- Reading: 2 Corinthians 5. 14 – 20
- Short Address: ‘The message of reconciliation’
- It's as if God were making his appeal through us
- It's as if God were extending the olive branch to each of us and our broken world
- Forgiving the past and inviting us to be whole again
- For Paul the Jew who had experienced the love of Christ, that love had sent him out to meet people who before he would have dismissed as outside God's concern or care.
- The message had not only touched him but transformed his view of humanity
- Reaching out and not counting people's sins against them regardless of situation
- That reconciliation is not just between God and the world but between people.
- God has entrusted us with a ministry of reconciliation to bring all of humanity together.
- It's that universal but how are we to be part of that today? Look around the world for examples, Northern Ireland, South Africa. Let us pray for our role as we try to live out as peacemakers today
- Prayer for peace
