2140.—Glory to Be Done Away.
By Editor
Please explain 2 Cor. 3:7-13. It seems that the glory spoken of refers to the Ten Commandments, which glory was to be done away. By reading carefully the chapter you will see, especially in verses 8 and 9, that it is not the glory of the law, but the glory of the condemnation which the law brought. The contrast is between a ministration which merely condemns and a ministration which saves. A ministration which condemns is where the law is not received into the heart, where we simply hear it spoken to us or read it. God gave it to Israel on tables of stone and spoke it in their hearing. That condemned them. That was the glory which condemned them, but the greater glory is that which brings the law within man and writes it upon his heart, and that is the ministration which is more glorious than the ministration which simply condemns the sin. When one is condemned and sees the law in all its beauty and glory, if he will accept of the Lord Jesus Christ he will receive forgiveness, and not only forgiveness, but the Spirit of God will write the law upon his heart. Taking away the sin does away with the glory of condemnation, abolishes the sin, and makes the sinner a child of God. See the SIGNS of June 19, Question 2122.