#86 Intimacy

7th November 2010

#86 Intimacy


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Sermon based on 2 Corinthians 3:7-18


The Greater Glory of the New Covenant
 ⁷ 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, ⁸ will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? ⁹ If the ministry that brought condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! ¹⁰ For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. ¹¹ And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!  ¹² Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. ¹³ We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. ¹⁴ But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. ¹⁵ Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. ¹⁶¹⁷ Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ¹⁸ And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

This is a continuation of the sermons that Rev Reuben Ng preached last week and the week before.  Listen to Rev Reuben expound on 2 Cor 3:7-18, whereby the apostle Paul contrasted the ministry of death and condemnation (which glory was fading away) with the ministry of the Holy Spirit (which glory is ever-increasing).  He then gives us some pointers on how to remain steadfast on this "glory-to-glory" track in which things around us should become "naturally supernatural", and shares an amazing testimony on how/why the title of last week's sermon was changed from "We Want More" to "Hungry For His Presence".