Verse reading (2 Corinthians 5:18-21)
18 But all things are out from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 Namely, that God in Christ was reconciling the world to Himself, not accounting their offenses to them, and has put in us the word of reconciliation.
20 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.
>>> the apostles are fully authorised to bring saints to the reconciliation to God.
21 Him who did not know sin He made sin on our behalf that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
The ministry of the NT - many ministers are in the one ministry (Unlike what's commonly discussed in the Christianity
Two stages of reconciliation
1. Unbelievers need to be reconciled to God
2. Believers need to be further reconciled to God.
Something other than sins, but what we are, our being, our flesh, and our natural constitution also hinder us from being fully reconciled to God (the 2nd veil).
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