Riches

Some of today's readings from 11 Corinthians are just too rich not to share. Taken from the Phillip's Translation~11 Cor. 3:17b,18; 4:6; 5:21; 6:8-10. Drink it in.

~Wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, men's souls are set free. But all of us who are Christians have no veils on our faces, but reflect like mirrors the glory of the Lord. We are transfigured in ever-increasing splendour into His own image, and the transformation comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.~
~God, who first ordered light to shine in darkness, has flooded our hearts with His light. We now can enlighten men only because we can give them knowledge of the glory of God, as we see it in the face of Jesus Christ.~
~For God caused Christ, who Himself knew nothing of sin, actually to be sin for our sakes, so that in Christ we might be made good with the goodness of God.~
~Our sole defense, our only weapon, is a life of integrity, whether we meet honour or dishonour, praise or blame. Called "imposters" we must be true, called "nobodies" we must be in the public eye. Never far from death, yet here we are alive, always "going through it" yet never "going under". We know sorrow, yet our joy is inextinguishable. We have "nothing to bless ourselves with" yet we bless many others with true riches. We are penniless, and yet it reality we have everything worth having.~