Did you know that Christ-followers are letters?
“You show that you are a letter from Christ… written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.”
2 Corinthians 3:3
God wrote His laws on tablets of stone (Exodus 31:18), but He doesn't write on hearts of stone.
Instead, He writes on repentant, converted hearts (Jeremiah 31:33; Ezekiel 36:26).
Christ-followers are:
♥ Letters of recommendation...
for those who brought us to the Lord (2 Corinthians 3:1-2).(1)
♥ Letters of emancipation...
from our slavery to sin (John 8:36).
♥ Letters of adoption...
as sons and daughters of God (Romans 8:15).
♥ Letters of clemency...
from a death sentence we deserve (Romans 6:23).
♥ Letters of hope...
to a lost and dying world (1 Corinthians 1:18-25).
♥ Love letters...
from our Savior (Ephesians 2:4-5).
Jesus is the Word, and, if you know Jesus, you are His letter
(John 1:1; 1 Corinthians 1:18).
Wow!
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(1) Paul tells the Corinthians that they are letters written on his heart because he led them to the Lord. Isn't that a sweet blessing?
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