The Salutation of our Life

[443 words] In 2 Corinthians 3:2-3, Paul tells the church of God at Corinth, “You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.” When we read through the New Testament Epistles—the letters that men inspired by God’s Holy Spirit sent to the church in the first century—we find those messages begin with a very uplifting greeting! If we read through the opening paragraph of Paul, Peter and John’s letters, we find them expressing grace, peace, and mercy to their brethren. “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 1:7). “Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord…