Reconciliation means peace with God. God describes mankind as being His enemies because of sin. God describes mankind as being rebels and fighting against Him. In Christ, says Paul, we have reconciliation. It’s God that is at work reconciling us. God is the one whose justice must be served. It’s God’s wrath that must be satisfied. And so too, it’s […]

When you look at these verses, it uses the word reconciliation several different times. I want you to have in mind the bringing together that which is broken. We have another technical term for it – justification. To understand reconciliation, to understand justification, you have to come to terms with the brokenness of mankind. Paul says that in Jesus Christ, […]

Paul said in verse 11 that the fear of the Lord motivated him. It’s a passage that describes a holy reverence for God that has motivated Paul to speak and to minister in the church. He now shows a second principle that motivates his ministry. It is the love of Christ. Since He died for me, I die to self […]