Sufficiency in Trust

2 Corinthians 3:4-11    
4 And we have such trust through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.    7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. 10 For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels. 11 For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.

Our trust in Christ is based on His work, so we are enough in Him to minister the good news of the words of life.  The Law is good and is the moral law of God, yet it could never be followed fully to the letter to earn us life.  It became our death sentence, cold slabs glaring with those ten unobtainable demands.  Even Moses looked into the very face of God and spoke with Him, yet that glory faded quickly away as he left that Presence.  God’s Spirit works and ministers this new covenant of mercy and grace which is eternal, never fading and all-sufficient to bring life that cannot be taken away.  His righteousness, not ours, is the gospel of God’s glory and hope in us.  There is no longer condemnation, no executed justice for those in Christ alone by His grace alone.  Therefore we walk by faith backed by immutable promises sealed by God Himself in us.  This is the sufficiency of the gospel.