RESTORED TO FAVOR WITH GOD
Definition of reconciliation: To restore a friendly relationship, reuniting, a broken relationship restored
Definition of restored:
Definition of henceforth
from this time on or from that time on.
Definition of regenerate
(of a living organism) regrow (new tissue) to replace lost or injured tissue.
Let me start by saying all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, (Rom:3-23) therefore, all men must be reconciled to God through repentance that their sins be forgiven them, even natural Israel. (Acts:2-38)
Matt:26-28, For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Believing Jesus bore our sin, sickness, and all diseases of mankind and put them away (Heb:9-26) Then God raised him from the dead with all power, (Matt:28-18) giving man an opportunity to fellowship with God again.
How did God deal with sin under Moses' administration?
Lev;4,27-31 sin, and forgiveness.
29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
(Jn:14-6) Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life, no man cometh to the Father but by me. This statement was not referring to Israel only, he is the way to all men. (Jn:10-9) Jesus points out the exclusive nature of salvation, which states, you got to come through me, which include all the people of the earth.
Is:56,1-7
(2Corth:5,16-21)
16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (Jn:10-7) I am the door!!!
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Titus;3-5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Rom:8-7 The flesh is hostile against God, it is not subject to God's law, therefore, it has no benefits to the believer (Jn:6-63) it's the devil's playground and he will work through your flesh and mine to dominate and control our lives and leave us in total devastation so he ultimately devours us that we have a place with him in the lake of fire.
Rom:7,18-24
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?1 Corinthians 1:29 |That no flesh should glory in his presence
Rom:8,8-10 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. (your carnal mind)
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
There is no flesh in Chris; are you in Christ? if so, he don't know you after the flesh, he see you according to who the word say you are.
The flesh represents sin, gender, men, and woman, (natural family) Christ works through the spirit if the Spirit of God dwells in you. There is neither male nor female for ye are all one in Christ. Gal:3-28, 2Corth:5-16
1Jn:4,1
Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:
because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (2Corth:11-14 Satan transformed himself into an angel of light and so has his demons.
The devil is a spirit so you try the spirits by the book if it's of God it will speak God's word if it's of the devil his words will be contrary to God's word.
Eph:2-10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Doubt fear unbelief, these are instruments of the world, tools of Satan attempting to cripple the body of Christ. But if the church stands on the word of God, no weapon formed shall prosper.
2Corth:5,16-21 God detailed the work He did in Christ
1 God was in Christ
2 Reconciling the world to himself
3 He did not count their sins against them: 2Corth:5-19, that was God's part, to the sinner, Acts:2-38 repent and be baptized in the name of the Lord.
4 Then he gave the Church the ministry of telling the world they can be reconciled to God through repentance why? God is not counting your trespasses against you he has put them all on Jesus.
5 Then he called us Ambassadors, a renowned title that will open doors anywhere in the world.
The word says we must work out our own salvation, Why? to prove your worthiness to God, and strive to endure to the end. Rom:12,1-2
Rom;12,1-2
I
beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
You must prove to the Father you are worthy of his Kingdom because many are going to fall from the faith taking heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. Even many of those that were in Jesus Kingdom will be deceived by Satan as the sand of the sea when he is loosed after the thousand years is over.
Rev:20,7-10
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And
shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of
the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number
of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And
they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the
saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of
heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Here is a reminder to those that are doing things you ought not. Confess your sin to the Lord:1Jn:1-9
Is:1,16-19
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 Come
now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Heb:12-1, Wherefore
seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2Corth:3,2-3 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3 Forasmuch as ye are
manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us,
written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in
tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
The ministry of reconciliation involves the preaching of the gospel and its assurance that man has been reconciled to God (Col:1-13 delivered from the power of darkness) and forgiveness of sin is available to all that repent.
The gentile shall also have a part in the ministry of reconciliation.
Is:60-3 And the gentile shall come to thy light and kings to the brightness of thy rising
(Acts:2-38) And you can have a restored relationship with God through Christ Jesus.
Sin prevents us from having fellowship with God but, because of the sacrifice Jesus made, (Hebrews 2:17-18) now man can stand before God cleared of any guilt or sin having fellowship with him after man repent.
Now we can declare through the ministry of reconciliation that people can repent of their sin and be right with God again through faith in Jesus (Romans 5:10; 1Corth 15-14,18, Colossians 1:20–21)
"God is Holy and righteous, and our sin separates us from Him"
(Isaiah 59:2). Sin keeps God from hearing us (Romans 5:10) Jesus took our sin upon Himself, paying the price for that death sentence we could not, making it possible for us to have peace with God.
Rom:5-8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Now God has given every believer in Christ the ministry of reconciliation; that is, He uses us to tell the world they can be reconciled to God through Christ. We are his mouthpiece on the earth.
Now, we have become “Ambassadors of Christ’s, as God send us to make an appeal to the world This message, “Be reconciled to God”. We are to tell people they can be made right with God through Jesus.
2Corth:5-21, When we minister to people we let them know your sins don't count against you when you come to Jesus through repentance, “God made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so in him we might be made the righteousness of God in Christ”
Col:3,1-3 For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Eph:2,4-6
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
(2 Corinthians 5:20) This ministry of reconciliation is a big responsibility placed on the believer, the body of Christ. God is making his call to the world through his Church to turn hearts toward Him with urgency because it’s a matter of life and death.
Jesus paid the price for our redemption to bring man back to God because of His love for mankind (John 3:16), so we must share this message of reconciliation in love, (Jer:31-3) with loving kindness have I drawn thee) and our lives need to reflect our message
(Ephesians 4:1) I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2Tim:2-5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
We must also live the message of the Gospel of the Kingdom being examples to the unbelievers, that God be glorified
Every believer plays a part in this ministry of reconciliation. One plants; one water and God gives the increase (1 Corinthians 3:7-9).
As we preach the gospel, we share the good news to a dying world assuring them there is salvation, peace, and eternal life in Jesus.
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel:
Joel:2,28-30
28 And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirits
28 And I will show wonders in heaven and in the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
Rev:11,3-4 God even had two witnesses ministering during the tribulation telling the people to turn to God
Rev:14,6-7
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
The saints of God are moving forward standing in faith knowing God is there to hold us up, for we are overcomers because greater is He that's in us than the devil and his demons, that's in the world.
Here is the bottom line:
Ecc:12-13, Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
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