OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL READING JUNE 16, 2025, MONDAY ODB MESSAGE
Our Daily Bread 16 June 2025 Devotional, Monday TOPIC: Changed by the Spirit
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Nehemiah 4-6; Acts 2:22-47
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KEY VERSE: And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. – 2 Corinthians 3:18
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
2 Corinthians 3:12-18(NASB)
12 Therefore, having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech, 13 and we are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was fading away. 14 But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil [a]remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. 15 But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts; 16 but whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
INSIGHT FOR TODAY
In 2 Corinthians 3, Paul refers to the experience of Moses to show the great privilege possessed by believers in Jesus. After Moses communed with God, “his face was radiant” (Exodus 34:29), reflecting God’s divine countenance. Because the people were afraid to come near him, Moses put a veil over his face, seemingly to protect the Israelites from God’s holiness. But when communing with God, Moses removed his veil (vv. 30-35).
Paul now reveals that Moses veiled himself so the Israelites wouldn’t see that this glory was temporary (2 Corinthians 3:13). The apostle then says that a veil is preventing people from “seeing” Christ, God’s greater glory. Only when one “turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away” (v. 16). “So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord,” Paul explains, and we are transformed to be “more and more like [Jesus] as we are changed into his glorious image” (v. 18 nlt).
Our Daily Bread 16 June 2025 Devotional, Monday Message:
When Neil Douglas boarded his flight to Ireland, he discovered his seat was occupied by another passenger, so he began a conversation to sort out the discrepancy. When the passenger looked up to answer, Neil was face to face with his lookalike! Onlooking passengers laughed at the men’s resemblance while the two took a selfie. Later, they ran into each other again when checking into the same hotel and a third time at a local pub. The next morning, they discovered their selfie had gone viral on social media due to their striking facial similarities.
Bearing a resemblance to another human being is a surprise for those of us without a biological twin, but the Bible says we’ll begin to look more like God as we follow Him. In the Old Testament, Moses’ countenance was changed by his face-to-face encounter with God—so much so that “the Israelites could not look steadily at [his face] because of its glory” (2 Corinthians 3:7; see Exodus 34:33-35).
Today, we see the glory of Jesus revealed in people who “are being transformed into his image” through the ministry of the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18; see v. 8). Our growing knowledge of and love for God results in moral and spiritual transformation that’s visible both inwardly and outwardly. When God “makes over” our hearts and minds, it’s evident to our fellow travelers in this journey of life.
REFLECT: How has knowing Jesus changed you? What is He growing in you today?
PRAY: Thank You, God, for continuing to transform me into Your likeness.
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