Daily Devotions
2 Corinthians
"Ministers of the new covenant..."
Text: 2 Corinthians 3:6
THE OLD COVENANT MINISTRY
In the Old Covenant ministry, the following were the servants of God.
1. The priests and the Levites
2. The kings
3. The prophets
3. The prophets
These were the three groups of “shepherds” God raised up to look after His people! Unfortunately, Israel, His people, failed to walk in the ways of the Lord. They rejected His word and turned their hearts to worship idols! In the Lord’s grace and mercy, He promised that He would bring forth a New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-34).
THE NEW COVENANT
It was the Lord Jesus who proclaimed that He was establishing the New Covenant.
“For this is My blood of the new covenant,
which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
Matthew 26:28
THE NEW COVENANT MINISTRY
Paul wrote of his consciousness that he was a minister of God in the context of the new covenant.
“Who also made us sufficient as ministers of
the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit;
for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.”
2 Corinthians 3:6