The difference between the external- internal
Today the focus is not the Christ but systems of being institutionalized, 2 Corinthians gives us a peek at the new man over the old form.
But when any of them believes in the Lord Jesus, God removes that veil from them. It is by the power of his Spirit that the Lord works in our lives, and the Lord's Spirit has set us free from trying to obey the all the rules and rituals that God gave Moses. It is as though God has removed the veil from our faces . We realize how awesome Jesus is. As we realize that, we are continually being changed { the Holy Spirit is continually changing us} to become more and more like Jesus, so that people can see, more and more, how awesome Jesus is. It is the Spirit of the Lord who does this.
It;s not easy very little today deals with the inward awareness it;s always looking to the out side.
As our bodies get weaker, God continually makes our inner lives stronger. He will reward us for all that we have suffered.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 our inner live do we even know what that looks like? anymore?
will not be houses that people have made. They will be new bodies in which we will live forever in heaven. 2 While we are here on earth, we suffer. We often groan because we desire to go to heaven where God will give us our new bodies .
Keep in mind that if you really want to give something to help others, whatever any one of you is able to give will be pleasing to God. God does not expect his people to give more than they can afford to give. 13 I do not mean that you should give so much to help others that you yourselves do not have what you need. No, what I want is that both you and others will have what you need.
However, just like Satan, when he cunningly appeared as a snake, deceived Eve's thinking and caused her to disobey the Lord God, I am concerned that those teachers will cause you to think wrongly so that you will no longer be faithful to Christ alone. When people treat you as if they were your bosses, you gladly submit to them. You think that it is all right when others force you provide for their needs. You think that it is all right when people take control over you, when they boast about themselves, or when they insult you by slapping you in the face. 21 I agree that I was not bold enough to treat you in such ways. So do you think that I should feel ashamed because I did not do that?
Paul has already mentioned “tablets of stone,” and then the “new covenant.” He then builds the contrast between the new and the old. His authenticity as an apostle of Christ is not built upon the old covenant, but upon the new — not on the letters engraved in stone, but in the Spirit of God.
Let’s see how he develops the contrast: “Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?”
“For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory” (verse 10). The Ten Commandments have no glory now, Paul is saying, in comparison to the new covenant, which brings life and righteousness.
“And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!” What was fading away? Moses’ face was fading, but Paul is not talking about Moses’ face any more — he is talking about “the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone.” That is what “came with glory” (verse 7). That is what was fading away.
The Ten Commandments, Paul is saying, came with glory, but they were temporary, just as surely as the glory of Moses’ face was temporary. The new covenant not only has much greater glory, but it also “lasts.” The Ten Commandments, Paul implies, do not last forever. They were designed as a temporary “ministry of condemnation,” designed to lead people to Christ.
