1. Ministers of the New Covenant
2 Corinthians 3:10-16
Cornel Rasor, Pastor

2. This indeed is one of the glories of Christianity
This indeed is one of the glories of Christianity. It is characteristic of error to practice reserve and to seek concealment. In all the religions of antiquity there was an esoteric and an exoteric doctrine; one for the people and the other of the initiated. They all had mysteries carefully concealed from the public eye. So in the Romish church, just in proportion as it is infected with the spirit of heathenism the doctrine of reserve is avowed and practiced. The gospel is not preached with openness, so that all may understand. The people are kept in ignorance. They are told they need not know; that faith without knowledge, a blind confidence in rites which they do not understand, is all sufficient. But if a man in the church has the conviction that the gospel is of God, that it is unspeakably glorious, adapted to all and needed by all in order to salvation, then the word will be preached openly and without reserve.
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3. Rom 11:25  For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;
Rom 16:25-26  Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,  (26)  but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith;
1Co 2:7-8  but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;  (8)  the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;
Eph 6:19  and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
Col 4:3  praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;
1Ti 3:16  By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory.
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4. Eph 3:3-4  that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.  (4)  By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
Eph 3:9  and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;
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5. Col 2:9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,
Eph 5:32  This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
Col 2:2-3  that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself,  (3)  in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Col 2:9  For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,
2Th 2:7  For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.
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6. Act 7:51-53  "You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.  (52)  "Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;  (53)  you who received the law as ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it."
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7. 1) liberty to do or to omit things having no relationship to salvation
ἐλευθερία
eleutheria
1) liberty to do or to omit things having no relationship to salvation
2) fancied liberty
2a) licence, the liberty to do as one pleases
3) true liberty is living as we should not as we please
eleutheria: liberty, freedom
Original Word: ἐλευθερία, ας, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eleutheria Phonetic Spelling: (el-yoo-ther-ee'-ah) Short Definition: freedom, liberty Definition: freedom, liberty, especially: a state of freedom from slavery.
Cognate: 1657 eleuthería – freedom, liberty. See 1658 (eleutheros).
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