{"id":5504,"date":"2018-04-23T17:01:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T15:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=5504"},"modified":"2018-04-23T17:01:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T15:01:36","slug":"what-is-the-ministry-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=5504","title":{"rendered":"What is the ministry of death?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First, read from the Bible:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2 Corinthians 3:7-11<\/p>\n

KJV – But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones<\/strong><\/span>, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious<\/strong><\/span>? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.<\/span><\/p>\n

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10 Commandments, 10th century Byzantine Paris Psalter<\/p><\/div>\n

NIV<\/abbr> – Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone<\/strong><\/span>, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious<\/strong><\/span>? If the ministry that brought condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!<\/span><\/p>\n

NASB – But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones<\/strong><\/span>, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was, how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory<\/strong><\/span>? For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory. For indeed what had glory, in this case has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it. For if that which fades away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.<\/span><\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 3:3<\/p>\n

KJV – Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone<\/strong><\/span>, but in fleshy tables of the heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, answer three easy questions:<\/strong><\/h3>\n