I love the word picture Paul used in 2 Corinthians 3:1-3, where he called the believers in the Corinthian church, “Christ’s Letters on Human Hearts”. Paul wrote the following:
"Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some, letters of recommendation to you or from you? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. You show that you are Christ’s letter, delivered by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God—not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.”Paul was contrasting written letters of recommendation, which were used extensively during that time to endorse visiting leaders, with the fact that he had such a good relationship with the Corinthian church that he didn’t need a recommendation written with ink, but one written by the Holy Spirit on the hearts of the Corinthian believers.
So fast forward to today. Do other Christians and outsiders alike look at us, you and me, and read “Christ’s letters on human hearts?”
