A Living Epistle
You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. You show that you are Christ’s letter, delivered by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God—not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts 2 Corinthians 3:2-3, CSB
In the passage above, the Apostle Paul is writing to the church in Corinth. He tells them that they are the Bible people will read, with God’s word written on their hearts. When God says, “Go make disciples of all men,” He is speaking to how we live our lives every day. People will read our lives as though they had opened the Bible and studied it. We are to be His testimony to the world. We are the living word because Christ lives within us.
When we accepted Jesus Christ as our personal Savior, the Holy Spirit instantly came to live inside us, transforming our old man from sin to righteousness. This doesn’t mean we are perfect—it means that while we were born into sin, our spirit changed to righteousness through our new birth in Christ. Our behavior, however, is a work in progress. As we mature in the Word, the Holy Spirit within us guides us into righteous actions.
Apostle Paul reminded the church that by letting Christ shine through them, others would see Jesus. This doesn’t mean we have to carry a Bible everywhere we go or have a cross tattooed on our arms. While there’s nothing wrong with a tattoo, Paul is speaking to how we treat others in our daily lives and how we share the gospel.
I remember one day my husband and I went for a walk around a lake in our neighborhood. Houses lined the lake, and a young woman, probably in her twenties, saw us walking and waved. We waved back and said hello. As we got closer, she said to me, “What do you have on the inside of you? I want that!” I was just walking with my husband, wearing shorts and a tank top, but the Holy Spirit was shining through. That’s the message Paul was conveying to the Corinthians and to us, as Christ’s representatives on Earth. We must spend time in the Word so that when we are out in public, people see Jesus through us.
Key points:
You are God’s representative in the earth. Everyday you are being read by someone. The more you spend time with the Holy Spirit, the more he will transcend through you.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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