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 […]

God’s covenant faithfulness provokes us to obedience. It’s a response that naturally makes sense. Paul’s outlined the miracle of the new birth in Jesus Christ and has detailed all of these wonderful things that God has done for us. We have crossed over from death into life. He has given us the hope of everlasting life. He has assured us […]