2 Corinthians 5:19 CSB – [God] has committed the message of reconciliation to us. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ

Matthew 5:19 CSB – Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God.

Our Message: The Message of Reconciliation

2 Corinthians 5:18 CSB – Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

Romans 5:1 CSB – Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:19 CSB – That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.

Romans 3:23 CSB – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 CSB – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:19 CSB – …in Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself….

John 3:16 CSB – God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

2 Corinthians 5:14 CSB – For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died.

  • Believe

Romans 3:25-26 CSB – God passed over the sins previously committed. 26 God presented him [Jesus]…,so that he would be just and justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

  • Grace

2 Corinthians 5:18 CSB – Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ

Romans 5:6, 8 CSB – For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.

But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 14:6 CSB – Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Act 4:12 CSB – There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”

Message of Reconciliation:

2 Corinthians 5:19 CSB – That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.

  • Receive

Believe

Acts 16:30-31 CSB – “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved

Repent

Acts 2:38 CSB – Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Be Baptized

Acts 2:38 CSB – Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 2:20 CSB – Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God.”

Our Identity: Christ’s Ambassador for Reconciliation

  1. Ambassadors represent their home country with an honorable lifestyle

Galatians 3:27-28 CSB – For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ. There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 2:12 CSB – Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.

  1. Ambassadors are respectful in their host country
  2. Ambassadors shares their message accurately

2 Corinthians 5:20 CSB – ….we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God.”

Galatians 1:8 CSB – But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, a curse be on him!

2 Corinthians 5:20 CSB – … since God is making his appeal through us.

Hebrews 4:12 CSB – For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword… It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.