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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Change
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. (II Corinthians 3:18)
The Christian salvation is not a preserving of what we are but a changing of what we are. We are to be transformed, and the process of change often is painful. God has a purpose in our pain. If we are not transformed we cannot possibly enter the Kingdom of God, for there is neither sin nor self-seeking in the Kingdom.
Following and obeying the Holy Spirit as He leads us through hardship and tribulation brings down our old nature and raises up a new creation. A transformation takes place and we are changed into the image of the Son of God.
In the third chapter of II Corinthians, Paul discusses the difference between the old covenant and the new covenant. The old covenant was written on tables of stone. The new covenant is written on the tables of the heart.
What we term the "New Testament" (new covenant) is not actually the new covenant. Rather, it is a set of inspired writings written by men in whose hearts the new covenant was being engraved; or, more accurately, men who themselves were becoming the new covenant.
The new covenant is God's laws put in our minds and written in our hearts by the Spirit of God. If we are to have the Spirit of God write God's laws in our minds and hearts we first must adhere carefully to the written words of Christ and His Apostles.
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. (Romans 6:17)
If we keep the written words to the best of our ability, asking the Lord to give us wisdom and strength, then the Spirit will form Christ in us. Christ is the Word made flesh. The saint is the flesh being made the Word of God.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: (Hebrews 8:10)
Having Christ formed in us is the same as having the Word of God written in our minds and hearts. As Christ is formed in us the new covenant is formed in us. The result of having Christ formed in us is that we begin to keep the laws of God because of the new nature that is being created in us.
Because of Calvary there no longer is a veil between us and the Glory of God. We are being permitted to behold the Divine Glory. It is shining in our heart as Christ is being formed in us. The saint is a mirror that reflects Christ's Glory.
As we see the glory in ourselves and in other people we are changed, continually passing from a lesser glory to a greater glory. This eternal change is being wrought by the Spirit of the Lord.
To be continued.