2 Corinthians (Program #38) – The Minister’s of the New Covenant (11)
2 Corinthians is a marvelous book giving us both a detailed biography of the apostle Paul and a clear understanding of the goal of the New Testament ministry. The goal as we have seen is for the believers and unbelievers alike to be fully reconciled to God. That means that both in fact and in our experience, there is no barrier, no hindrance, nothing separating us from enjoying God and living Christ. This is the ministry that Paul and the other apostles were commissioned with. Further, it should be the goal of our own Christian life. We have been saved many years ago, having settled that question of our eternal destiny once for all. But do we live a life that’s fully reconciled to God? This was Paul’s question to the believers in Corinth as well. Listen 5:20 of 2 Corinthians say:
“On behalf of Christ then we are ambassadors, as God entreats you through us; we beseech you on behalf of Christ, Be reconciled to God.“
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