1. TODAYS MESSAGE THE CHRISTIAN M&M’S II CORINTHIANS 5:18-21

2. All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: II Cor. 18 1. All this is from God 1. All this is from God 2. We are reconciled to God through Christ 2. We are reconciled to God through Christ 3. We now have the ministry of reconciliation 3. We now have the ministry of reconciliation WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION

3. …that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. II Cor. 5:19 …that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. II Cor. 5:19 1. God desires peace with men 1. God desires peace with men WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION 2. God has committed His message to us to share with men 2. God has committed His message to us to share with men

4. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. II Cor. 5:20 1. God appeals through us as ambassadors 1. God appeals through us as ambassadors 2. We appeal to men on Christ’s behalf to be reconciled 2. We appeal to men on Christ’s behalf to be reconciled OUR MINISTRY AND MESSAGE MAKES US AMBASSADORS

5. HOW MEN ARE RECONCILED TO GOD 1. God has made a way for men to become righteous 2. God has made a way for men to become as righteous as He is For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. Rom. 5:19

6. THE THREE IMPUTATIONS Adam’s Sin to the world For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die… I Cor. 15:21,22

7. The World’s Sin to Jesus We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Is. 53:6

8. Jesus’ Righteousness to Us God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. II Cor. 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. II Cor. 5:21