Good morning. Continuing with the veil: but their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. Whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Then one of our favorite verses: now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty/freedom. We sing about it; dance to it; but do we really live our lives by it? Remember that the Spirit gives us life, and this life gives us freedom. But it is not a freedom to do just anything we want. Jesus was free to do anything He wanted; but He still went to the cross because of the Spirit. Jesus did things that were unlawful according to the Pharisees. He did not come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it. We have two main campuses. When I came here 30 years ago, the math department had many rules and regulations. About 10 years ago, the two campuses kind of split apart. Our campus still had some rules that everyone followed, but the other campus kept all of the rules and regulations from before. I felt a tremendous burden lifted off of me. Our campus math department still did some of the same things, but it was because we felt it was right, not because it was some rule that demanded we do it. That is the kind of liberty that we have now in the Spirit. We do things, not because we have to, but because it is the right thing to do. Father help us to walk in the freedom of Your Holy Spirit every day and to proclaim that freedom to everyone we come in contact with.

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