Friday | 17 July 2026
The apostle Paul described the New Covenant as ‘the ministry of the Spirit’ and ‘the ministry of righteousness’. After Jesus Christ was raised from the dead in His spiritual body, it was possible for men to receive the Holy Spirit into their spirit, and to be born again of the incorruptible seed of the divine nature as a son of God. Joh 20:22. Rom 8:15. 1Pe 1:23. Furthermore, as a son of God is led by the Holy Spirit on the pathway that Christ has pioneered for them, the grace of Christ’s resurrection life enables them to fulfil the works of their sonship each day. The righteousness of God is revealed in their life, from faith to faith, as they progressively do the works that Christ already completed for them on His offering journey from the garden of Gethsemane to the cross.
It is the power of the seven Spirits of God, which is ministered to us through the Holy Spirit, that raises us from the dead with Christ, enabling us to complete the works of our sonship each day. Significantly, it is the same power that enables us to become a minister of the New Covenant. Referring to the power of the seven Spirits of God, the apostle Paul rejoiced and said, ‘Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 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.’ 2Co 3:5-6. It is the ministry of the seven Spirits of God, by the Holy Spirit, that multiples the life of God.
Further Study:
2 Corinthians 3
References:
Joh 20:22
And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’
Rom 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.’
1Pe 1:23
Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.
2Co 3:5-6
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 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.