Ministry of Reconciliation (11AM)

Imagine two friends who have a fight or argument. The good relationship they once enjoyed is broken. The friends become estranged. This estrangement can only be reversed by reconciliation. To be reconciled is to be restored to friendship or harmony.

Our relationship with God was broken. Our sin has alienated us from Him. The Bible says that Christ reconciled us to God.

When Christ died on the cross, He satisfied God's judgment and made it possible for God's enemies, us, to find peace with Him. Our reconciliation to God involves the exercise of His grace and the forgiveness of our sin.

In this lesson, Paul tells the people of the church in Corinth, and us, of this great Biblical truth. It is the essence of the gospel. And he explains how we have been given the privilege of being ambassadors for Christ to spread the message of reconciliation.