Christians, Is the "Great Commission" your commission? Part 2
Last time we looked at the commission Jesus gave to his disciples after his resurrection and before he went and sat down on his Father's right hand in heaven. It was clear from looking at Matt. 28: 18-20 that they were told to go and teach the things that Jesus had taught them to others, starting at Jerusalem, making more disciples to do the same. It is important to notice that a gospel was never mentioned.
First of all we should look at the meaning of the word reconcile out of Strongs's Exhaustive Concordance, it is as follows.....To change, restoration to favor, reconcile fully.......
If you look at Ez. 45:17 and 2 Chron. 29: 24 you will see that reconciliation involved sacrifice and blood and so it is in Apostle Pauls' epistles.
Now, we will look at the commission given to us in the letters of our Apostle Paul..........Let's look at 1 Cor.7:11, I think that most people know what it means when a husband and wife are reconciled, their differences have been settled, so it is between God and man because of the work done on the cross by our mediator Jesus Christ. Let's look at Eph.2:14-16. First, He had to make peace between the Jew and the gentile by removing what was stopping us from being one and that was the law with all of its ordinances which He abolished. That He might reconcile both Jew and gentile to God together as one body by the cross. Now see Col.1: 20,21 Then He reconciled ( The Father ) all things to Himself by the blood of Jesus which brought peace. The ones that were alienated and enemies by their way of thinking up and doing wicked things, He has now reconciled. Now let's look at Rom. 5:10! Well, if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of Jesus his Son, now being reconciled we will certainly be saved by Jesus Christ's life. Why are we looking at being reconciled to God and not our commission that was given to us after the the Lord Jesus left this earth to sit down on the right side of God? When we look at the last few scriptures you will understand my approach to the answer for us. Let's now go to 2 Cor. 5: 17-20 , verse 17 speaks of how if your saved and therefore baptized into Christ he is a new creation, therefore he will leave the old way of existing that has passed away (not passing but passed) that makes everything new for us, they have become new! Verse 18, Let us know why all things are new, because all things in your new life are of God, He is the one who has reconciled us to Himself by the work of Jesus Christ on the cross AND given to US the MINISTRY of RECONCILIATION. This is the answer to what our MINISTRY IS AS GIVEN BY GOD not by man or doctrines of man. This is how it happened, God was in Christ reconciling the WORLD unto HIMSELF, NOT COUNTING their SINS against them of the WORLD'S PEOPLE and has COMMITTED UNTO US THE WORD OF RECONCILIATION. Just a little word about these scriptures regarding God not imputing their sins against them. I know a lot of people get upset at this, but please remember that the biggest problem that God has had with mankind is unbelief. God has concluded all in unbelief during this present time. See Rom. 11:32, so our message should not be about someone's sin but about their unbelief. There is only one answer for that, become a believer in what God says. Paul said to us, Now then WE Ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ stead, be ye reconciled to God. Look at Ephesians 6:18-20, it's clear that our Apostle Paul considered himself an ambassador and wanted to have boldness to make known the mystery of the gospel given to him by the heavenly Christ. You have just seen a part of that mystery, apply it in your life.
Pastor Bill
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First of all we should look at the meaning of the word reconcile out of Strongs's Exhaustive Concordance, it is as follows.....To change, restoration to favor, reconcile fully.......
If you look at Ez. 45:17 and 2 Chron. 29: 24 you will see that reconciliation involved sacrifice and blood and so it is in Apostle Pauls' epistles.
Now, we will look at the commission given to us in the letters of our Apostle Paul..........Let's look at 1 Cor.7:11, I think that most people know what it means when a husband and wife are reconciled, their differences have been settled, so it is between God and man because of the work done on the cross by our mediator Jesus Christ. Let's look at Eph.2:14-16. First, He had to make peace between the Jew and the gentile by removing what was stopping us from being one and that was the law with all of its ordinances which He abolished. That He might reconcile both Jew and gentile to God together as one body by the cross. Now see Col.1: 20,21 Then He reconciled ( The Father ) all things to Himself by the blood of Jesus which brought peace. The ones that were alienated and enemies by their way of thinking up and doing wicked things, He has now reconciled. Now let's look at Rom. 5:10! Well, if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of Jesus his Son, now being reconciled we will certainly be saved by Jesus Christ's life. Why are we looking at being reconciled to God and not our commission that was given to us after the the Lord Jesus left this earth to sit down on the right side of God? When we look at the last few scriptures you will understand my approach to the answer for us. Let's now go to 2 Cor. 5: 17-20 , verse 17 speaks of how if your saved and therefore baptized into Christ he is a new creation, therefore he will leave the old way of existing that has passed away (not passing but passed) that makes everything new for us, they have become new! Verse 18, Let us know why all things are new, because all things in your new life are of God, He is the one who has reconciled us to Himself by the work of Jesus Christ on the cross AND given to US the MINISTRY of RECONCILIATION. This is the answer to what our MINISTRY IS AS GIVEN BY GOD not by man or doctrines of man. This is how it happened, God was in Christ reconciling the WORLD unto HIMSELF, NOT COUNTING their SINS against them of the WORLD'S PEOPLE and has COMMITTED UNTO US THE WORD OF RECONCILIATION. Just a little word about these scriptures regarding God not imputing their sins against them. I know a lot of people get upset at this, but please remember that the biggest problem that God has had with mankind is unbelief. God has concluded all in unbelief during this present time. See Rom. 11:32, so our message should not be about someone's sin but about their unbelief. There is only one answer for that, become a believer in what God says. Paul said to us, Now then WE Ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ stead, be ye reconciled to God. Look at Ephesians 6:18-20, it's clear that our Apostle Paul considered himself an ambassador and wanted to have boldness to make known the mystery of the gospel given to him by the heavenly Christ. You have just seen a part of that mystery, apply it in your life.
Pastor Bill
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