The two steps of reconciliation in 2 Corinthians 5 are clearly portrayed by the two veils of the tabernacle, for God wants us to come all the way into the Holy of Holies to be in oneness with God; we need to be further reconciled to God and pass through the second veil by the […]
One with God to Carry out the Ministry of Reconciliation as Ambassadors of Christ
It is helpful for us to have a basic understanding of reconciliation to see the need, meaning, instrument, means, scope, sphere, fact, and experience of reconciliation so that we, as ambassadors of Christ, the new covenant ministers, may carry out the ministry of reconciliation, for two steps are required to be fully reconciled to God. […]
Being Fully Reconciled to God causes us to be Enlarged in our Heart for the Church
Being fully reconciled to God causes us to be enlarged in our heart for the church, and how large our heart is depends on the degree of our reconciliation to God. We see this from the sequence in 2 Corinthians, where in ch. 5 Paul spoke of the ministry of reconciliation and his beseeching the […]
We need to be Fully Reconciled to God from Sins and from the living in the Flesh
In order for us to be fully reconciled to God, we need to go through two steps, first to be reconciled to God from sin, and then to be fully reconciled to God from the flesh. The apostle Paul had the ministry of reconciliation, and he beseeches the believers in Corinth to be fully reconciled […]