WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.639 Verse 16. Let's listen to God's Word. 00:00:09.380 --> 00:00:14.599 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. 00:00:15.939 --> 00:00:21.780 Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 00:00:22.859 --> 00:00:28.060 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. 00:00:28.059 --> 00:00:32.460 The old has gone. The new has come. 00:00:33.739 --> 00:00:41.539 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ 00:00:41.539 --> 00:00:47.019 and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:54.679 That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:59.039 not counting men's sins against them. 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:04.640 And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 00:01:06.659 --> 00:01:11.000 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:16.079 as though God were making his appeal through us. 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:21.519 We implore you, on Christ's behalf, 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:26.939 be reconciled to God. 00:01:28.039 --> 00:01:33.640 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:41.659 so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 00:01:41.659 --> 00:01:45.879 As God's fellow workers, 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:49.979 we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain. 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:52.719 For he says, 00:01:52.859 --> 00:01:56.039 In the time of my favor I heard you, 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.439 and in the day of salvation I helped you. 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:01.060 I tell you, 00:02:01.399 --> 00:02:03.859 now is the time of God's favor. 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:07.620 Now is the day of salvation. 00:02:07.620 --> 00:02:20.580 Thanks very much, Ralph. 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:25.200 Please keep your Bibles open at that passage in Corinthians. 00:02:25.700 --> 00:02:28.080 We're not going to be moving out of chapter 5, 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:32.159 but it would be good to keep your focus right there. 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:39.400 Let's pray together. 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:49.359 Our Father God, we thank you for your word, 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:52.939 for it is not only true, 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:55.780 it is powerful. 00:02:55.780 --> 00:03:00.159 It is your means for revealing to us 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:05.479 the greatness and the beauty of who Jesus Christ is. 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:11.319 And our prayer is that our focus would be upon him, 00:03:12.420 --> 00:03:17.840 and we would learn what it is to be reconciled to him, 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:22.560 and to be Christ's ambassadors. 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:26.219 Father, we are helpless, 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:31.120 so we ask that you would pour out your Holy Spirit upon us 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:32.379 as you have been doing. 00:03:33.580 --> 00:03:37.240 Continue to give us the Spirit 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:40.219 that we might understand your truth, 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:42.140 not just with minds, 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:47.120 but that our hearts would be changed and transformed, 00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:50.879 that we would see with your eyes, 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:55.259 and we would live according to your ways. 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:58.419 We ask this in Jesus' name. 00:03:59.099 --> 00:03:59.560 Amen. 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:03.780 But from our reading, 00:04:03.900 --> 00:04:08.039 I think the main theme of the text is crystal clear. 00:04:08.939 --> 00:04:12.699 It's summarized for us so well in verse 18. 00:04:12.819 --> 00:04:14.019 Have a look at verse 18. 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:16.420 All this is from God, 00:04:17.060 --> 00:04:21.560 who reconciled us to himself through Christ, 00:04:22.620 --> 00:04:26.980 and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 00:04:28.180 --> 00:04:32.620 To reconcile is simply to restore a relationship 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:34.439 that has been broken, 00:04:34.960 --> 00:04:37.120 to bring peace and harmony 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:40.660 where there's been hostility and fear. 00:04:40.660 --> 00:04:42.740 And in this context, 00:04:43.340 --> 00:04:46.600 it's our restored relationship with God. 00:04:49.080 --> 00:04:53.920 Louis Zamperini was always in trouble as a kid. 00:04:54.780 --> 00:04:57.379 His mother encouraged him to go to church. 00:04:58.320 --> 00:05:00.260 In fact, she'd give him money for the collection, 00:05:00.840 --> 00:05:03.879 but he would skive off and go spend it in the fair. 00:05:04.700 --> 00:05:07.240 For Louis, God was just a hindrance, 00:05:07.620 --> 00:05:08.620 not a help. 00:05:08.620 --> 00:05:11.699 But he was an excellent runner. 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:15.740 In 1936, he made the U.S. Olympic team 00:05:15.740 --> 00:05:18.180 and ran in the Olympic Games. 00:05:19.420 --> 00:05:22.180 World War II cut short his running career, 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.620 and he became a gunner in the Air Force. 