Episode 420 - Show Notes
- The Scripture teaches us that we were separated from God. There was brokenness in our relationship because of our sin. It would take a death to reconcile us to our Heavenly Father. God took the initiative. He made the first move. Jesus stepped into our world and gave his life as a sacrifice for us. The precious blood of Jesus reconciled us to God. You and I must see that this is the gospel message. We were lost and needed a savior. It is through Jesus that we are reconciled to the Father.
- God initiated this ministry of reconciliation, even though He is the innocent party in the estranged relationship. He reconciled us to Himself; we did not reconcile ourselves to Him.
- Now that we have been reconciled to our Heavenly Father, and now that the relationship has been restored, you and I are called to be “ministers of reconciliation.”
- God has committed this ministry to us. He has called us. We have been given this assignment. You and I have been given a task by our Heavenly Father. God has committed it to us. This means he is trusting you and I to carry out this ministry.
2 Corinthians 5:17-20 - “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.”
Romans 10:14 - “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?”
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