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2 Corinthians 3:3

You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

In the context of the weekend past, you should know that the cross changed everything! We say it a lot, but we don’t live like it a lot…

We’re still so often people who live according to sets of rules and laws. We want to blessed according to how ‘good’ we are. We try to change lives by bringing in ‘better’ rules.

In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul clearly distinguishes a life lived by rules against a life lived by Spirit.

God wants us to not live a life of reference to an external source but a life in obedience to an internal source.

Don’t set up your life to live according to a set of rules. The ten commandments were written on tablets of stone. They are great standards but no means by which to live – in fact, they minister death (v7)!

God actually wants you to constantly go to your redeemed heart (Ezekiel 36:26). The less time we spend thinking law fixes our lives, the more time we will spend filling our heart with the life of the Spirit.

Prayer for the week: Father, thank you for how you created us for relationship with you. Let your Spirit be a constant provider and teacher in my life. May my relationships with others be the same, full of life and love.