“THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION"
2 Cor. 5:17-20
Introduction:
1. Lesson does not deal with reconciliation, but with the ministry
of reconciliation
2. Meaning of reconciliation, ministry of reconciliation
3. Separation as great as the gulf between God and Satan, good and
evil, saint and sinner, Heaven and Hell
4. Separation caused by disobedience to word of God
5. Only word of God can bring about reconciliation
I. GOD ALONE HAS RIGHT TO DETERMINE MINISTRY
1. It was His law that was disobeyed
2. He was the offended One, not the offending One
3. Man is unable to direct his own way. Jer. 10:23
II. THE MINISTRY IS COMPOSED OF:
1. Christ, the Author. John 1:1; Heb. 5:9;12:2;2:17
2. Holy Spirit, the Revealer. John 14:26;2 Pet. 1:20,21
3. Apostles, the Proclaimers. Mk. 16:15;2 Cor. 5:17-20 2 Cor. 4:7;
Acts 10:5
4. Faithful men, Teachers. 2 Tim. 2:2; Tit. 1:9;2 Thess. 2:12; Gal.
1:8,9
5. Christians, Examples. 2 Cor. 3:2;1 Cor. 7:14; Matt. 5:16; 4 Tim.
1:5; Phil. 2:15,16
6. There is a place for all to work. I Cor. 15:58
III. CONCLUSION. OBSERVE TEXT. 2 Cor. 5:17-20
1. God was in Christ, reconciling the world
2. Reconciliation is affected where God is
3. Reconciliation is in Christ where God is
4. Sinner cannot be reconciled out of Christ
5. Salvation is not obtained before baptism that puts us into Christ.
Gal. 3:27; Mk.16:15,16
6. "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature." T. W. B.
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