God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation

    Gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

 

2 Corinthians 5:18-19

18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,

19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

           

Romans 5:10

10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

 

            We were alienated from God. There was no way that we could come into His presence on our own. We were just too sinful. There was nothing that we could do that would make it all right. So God did it. He sent His Son to die for us so that we might come into the presence of God. He reconciled us. He brought us back into right relationship with Him. What does that mean? It tells you in verse 19 of II Corinthian chapter 5: He does not count our trespasses against us. That’s what Jesus accomplished on the cross. It doesn’t mean that we didn’t do them. It means that as far as God is concerned, we didn’t do them. Now if that were all that Jesus accomplished on the cross that would be super. But He did far more. If that’s all He did, we would have no power to live the Christian life. We would be forgiven, but we would also be doomed to fail again and again with the same sins. Romans says that because He lives, we can be continually “saved” by Him. This is not the born again experience, but the daily “saving” of our souls. Back to Corinthians … He not only reconciled us, but He also wants to use us in the ministry of reconciliation. He wants to use us to bring others to Him that they might be saved too.

 

If you could hear God speak to you, I believe this is what He would say:

            "You were lost and going your own way, My children. I stepped into your lives and brought about a miraculous change. I brought you into My presence. I re-established the covenant that I made with Adam in the beginning … one that allowed us to have face-to-face communication. I have now restored that to man, and I want you to bring others into that same relationship that you have with Me … that they can know Me personally and can talk with Me in the cool of the day. Let Me use you to bring others into My Kingdom. That is why you are here on earth; to bring others into the Kingdom … to show them the way into My presence.”

 

            10. I have been reconciled to God through the blood of Jesus. I have also been given the privilege and responsibility to bring others to the point of reconciliation to God.