Thursday, July 29, 2021

"A Message of Reconciliation"

 

“The Message of Reconciliation”

 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a New Creation.  The old has passed away; behold the new has come.  All this is from God who through Christ reconciled us to Himself and gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation.    2 Corinthians 5:17-18

 

Now, let us talk a little bit about this MINISTRY, and its MESSAGE.  When mankind sinned against God it brought about a BREAK in the RELATIONSHIP they had with God.  But because of the AMAZING, UNFAILING LOVE of the CREATOR GOD, for the CROWN of His CREATION; MANKIND, God, brought about a RESTORATION of that relationship, which was carried out through the WORK of GOD’S SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, on the CROSS.

 

The MESSAGE of RECONCILIATION that we, the TRUE BELIEVERS MUST share is that, God is RECONCILING the world to Himself, through JESUS CHRIST, His Son, and NOT COUNTING their TRESPASSES (sins) against them.  There are two aspects to this RECONCILIATION:  It MUST be PROCLAIMED, and it MUST be RECEIVED by FAITH in JESUS CHRIST. When it is RECEIVED by a person, they will become a NEW CREATION in Christ, and the OLD life-style will PASS AWAY, and the NEW will come.  Then they are FREE from the PENALTY of their sins.  This does NOT mean that they are SINLESS.  It means that when they fall into temptation, because of a sin, that sin will NOT be COUNTED against them.  But should that happen, their RELATIONSHIP with GOD will be BROKEN and RECONCILIATION will NEED to be applied, before they can be RESTORED to a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with God. 

 

It is the MANDATE of EVERY TRUE BELIEVER to PROCLAIM the MESSAGE of RECONCILIATION to this UNBELIEVING WORLD.  JESUS CHRIST became a SIN OFFERING, VOLUNTAIRLY as a SUBSTITUTE, bearing the PENALTY for the SINS of others.  The PURPOSE of His LIFE, DEATH and RESURRECTION, was for those who will BELIEVE, to have a RIGHTEOUS STANDING with GOD.  Do you have a RIGHTEOUS STANDING with God, through the WORK of His Son, the LORD JESUS CHRIST?  Or are you REJECTING His INVITATION to be RECONCILED to Him, and in doing so, you are sealing your ETERNAL DESTINY to an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE. 

 

In order to RECONCILE your relationship with GOD, and SECURE an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS; you MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of a SAVIOR.  And you MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God, carrying out the act of RECONCILING you with GOD.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your OLD sinful life-style, and, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, TURN to GOD, and become a NEW CREATION.  Then ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and this ACT of RECONCILIATION, having a RIGHTEOUS STANDING with the ALMIGHTY GOD.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!

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