
8 The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. 9 Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush,1 “He has set out to fight against you.” And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?’”
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: 16 “O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made the heavens and the earth. 17 Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 18 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. 20 So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD.”
[1] 37:9
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The first thing King Hezekiah did when he heard of the threats of the Assyrian king was to turn to the LORD. He sent his officials and the leading priests to the prophet Isaiah, asking him to pray for the people of the remaining Southern Kingdom. He reminded Isaiah of how the Assyrian commander mocked "the living God" and prayed that God would rebuke him. Isaiah sent word to King Hezekiah that God would send a spirit to the Assyrian king that would cause him to flee in fear, and that he would die by the sword in his own land. While this exchange took place, Sennacherib struck at Libnah since he had heard that help was on its way to Judah from the King of Cush, who ruled Egypt at that time as well. Sennacherib renewed his mockery of the living God, comparing him to the powerless idols of all the nations he had already destroyed. When these mocking boasts came to Hezekiah by way of a letter, he took it to the temple and spread it out before the LORD. Hezekiah prayed, reminding God that Sennacherib had laid waste to all the nations because their gods "were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone." Then Hezekiah added: "So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD." For His own name's sake, King Hezekiah asked the LORD to deliver His people. This is a repeated and effective pattern of prayer throughout Scripture.
22 You have seen, O LORD; be not silent!
O Lord, be not far from me!
23 Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication,
for my cause, my God and my Lord!
24 Vindicate me, O LORD, my God,
according to your righteousness,
and let them not rejoice over me!
25 Let them not say in their hearts,
“Aha, our heart’s desire!”
Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”
26 Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor
who magnify themselves against me!
27 Let those who delight in my righteousness
shout for joy and be glad
and say evermore,
“Great is the LORD,
who delights in the welfare of his servant!”
28 Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness
and of your praise all the day long.
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