00:05:26.740 --> 00:05:29.699 On one excursion, his plane was shot down, 00:05:30.340 --> 00:05:31.800 and for 47 days, 00:05:31.899 --> 00:05:35.139 Zamperini drifted on a small raft on the open sea. 00:05:35.139 --> 00:05:38.399 Surviving attacks from the air, 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:41.099 he was eventually captured by the enemy. 00:05:41.779 --> 00:05:44.199 He was now a prisoner of war. 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:46.579 For two years, 00:05:47.219 --> 00:05:49.279 Zamperini was held in captivity, 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:51.839 where he suffered terribly. 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:54.259 Solitary confinement, 00:05:55.180 --> 00:05:56.259 constant beatings, 00:05:56.959 --> 00:05:58.259 unbearable torture, 00:05:58.259 --> 00:06:01.659 and the routine of daily hard labour. 00:06:03.019 --> 00:06:04.120 Miraculously, though, 00:06:04.779 --> 00:06:05.639 he survived. 00:06:06.779 --> 00:06:08.019 At the end of the war, 00:06:08.139 --> 00:06:09.939 Zamperini returned a hero, 00:06:10.819 --> 00:06:12.500 but deep down in his life, 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:13.519 he was struggling. 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:16.959 Tortured from his time in the war 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:19.399 and troubled by his past, 00:06:20.919 --> 00:06:22.279 he attended a meeting 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:25.180 where he heard the good news 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:27.279 about Jesus Christ. 00:06:28.579 --> 00:06:29.659 Through Christ, 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:32.839 he received forgiveness from God 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:36.319 and was reconciled to God. 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:40.120 His life was dramatically changed. 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:42.980 Almost immediately, 00:06:43.980 --> 00:06:45.240 he returned to visit 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:46.780 those who had treated him 00:06:46.780 --> 00:06:49.340 so cruelly in the prison camp. 00:06:50.220 --> 00:06:52.019 Zamperini was on a mission 00:06:52.019 --> 00:06:53.620 of reconciliation. 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:56.620 No longer did he hold a grudge. 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:58.780 No longer did he seek revenge. 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:00.560 No longer did he hate. 00:07:01.980 --> 00:07:04.680 He had come to experience personally 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:06.079 God's forgiveness, 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:08.920 and he wanted his captors to know 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:11.180 that they too could be forgiven 00:07:11.180 --> 00:07:13.780 and reconciled to God. 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:18.740 Amazingly, as he spoke in that prison, 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:21.540 the guards who had once tortured him 00:07:21.540 --> 00:07:23.360 turned to Christ 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:26.400 and experienced reconciliation 00:07:26.400 --> 00:07:27.680 for themselves. 00:07:28.840 --> 00:07:31.540 It's a remarkable true story. 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:33.800 You can watch it on film. 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:35.220 It's called Unbroken. 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:38.100 Now, if you are a Christian, 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:43.620 that's a picture of your story. 00:07:44.259 --> 00:07:45.980 Look again at verse 18. 00:07:46.780 --> 00:07:49.439 All of this is from God, 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:52.780 who reconciled us to himself 00:07:52.780 --> 00:07:54.100 through Christ 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:57.180 and gave us the ministry 00:07:57.180 --> 00:07:58.860 of reconciliation. 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:02.720 You see, we too, individually, 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:05.420 and as churches together 00:08:05.420 --> 00:08:07.800 in the Court Kerry Project, 00:08:08.380 --> 00:08:09.800 we are on a mission 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:11.700 of reconciliation. 00:08:13.320 --> 00:08:15.640 Four things we're going to look at together 00:08:15.640 --> 00:08:17.300 from this text. 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:18.780 Here's the first one. 00:08:19.820 --> 00:08:20.820 God's desire 00:08:20.820 --> 00:08:22.300 that all 00:08:22.300 --> 00:08:23.960 are reconciled. 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:25.160 God's desire 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:25.920 that all 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:27.220 are reconciled. 00:08:27.280 --> 00:08:28.020 Verse 16. 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:31.319 So, from now on, 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:33.059 we regard no one 00:08:33.059 --> 00:08:35.639 from a worldly point of view. 00:08:36.539 --> 00:08:37.799 Something dramatic 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:38.480 has happened. 00:08:39.019 --> 00:08:40.439 Something has changed 00:08:40.439 --> 00:08:42.779 about how we see people. 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:45.259 Look at the rest of verse 16. 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:48.980 Though we once regarded Christ 00:08:48.980 --> 00:08:49.860 in this way, 00:08:50.259 --> 00:08:52.120 we do so no longer. 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:53.259 Paul is writing 00:08:53.259 --> 00:08:54.740 and he's remembering 00:08:54.740 --> 00:08:56.299 back to a point in time 00:08:56.299 --> 00:08:58.960 where he had a wrong view of Christ. 