SUNDAY WORSHIP

"...a beautiful splendor will come over the earth,

to announce the reconciliation of God with mankind."

RECONCILIATION

18All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5: 18-21

Once, our relationship with God was damaged beyond repair. We could do nothing to undo the sin that we had placed between ourselves and God. God, in His grace, reached out to us through Christ, blotting out our sins and reconciling us to Himself. According to Paul, the most natural thing in the world to do with this kind of good news is to share it. Who in your circle of friends and acquaintnces needs to know the joy and relief of reconciliation with God?