not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ…
should shine unto them" (2 Corinthians 4:4); and
now he wants to blind the Church. He wants to
keep us from seeing the excellence of God's glory
that's ours through the new birth, because he
knows what will happen when we do.
The manifestation of that excellent glory will
increase in us and among us! People will see and
hear about it and come in droves to hear about
Jesus. That's what happened in Jesus' ministry.
It's what happened in Peter's ministry and Paul's
ministry. And it will be the same with us.
When we step over into the fullness of the
glory that God has planned for the Church, our
only problem will be fi nding room enough for
all the people. We'll bring the fi nal great harvest
into the kingdom of God, wrap this thing up, and
the devil's day will be done.
"Brother Copeland, are you saying the devil is
scared of us?"
Absolutely. He knows (even better than most
Christians) that we're more than what we look
like in the natural. That we're not just fl esh and
blood human beings. On the inside, in our spirits,
we're exactly like Jesus. We're carriers of the
light and life of God.
"For God, who commanded the light to shine
out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to
give the light of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this
treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency
of the power may be of God, and not of us"
(2 Corinthians 4:6-7).
Reading those verses, I used to think they were
saying that the glory of God is our treasure. But
in this context, the treasure being referred to is
actually the knowledge of God's glory.
The Greek word translated knowledge there
means "a working knowledge." What's a working
knowledge? I compare it to the kind of knowledge
that, as a pilot, I have about airplanes.
Anyone can ride on a plane, but I understand
how to operate it. I have enough working
knowledge of aviation that rather than just being
a passenger, I can get in the cockpit and fl y the
plane wherever I want to go.
That's how it ought to be for us, as believers,
where God's glory is concerned!
Every one of us has the glory inside of us. So
Shouldn't we,
as believers,
also be
prospering
and being
promoted to
the highest
place available
in whatever
sphere of
infl uence to
which God has
called us?
Shouldn't we,
called us?
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