2 Corinthians 5:16-21
verses 18-20: 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 men’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.
I love the message which comes through to me here. I am not meant to be perfection, free of faults and sins, drawing others to God by my perfect nature. No, I am in relationship with God. This has changed me, and given me a peace I wouldn’t otherwise possess. My relationship with God gives me hope and purpose in this world full of pain. I am as flawed as ever, but can be God’s ambassador for others. It is about God, his love and his gifts and his forgiveness, not about me.
Heavenly Father, thank you for forgiving me for all of the thoughtless and sinful things I do and say, and for the times I do not try hard enough. I will do my best to reflect your love and peace to others. Amen
Becky, transforming
2 Corinthians 5:16-21 (v 21)
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Every time I read scripture about the suffering death and resurrection of Jesus Christ for my sins just makes me totally humbles me that this is a gift I did not earn nor do I deserve and no way can I ever pay for it, because Jesus paid the the price.
God takes our sin from us with the act of love and mercy. He views us as being right with him through our faith. God takes our sin puts them on Jesus and gives us his righteousness . Someone had to pay…
2Corinthians 5:17 - “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!”
There can be no more explicit expression of transformation than this statement from Paul. Whenever a group of young people complete the year-long program at His Mansion, there is a ceremony to mark their transformation and this verse appears above their names on the program. For those who get through the year, no word other than transformation is adequate to explain the difference in the person who started and the one who finished. While their example is dramatic, God wants the same for all. I recently read something to the effect that God does not want…