Daily Scripture 5 April 2022 | Today Reflection
Read and Meditate on Today’s Daily Scripture Reflection for Tuesday 5th April 2022
DAILY SCRIPTURE 5 APRIL 2022 | TODAY REFLECTION
SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 3:1-3, New King James Version
Christ’s Epistle
3 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you?
2 You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
3 clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.
Today’s Daily Scripture 5 April 2022
Paul was not opposed to letters of recommendation; but he already had an established relationship with the Corinthian church. The false teachers unsettled the Corinthians by their constant demand for the approval of other people.
Other historical authors record that these false preachers would show letters of commendation to demand an audience on arrival and demanded similar letters when they left. When they could not persuasively pilfer a certain group, they would often forge their own letters. These were “unworthy adventurers with unreliable credentials.”
Falsehood is perpetually intentional. It will always expect things that have nothing to do with Gospel expectations or fruit. It always demands an impersonal and subjective support for the message. False teachers preach to impress, preach for personal and financial gain, and usually add a work of the Law to the message of salvation through Christ alone.
The messaging of truth is a contrast to all of the above. Paul only sought the approval of God, not other people. His message was personal because he knew the Corinthians, had preached the pure Gospel to them, and had seen divine change from within. This was not temporary but a lasting change that exerted an influence on those around them.
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Daily Scripture 5 April 2022, Tuesday
“This is a letter engraved in Paul’s heart, not flourished in his hand or carried in his luggage. It is something far more intimate than an external document of paper with ink, and at the same time, far more permanent.”
Paul’s heart was forever knit with souls who had been changed by the Gospel. Their lives were personal and public demonstrations of the same. The grace of God accompanies the life of a true believer, everywhere he or she goes and whatever he or she does.
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