HOW TO REMOVE THE VEIL...

HOW TO REMOVE THE VAIL...

 ¹⁴But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.

 ¹⁵But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.

 ¹⁶Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.

 ¹⁷Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

 ¹⁸But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

The preaching of the apostle was suitable to the excellency and evidence of the gospel, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

It is the duty of the ministers of the gospel to use great plainness, or clearness, of speech. The Old Testament believers had only cloudy and passing glimpses of that glorious Saviour, and unbelievers looked no further than to the outward institution. But the great precepts of the gospel, believe, love, obey, are truths stated as clearly as possible. And the whole doctrine of Christ crucified, is made as plain as human language can make it. Those who lived under the law, had a veil

upon their hearts. This veil is taken away by the doctrines of the Bible about Christ. When any person is converted to God, then the veil of ignorance is taken away. The condition of those who enjoy and believe the gospel is happy, for the heart is set at liberty to run the ways of God's commandments. They have light, and with open face they behold the glory of the Lord. Christians should prize and improve these privileges. We should not rest contented without knowing the transforming power of

the gospel, by the working of the Spirit, bringing us to seek to be like the temper and tendency of the glorious gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and into union with Him. We behold Christ, as in the glass of his word; and as the reflection from a mirror causes the face to shine, the faces of Christians shine also.

2 Peter 1:2 (King James Version)

 ²Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, AMEN!!!