2 Corinthians 3 - We are changed

Salvation restores to us the glory lost by the fall. Salvation has a transforming power. This transformation begins in salvation (12-17). When we turn to the Lord there is a change at the deepest level of our being. The veil is lifted from our heart and glory is restored in our hearts . The transforming  glory continues in our sanctification (18). Sanctification is progressive growth in righteousness. It is the process whereby God gets the glory as your life is changed. One of the ways  that God does this is by study of His Word. The Believer looks into the Word of God, sees the Son of God and is changed into the image of God by the Spirit of God to the glory of God.

I love verse 17 where is says," Now the Lord is the Spirit , and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Amen

2 Corinthians 2:14 ( A Fragrance to your life)

Verse 14 tells us that, " God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads  the fragrance of the knowledge of Him everywhere. The key here is the phrase "In Christ" We as sinners have triumphed over sin and death in the (temporal) in addition we will triumph (Those who are in Christ Jesus) in what we understand as the believers "spiritual victory" Through Paul's and our suffering. God spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Him. When we offer our lives to God(With Christ as our example) we participate in the spreading of the fragrance  of Christ. The world needs nothing less than to know of the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. We have ben commissioned to speak of Christ. (verse 17)

2 Corinthians 1:4

" Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts  us in all of our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those  who are in any affliction , with the comfort with which we  ourselves  are comforted by God"

  2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Verse 3 tells us that He is the God of all comfort , it seems that comfort is available because of Who He is ! Not only is it available because of who He is, but also because of what He does . This scripture says He comforts us. Well just how is it that God can comfort us, or otherwise worded, how can we get or receive the comfort of God? The whole passage seems to hinge on verse 5 when Paul says, " For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings , so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too." So can it be said that suffering is an inevitable part of our Christian walk? More than that however is that suffering seems to be the path through which His comfort is made available. Verse 9 tells us why " Indeed we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God  who raises the dead." So sharing in Christ's sufferings is good because it  causes us to flee to Him for comfort, thereby teaching is to rely on Him.