Today's Sermon:
Your Home- an Embassy
Love Your Neighbor I

I. God in Christ ....... 5:18-19, 21

“To reconcile means to bring together again persons who had previously fallen out; to replace alienation, hostility and opposition by a new relationship of favour, goodwill and peace; and to so transform the attitude of persons reconciled towards each other and to set their subsequent mutual dealings on a whole new footing.”
-J.I. Packer, God’s Words

II. Reconciliation Changes .....- 5:17

1) We .......- Vs. 14-15

2) We .......- Vs. 16

3) We .....- Vs. 18-20

“We are Jesus with skin on. We are a tangible glove for his intangible hand. We are how people experience Jesus. Through our hands people experience the hands of Jesus. Through our voice people hear the voice of Jesus. Through our service people experience the care of Jesus. Through our face people see the face of Jesus. Jesus brings himself to people through us…We are the presence of Jesus made tangible in our families, neighborhoods, workplaces and schools. The love we show, the patience we have, the notice we take, the attention we give, the truth we speak, the hope we inspire is not us but Christ living in and through us. This is why our participation in the mission of Jesus is simple. We can do this.”
-Greg Finke, Joining Jesus on His Mission