"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
"Sweat of thy face"
St Paul makes a distinction between the face and heart. "For all thingsarefor your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God./For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inwardmanis renewed day by day."(2 Co.4:15-16) Face refers to outward man while heart is a spiritual space about heart which is not any anatomical part. Like the throne is used with reference to the earth as a footstool. It is thus we set Law of the Spirit far above the ground to which the law of sin rules the roost.
So what is face? We have the face of heaven declaring the glory of God as face of Cain was noticeable. "And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell./And theLordsaid unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?"(Ge.4:5-6) Consider this verse,"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, togivethe light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."(2 Co.4:6). The Spirit sets face as the interface between God and man. This is a direct reference to this statement, "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters./And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."(Ge.1:2-3)
"The light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" working with our inner man does something to the heart which is knowledge leading to understanding. "The fear of theLordis the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."(Pr.9:10). Thus no man may excuse that he was ignorant of the Law of the Spirit. When God commanded, 'Fiat Lux!' our inner man knows. That is faith brethren while a rational man contradicts himself with his mouth.
"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
"Sweat of thy face"
St Paul makes a distinction between the face and heart. "For all thingsarefor your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God./For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inwardmanis renewed day by day."(2 Co.4:15-16) Face refers to outward man while heart is a spiritual space about heart which is not any anatomical part. Like the throne is used with reference to the earth as a footstool. It is thus we set Law of the Spirit far above the ground to which the law of sin rules the roost.
So what is face? We have the face of heaven declaring the glory of God as face of Cain was noticeable. "And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell./And theLordsaid unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?"(Ge.4:5-6) Consider this verse,"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, togivethe light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."(2 Co.4:6). The Spirit sets face as the interface between God and man. This is a direct reference to this statement, "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters./And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."(Ge.1:2-3)
"The light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" working with our inner man does something to the heart which is knowledge leading to understanding. "The fear of theLordis the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."(Pr.9:10). Thus no man may excuse that he was ignorant of the Law of the Spirit. When God commanded, 'Fiat Lux!' our inner man knows. That is faith brethren while a rational man contradicts himself with his mouth.
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