The New Way of Living in The Spirit

Meditations on Second Corinthians

April 19, 2023

The New Way of Living in The Spirit

In fact, that first glory was not glorious at all compared with the overwhelming glory of the new way.

2 Corinthians 3:10

Read: 2 Corinthians 3:7-11

Today’s passage, especially v. 10 above, immediately reminded me of Paul’s statement in Romans 7:6, “Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.” (Dr. Larry Crabb’s book, The Pressure's Off, is an excellent study of this verse.) Our mission to seek the life in Christ as our way of life is informed by Romans 7:6.

Paul was absolutely persuaded that Christ had delivered to us an altogether new life and a new way to live. (2 Corinthians 5:17, “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”) Our new way of living in the Spirit is the way we let our relationships with one another arise out of our life in Christ Jesus. Paul’s message in all his epistles can be summed up: God has given us a new way of living in the Spirit.

My Takeaway: My mission to seek the life in Christ as my way of life was initially informed by Philippians 2:5, “Let your bearing towards one another arise out of your life in Christ Jesus” (New English Bible, 1961) I love the way our new life in Christ is stated as fact, “…your life in Christ Jesus.” This is the new way of living in the Spirit.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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