2 CORINTHIANS 3:7\u201311<\/b><\/p>\n
For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory<\/i><\/p>\n
(2 Cor. 3:9)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The law in all its forms, whether the moral law as revealed in the Scriptures, as written in heart, or as the Mosaic law, was designed to bring men to knowledge of sin and guilt. It produces a longing for redemption; thus it functions as a schoolmaster to bring men to Christ (Gal. 3:24). This is a necessary function of the law, and therefore it is glorious: \u201cBut if the ministry of death \u2026 was glorious\u201d (2 Cor. 3:7). Yet, how can that which only makes us realize our sinfulness and condemnation before the holiness of God compare with that (the Gospel) which delivers us from sin and condemnation?<\/p>\n
Paul answers this question by establishing that the law is glorious; the glory that he specifically refers to here is that which was reflected in the face of Moses. \u201cThis brightness of the face of Moses was in two respects a symbol of the glory of the old dispensation,\u201d Hodge wrote. \u201cIn the first place, it was an outward brightness. So too the glory of the Mosaic dispensation was derived in large measure from its pompous ritual, its temple, its priesthood, its sacrifice, and, above all, its Shekinah, or visible symbol of the divine presence. But what was all this to the glory of the Gospel? What was a bright cloud overhanging the cherubim to the light of God\u2019s presence filling the soul?\u2026 The Gospel is spirit because it is the source of life. Instead of being something external and powerless, it is inward and saving; and this is the ground of its superiority to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ministry of righteousness is greater because it reveals a righteousness by which men are freed from sin. \u201cAs much better therefore as justification is than condemnation to eternal death, so much better is the gospel than the law,\u201d Hodge explains. The glory of the Gospel is that it reveals the righteousness of Christ, by which the demands of the law are met. In this way, it is a source of life and glorious to all who believe.<\/p>\n
Because the Gospel is so glorious, the law loses its glory in light of it, just as the moon pales before the presence of the sun. Paul even says that when you compare the law to the Gospel, it has no glory at all because the Gospel and its ministry of life are \u201cmuch more glorious.\u201d<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
Proverbs 20\u201322<\/p>\n
2 Corinthians 5<\/p>\n
Just as the Israelites were filled with awe when they beheld the glory that surrounded the temple, so must Christians be filled with awe when they hear the proclamation of the Gospel\u2014in fact, more so. Let the glorious nature of the Gospel fill you with awe as you worship God. Praise Him today in prayer.<\/p>\n
For further study: Ex. 34:1\u20139 \u2022 Jer. 31:31\u201334 \u2022 Gal. 3:1\u20139 \u2022 Heb. 8:7\u201313<\/i><\/p>\n
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