2 Corinthians 5:16-21 | Giovanni Otero
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· 22 viewsGio shares how the church can practice the ministry of reconciliation God began through Jesus Christ.
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16 From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective. Even if we have known Christ from a worldly perspective, yet now we no longer know him in this way.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!
18 Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
19 That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God.”
21 He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
16 Así que hemos dejado de evaluar a otros desde el punto de vista humano. En un tiempo, pensábamos de Cristo sólo desde un punto de vista humano. ¡Qué tan diferente lo conocemos ahora!
17 Esto significa que todo el que pertenece a Cristo se ha convertido en una persona nueva. La vida antigua ha pasado, ¡una nueva vida ha comenzado!
18 Y todo esto es un regalo de Dios, quien nos trajo de vuelta a sí mismo por medio de Cristo. Y Dios nos ha dado la tarea de reconciliar a la gente con él.
19 Pues Dios estaba en Cristo reconciliando al mundo consigo mismo, no tomando más en cuenta el pecado de la gente. Y nos dio a nosotros este maravilloso mensaje de reconciliación.
20 Así que somos embajadores de Cristo; Dios hace su llamado por medio de nosotros. Hablamos en nombre de Cristo cuando les rogamos: «¡Vuelvan a Dios!».
21 Pues Dios hizo que Cristo, quien nunca pecó, fuera la ofrenda por nuestro pecado, para que nosotros pudiéramos estar en una relación correcta con Dios por medio de Cristo.
Intro
Intro
story of letting someone down so bad you maybe even hurt them
if yes, the time and work that goes into building back that trust
story of a married couple who went through this… THRICE! and God transformed one of them through the faithful prayers of the other
God did the same for us. He did it so we would be at peace and full harmony with Him and one another.
Message
Message
Every time it begins at the garden. God created us so that we might experience complete union and dependence on Him. That we may delight in our communion with Him in worship. There is peace, provision, company, and labor when we are first created. There is complete trust between humankind and God.
Trust is broken between God and mankind when
Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree and brought hostility and tension to a perfect relationship.
From there this tension gradually worsens:
brother kills his sibling
brother deceives another to steal his blessing
brothers sell their youngest sibling and lie to their father
people are enslaved
and God is silent for hundreds of years
The tragedy is that this seemingly insignificant act of eating a fruit has spiraled into a world where it all seems lost. Hopeless.
But enter Jesus, the chosen one of God. The hope of the world who sets everything right, not by power or might, but by the changing of hearts through deliverance (liberación) from darkness. He dies in our place so that God would not count our offenses against Him. Hallelujah!
so now Jesus brings life instead of death
he gives blessings that were previously stolen
brings freedom and deliverance to the enslaved
and speaks what God has wanted to say for hundreds of years
He trains those whom he has chosen, goes up to the heavens, and continues this work of bringing his kingdom through them.
One person, murderer turned missionary, begins to travel all over the middle east and preaches the good news of Jesus Christ. He brings the truth to all who would listen and establishes churches all over. To one church he writes:
6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die.
8 But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from wrath.
10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.
11 And not only that, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.
6 Cuando éramos totalmente incapaces de salvarnos, Cristo vino en el momento preciso y murió por nosotros, pecadores.
7 Ahora bien, casi nadie se ofrecería a morir por una persona honrada, aunque tal vez alguien podría estar dispuesto a dar su vida por una persona extraordinariamente buena;
8 pero Dios mostró el gran amor que nos tiene al enviar a Cristo a morir por nosotros cuando todavía éramos pecadores.
9 Entonces, como se nos declaró justos a los ojos de Dios por la sangre de Cristo, con toda seguridad él nos salvará de la condenación de Dios.
10 Pues, como nuestra amistad con Dios quedó restablecida por la muerte de su Hijo cuando todavía éramos sus enemigos, con toda seguridad seremos salvos por la vida de su Hijo.
11 Así que ahora podemos alegrarnos por nuestra nueva y maravillosa relación con Dios gracias a que nuestro Señor Jesucristo nos hizo amigos de Dios.
Made Right with God
Made Right with God
We have been made right with God even when we did not deserve it. While we were opposed to Him Christ still died for us and brought reconciliation. What does that do? Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible describes it as:
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible Reconciliation
The point of the reconciliation is that God for Christ’s sake now feels toward sinners as though they had never offended him.
God, the only one who would be right to hold us accountable, offers reconciliation through his Son, Jesus.
To another of those churches Paul writes what we read earlier.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!
18 Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
17 Esto significa que todo el que pertenece a Cristo se ha convertido en una persona nueva. La vida antigua ha pasado, ¡una nueva vida ha comenzado!
18 Y todo esto es un regalo de Dios, quien nos trajo de vuelta a sí mismo por medio de Cristo. Y Dios nos ha dado la tarea de reconciliar a la gente con él.
Made Right with One Another
Made Right with One Another
Not only does God make us right with Him, but if we are truly his followers, we are to do the same with each other. We are to forgive and bring peace and harmony back to our relationships with one another.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
9 Dios bendice a los que procuran la paz, porque serán llamados hijos de Dios.
Conclusion
Conclusion
Summary
Summary
God restores the loving union between us and him as well as us with others. This is the ministry of reconciliation he has left us.
Application
Application
How can we practice the ministry of reconciliation?
How can we practice the ministry of reconciliation?
Has someone wronged you?
Has someone wronged you?
19 That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.
19 Pues Dios estaba en Cristo reconciliando al mundo consigo mismo, no tomando más en cuenta el pecado de la gente. Y nos dio a nosotros este maravilloso mensaje de reconciliación.
1. Do not count it against them.
1. Do not count it against them.
2. Forgive
2. Forgive
Homework: Read what Jesus teaches about forgiveness in Matthew 18. After forgiving...
3. Pray and talk about it
3. Pray and talk about it
15 “If your brother sins against you, go tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.
4. Remember
4. Remember
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens.
If you have nobody to forgive or have forgiven, help others in that process. Remind them how much God has forgiven them. Be the voice of God reminding how good he has been to us.