And all
things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath
given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 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 (2 Corinthians 5:18-19).
The message
that God has committed to us to preach and teach is the word of reconciliation,
not condemnation. The Lord Jesus told us to preach “the Gospel,” which is the
“good news” of what His death, burial and resurrection accomplished for
mankind. It’s not enough that you’re preaching a message about Jesus Christ;
it’s got to be “good news;” otherwise, it’s not the Gospel.
The Gospel
to the sinner is that eternal life from God is available to him now, and that
he doesn’t have to continue in sin, guilt, and condemnation anymore. Your
message should excite the heart of the sinner, and show him that God loves him
in spite of the wrong things he’s done, and that Jesus already bore the penalty
for his sins. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.”
God has
ordered, instructed, declared, and enacted a law that anyone who believes in
Jesus should not perish, but have everlasting life; it’s a sovereign
declaration of almighty God. Therefore, your message to the people of the world
should be “Hey, if you’d believe in Jesus Christ, you’ll receive eternal life;
and at once, you’ll be severed from perishing! The darkness will be gone; and
you’ll become a new creation and the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus!”
Paul said,
“According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my
trust” (1 Timothy 1:11). You must personally acknowledge that the Gospel has
been committed to your trust. You’re the harbinger of the message of Christ’s
salvation, and that message is a message of reconciliation, not condemnation.
Fulfil the ministry of reconciliation.
PRAYER: Dear
Father, I thank you for the message of reconciliation that has been committed
to my trust. Through me, many in my world and in the regions beyond are coming
to the knowledge of God and are delivered from the kingdom of darkness into the
Kingdom of your dear Son, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER
STUDY: 1 Corinthians 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of
Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Ephesians
3:8-9 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that
I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to
make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the
beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus
Christ:
1 YEAR
BIBLE READING PLAN: 2 Timothy 1:1-18, Jeremiah 17-18
2 YEAR BIBLEREADING
2 YEAR BIBLE
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