00:09:00.179 --> 00:09:02.580 Christ was completely insignificant, 00:09:03.220 --> 00:09:04.580 completely irrelevant, 00:09:05.060 --> 00:09:06.320 with nothing to offer. 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:08.960 But now he has been changed. 00:09:09.980 --> 00:09:11.620 He has come to see Christ 00:09:11.620 --> 00:09:12.580 in the right way 00:09:12.580 --> 00:09:13.860 and he has come to see 00:09:13.860 --> 00:09:15.159 that through Christ 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:16.940 there is forgiveness 00:09:16.940 --> 00:09:18.919 and reconciliation with God 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:21.860 and that has changed everything. 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:23.759 It has changed 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:25.220 how he views the world 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:28.019 and how he views people. 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:29.679 It gives us 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:32.139 a new perspective. 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:34.060 Let's read the beginning 00:09:34.060 --> 00:09:35.240 of verse 16 again. 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:37.480 So, from now on, 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:40.060 we regard no one 00:09:40.060 --> 00:09:41.960 from a worldly point of view. 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:43.840 Because of Christ 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:46.759 and all that he has done, 00:09:47.899 --> 00:09:49.519 we now see people 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:51.240 from God's perspective. 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:54.200 We no longer see people 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:56.120 from a worldly point of view. 00:09:57.279 --> 00:09:57.600 You see, 00:09:57.680 --> 00:09:59.060 we don't judge people 00:09:59.060 --> 00:09:59.799 on the basis 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:01.759 of their social status, 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:03.480 their religious heritage, 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:05.820 or their sexual identity. 00:10:06.779 --> 00:10:08.460 From God's perspective, 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:09.960 as he looks at the world, 00:10:10.659 --> 00:10:12.419 we are all the same. 00:10:13.460 --> 00:10:15.720 We are all separated from God 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:18.420 and we all need to be reconciled 00:10:18.420 --> 00:10:19.180 to God. 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.200 So, being rich or poor, 00:10:23.160 --> 00:10:24.180 Catholic or Protestant, 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:25.460 Muslim or Hindu, 00:10:25.920 --> 00:10:27.200 gay or straight, 00:10:27.700 --> 00:10:30.139 that is not the big issue. 00:10:31.259 --> 00:10:32.700 The issue is, 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:35.940 we are all outside of God 00:10:35.940 --> 00:10:39.580 and we all need reconciled 00:10:39.580 --> 00:10:40.740 to God. 00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:43.220 But that's not 00:10:43.220 --> 00:10:44.659 the only thing 00:10:44.659 --> 00:10:45.820 we see about ourselves. 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:46.600 Not only is there 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:47.560 a new perspective, 00:10:48.560 --> 00:10:50.100 but there's a new creation. 00:10:50.379 --> 00:10:51.139 Follow with me 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:52.360 the flow of thought. 00:10:52.860 --> 00:10:53.620 Let's read again 00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:54.980 the beginning of verse 16. 00:10:55.460 --> 00:10:56.639 So, from now on, 00:10:56.700 --> 00:10:57.720 because of Christ, 00:10:58.279 --> 00:10:59.460 we regard no one 00:10:59.460 --> 00:11:01.320 from a worldly point of view. 00:11:01.700 --> 00:11:02.840 Now, verse 17. 00:11:03.379 --> 00:11:03.860 Therefore, 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:06.399 if anyone is in Christ, 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:08.700 he is a new creation. 00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:11.660 We no longer view people 00:11:11.660 --> 00:11:13.160 as condemned sinners 00:11:13.160 --> 00:11:14.860 that must be judged. 00:11:15.280 --> 00:11:16.820 No, we now see people 00:11:16.820 --> 00:11:18.300 who, through Christ, 00:11:19.100 --> 00:11:21.480 can become a new creation. 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:23.980 Isn't that how 00:11:23.980 --> 00:11:25.020 Louis Zamperini 00:11:25.020 --> 00:11:26.879 saw his once captors? 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:28.920 He wanted revenge. 00:11:29.280 --> 00:11:30.600 He wanted justice. 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:31.740 But now, 00:11:31.900 --> 00:11:33.220 because of Christ 00:11:33.220 --> 00:11:34.800 and the change in his life, 00:11:35.259 --> 00:11:37.060 he saw the prison guards 00:11:37.060 --> 00:11:38.480 as people 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:40.100 who could become 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:41.940 new creations 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:43.680 in Christ. 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:46.620 You see, 00:11:46.700 --> 00:11:47.659 I think we all need 00:11:47.659 --> 00:11:48.720 to take off 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:51.200 the worldly lens 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:53.139 and put on 00:11:53.139 --> 00:11:55.000 the God lens. 