Scripture:
2 Cor. 5.11-6.2
Translation: 5.11So, since
we know the fear of the Lord, we persuade people. And we are truly making
ourselves clear to God, and I hope also to also making ourselves clear to your
consciences. 12We aren’t recommending ourselves again to you, but
giving an opportunity for you to boast about us, so that you have [something to
say] to those who are boasting in face and but not in heart.13You
see, if we’re crazy, it is for God. If we make sense, it is for you. 14You
see, the love of Christ forces us, making this determination, that One died for
all, so all died. 15And He died for all, so that those who are
living would no longer be living for themselves but for the One Who died for
them and was risen. 16Therefore, from now on we don’t know anyone in
an human way—even if we knew Christ in a human way, instead now we don’t know
Him that way anymore. 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, that
person is a new creation! The old things have gone away—Look he really is
becoming new!18And everything is from the God Who reconciled us to
Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19such
that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their
rebellions to them and putting in us the message of reconciliation. 20So,
we acts as ambassadors for Christ, as though God was urging through us. We ask
for Christ: “Reconcile with God!” 21He made the One Who didn’t know
sin sin for us, so that we could become God’s righteousness in Him. 6.1And
so working together, we urge that you not receive the grace of God in vain. 2For
He says, I heard you at a desirable time; and I helped you on the day of
salvation.” Look! Now is the most desirable time! Look! Now is the day of
salvation!
Interpretation
Themes
a.
Reconciliation
b.
Persuasion
c.
Before/after
d.
New creation
e.
Boasting
f.
Death and resurrection of
Christ
g.
Time, the right time
h.
New vs. old
Applications
a.
What God/Christ/Holy Spirit
Does
i.
Scares us
ii.
Loves us
iii.
Christ dies and raises
iv.
Gives us a new life
v.
Gives us a new
perspective
vi.
Makes us a new creation
vii.
Gives us a new calling
viii.
Reconciles us/the world in
Christ through us
ix.
Doesn’t count our sins
against us, but against Christ
x.
Urges us and the world to
reconcile with God
xi.
He saves
xii.
The net result is that God
gives us reasons to worship and live for Him, as well as providing us with a
new identity, one that shapes our actions
b.
What We Do
i.
We fear God
ii.
We persuade people
iii.
We are genuine
iv.
We are committed to the
Gospel, celebrating those truly genuine servants of God
v.
We act crazy for God and
sane for people
vi.
We act on our love Christ
and respond to His love for us
vii.
We believe that Christ died
for all people
viii.
We live for Christ who died
and was raised for us
ix.
We know Christ differently
than the lost
x.
We get rid of our old lives
and selves
xi.
We act as ambassadors by
sharing the message of reconciliation and living for God in righteousness
xii.
We respond to the call to
respond to the grace of God today by living holy lives and living as Christ’s
ambassadors.
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