Submitted
by Doug Dowd, North Side Baptist Church
All this is from God, who
through Christ reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of
reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:18
Reconciliation is
not a word that we use often in our daily lives, yet, it has significant
meaning in our calling to share the Gospel message. In 2 Corinthians 5:18, Paul tells the
Corinthians that God has reconciled us to Himself through his Son, Jesus Christ. This reconciliation points to a change in the
relationship that man had with God.
Before Christ, man was eternally separated from God, a chasm far and
wide, and no amount of earthly sacrifice would bridge the gap. But through Christ, we are now new creatures
restored to God, and can live in harmony with our Creator.
Paul didn’t stop
there. He went on to say that God also
gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
He never intended for us to keep this good news to ourselves. According to the Joshua Project, there are
approximately 6,700 unreached people groups in the world, or over 3.1 billion
people who have never heard the Gospel message.
We aren’t just reconciled to God as individuals. We are also made into messengers of
reconciliation and are called to take that message to a lost world.
