“Whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; but whenever a man
turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.” - 2 Corinthians 3:15-16
One of the most important truths the Holy Spirit unveils for us is
the glory of the New Covenant.
In contrast to the Old Covenant, the present New Covenant age is
characterized by the clarity of all the key doctrinal and practical passages in
the New Testament. This progress from the veiled glory of the previous era to
the unveiled glory of the present era occurred when the Holy Spirit came in the
Book of Acts. All that God wants us to know and do is clearly brought into focus
now because of the teaching ministry of the indwelling Spirit.
The Spirit guides and enlightens New Covenant believers as they read and
study God’s Word. Therefore, there is no longer any need, for example, to
unscramble the pictures and prophecies regarding Christ. Thus Paul can say, “We
use great plainness of speech” (2 Cor. 3:12, KJV). He goes on to say in verses
17-18, “Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty. 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
from the Lord, the Spirit.”
Those verses describe the essence of the Christian life: becoming like Jesus
Christ. The only way to do that is to know well the unveiled glory of the New
Covenant and allow the Holy Spirit to change you more and more into the Savior’s
image.
~John MacArthur, Strength for Today for Sept. 27, 2013
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