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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
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.
The first time trust is broken between God and Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree brought hostility and tension in that 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:
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:
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.
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.
Conclusion
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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
How can we practice the ministry of reconciliation?
Has someone wronged you?
1. Do not count it against them.
2. Forgive
Homework: Read what Jesus teaches about forgiveness in Matthew 18.
After forgiving...
3. Pray and talk about it
4. Remember
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.
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