Reconciled.
The Ministry of Reconciliation
- "The Mystery of the Cross" series: Dave Richards
Our present divided society now represents a fundamental issue from within the world: that something is broken & something is fractured.
Temple
Marketplace
Law courts
Throne
Relationship
Friendship (Jn 15:15)
That which is restored:
v. 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,
not counting people’s sins against them.
Jesus. died. for. sin.
"Grace is only , & remains as, amazing if you take sin seriously.
Otherwise sin [the act of sinning] becomes a right, a presumption."
- from Harry Potter:
“Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.”
- To live out reconciliation, to live as people of peace
- rather than join in with the general gloom & despair,
seeking the good in & from each other’s argument.
- To live as forgivers (peace-makers)
- What does it mean to be ambassadors for reconciliation?
("as though God is making His appeal through us." - 2 Cor 5:20)
..........
"Your lives are echoing the Master's word... The news of your faith in God is out. We don't even have to say anything anymore
- you're the message! " 1 Thess MSG
- "The Mystery of the Cross" series: Dave Richards
Our present divided society now represents a fundamental issue from within the world: that something is broken & something is fractured.
Temple
Marketplace
Law courts
Throne
Relationship
Friendship (Jn 15:15)
That which is restored:
v. 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,
not counting people’s sins against them.
Jesus. died. for. sin.
"Grace is only , & remains as, amazing if you take sin seriously.
Otherwise sin [the act of sinning] becomes a right, a presumption."
- from Harry Potter:
“Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. Love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves it's own mark. To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.”
- To live out reconciliation, to live as people of peace
- rather than join in with the general gloom & despair,
seeking the good in & from each other’s argument.
- To live as forgivers (peace-makers)
- What does it mean to be ambassadors for reconciliation?
("as though God is making His appeal through us." - 2 Cor 5:20)
..........
"Your lives are echoing the Master's word... The news of your faith in God is out. We don't even have to say anything anymore
- you're the message! " 1 Thess MSG