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RECONCILIATION

2 Corenthians 5:18
"And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;"

We are studying the Apostle Paul's writing in the Second letter to the Corenthians, chapter five, begining with verse seventeen; "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATURE: old things are passed away; behold, ALL THINGS are become NEW."

No matter what we were before; moral or immoral, infidels or hopeful believers, friendly or difficult, intoxicated or sober, ALL experience a GREAT change. Making us "a NEW CREATURE!" Meaning we can and will have characteristics we never had before. We will surprise ourselves with how easy it will become to put a positive spin on life. It will be easy to share the Gospel. Praising others will be natural. Spontaneous acts of kindness will just happen by us even when we don't plan them! All things are possible. We have resurrection through Jesus Christ. 

Our resurrection is made possible by our reconciliation featured in today's verses; "And all things are of God, who hath RECONCILED us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of RECONCILIATION;" Reconsillation is an accounting term. It is the act of bringing accounts into ballace. There is a lot out of ballace in people's relationships with God. Nonetheless, GOD took action and initiated the forgiveness. God doesn't even ask us to do anything! His Son, Jesus did everything!!

Now, because of this incredible GRACE you and I may want to initiate forgiveness in our own relationships. Remember; "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive others trespassing against us." Somebody has to do it. Be the one to break the silence and forgive others. 

Think about the story of four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.

The good parts of these daily devotionals are inspired by the sermon at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg Texas. You can watch it by following this link... https://youtu.be/8hVrhh-uRYc
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