2 Corinthians 5:18-19

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.

From Background Notes [BN] for June 27th & 28th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Becoming a Christian involves becoming God’s friends and then acting as agents of His friendship for other people.

 

We, the church, have been given the ministry of showing other people how God wants to make them His friends! That’s what Paul means by “the ministry of reconciliation.” Reconciliation means “making friends out of enemies.” We are God’s friendship ambassadors, and through the way we receive outsiders into our community, God is making His appeal of friendship to them. That means a willingness to absorb the insult of human sin and to carry the burden of sinful lives so that God’s enemies might become His friends as we have. [BN,6]

Join us this week in Worship, Praise and Celebration at C1:

* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 9am & 10:30am