{"id":8961,"date":"2024-05-15T06:20:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=8961"},"modified":"2024-05-15T06:20:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:20:21","slug":"2-corinthians-program-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=8961","title":{"rendered":"2 Corinthians (Program #22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bible_light.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>2 Corinthians (Program #22) &#8211; Transformed into the Image of the Lord by Beholding and Reflecting (1)<\/p>\n<p>The teachings of Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher were quite outstanding in their moral and ethical standard. In fact many early missionaries in China commented that the teachings of Confucius were just like the teachings of the Bible. But to compare the Bible to the writings of Confucius or any other philosophical or religious writings is like comparing gold to brass or copper.<\/p>\n<p>All the philosophy or religious teachings can do is to improve our human behavior.  But the intrinsic focus of the Bible is not about modifying our behavior is about transforming us gradually into the image of Christ.\u00a0 2 Corinthians chapter 3:18 says it,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"2 Corinthians (Program #22)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-05-15T06:20:21-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"2 Corinthians (Program #22) - Transformed into the Image of the Lord by Beholding and Reflecting (1)\r\n\r\nThe teachings of Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher were quite outstanding in their moral and ethical standard. 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