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:56.980 And that's a challenge 00:11:56.980 --> 00:11:58.180 for each one of us. 00:11:58.580 --> 00:12:00.220 Instead of walking around 00:12:00.220 --> 00:12:02.180 and inwardly condemning 00:12:02.180 --> 00:12:03.200 those I see, 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:05.220 I need to walk 00:12:05.220 --> 00:12:06.440 and look at people 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:07.860 from God's perspective 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:08.420 and see 00:12:08.420 --> 00:12:09.620 what people 00:12:09.620 --> 00:12:10.680 can become. 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:13.580 New creations. 00:12:14.580 --> 00:12:15.780 Brand new people. 00:12:16.580 --> 00:12:16.920 You see, 00:12:17.040 --> 00:12:18.120 while we so often 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:19.740 look in condemnation, 00:12:21.180 --> 00:12:22.060 God sees 00:12:22.060 --> 00:12:23.540 transformation. 00:12:24.380 --> 00:12:25.160 Verse 17. 00:12:25.560 --> 00:12:25.880 Therefore, 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:26.760 if anyone 00:12:26.760 --> 00:12:28.060 is in Christ, 00:12:28.540 --> 00:12:30.200 he is a new creation. 00:12:30.380 --> 00:12:31.160 The old 00:12:31.160 --> 00:12:31.860 has gone 00:12:31.860 --> 00:12:33.180 and the new 00:12:33.180 --> 00:12:33.960 has come. 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:36.139 We can be so 00:12:36.139 --> 00:12:37.060 concerned about 00:12:37.060 --> 00:12:38.100 trying to change 00:12:38.100 --> 00:12:39.279 what people believe 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:41.399 and how people behave 00:12:41.399 --> 00:12:42.879 when God is saying, 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:43.840 I have come to do 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:45.000 something far more 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:46.600 radical and beautiful. 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:48.159 I have come to bring 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:49.800 about a new creation, 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:51.639 a brand new beginning, 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:52.840 a fresh start 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:53.740 in the lives 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:54.340 of people. 00:12:54.340 --> 00:12:56.120 I have come 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:56.639 to bring 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:57.660 reconciliation, 00:12:58.200 --> 00:12:59.340 to restore 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:00.120 that broken 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:00.840 relationship 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:02.040 so that you 00:13:02.040 --> 00:13:02.680 are at one 00:13:02.680 --> 00:13:03.920 with God. 00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:06.120 So first, 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:08.340 God's desire 00:13:08.340 --> 00:13:10.139 that we are 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:11.820 all reconciled 00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:12.820 to Him. 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:15.000 Second, 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:18.019 God has made 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.720 it possible 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:19.759 for all 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:21.620 to be reconciled. 00:13:21.620 --> 00:13:23.720 God makes 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:24.460 it possible 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:25.419 for all 00:13:25.419 --> 00:13:27.259 to be reconciled. 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:28.679 Verse 18. 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:31.179 All this 00:13:31.179 --> 00:13:32.700 is from 00:13:32.700 --> 00:13:33.220 God 00:13:33.220 --> 00:13:34.639 who 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:35.820 reconciled 00:13:35.820 --> 00:13:36.460 us to 00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:37.080 Himself 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:39.080 through Christ. 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:41.320 You see, 00:13:41.419 --> 00:13:41.940 if God 00:13:41.940 --> 00:13:42.759 needs to 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:43.460 reconcile 00:13:43.460 --> 00:13:44.379 us to 00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:44.940 Himself, 00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:46.700 it clearly 00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:47.539 implies 00:13:47.539 --> 00:13:48.220 the world 00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:49.940 is separated 00:13:49.940 --> 00:13:50.799 from God. 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.679 there is 00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:52.279 a division 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:53.039 that exists, 00:13:53.359 --> 00:13:54.120 a relationship 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.620 that is 00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:55.039 broken. 00:13:55.579 --> 00:13:56.120 No longer 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:56.559 is there 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:57.339 peace and 00:13:57.339 --> 00:13:57.639 joy, 00:13:57.779 --> 00:13:58.559 but fear 00:13:58.559 --> 00:13:59.519 and hostility. 00:14:00.579 --> 00:14:01.199 No longer 00:14:01.199 --> 00:14:02.199 that communion, 00:14:02.419 --> 00:14:03.039 the fellowship 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:03.719 that Adam 00:14:03.719 --> 00:14:04.159 and Eve 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:05.240 enjoyed 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:05.979 in the 00:14:05.979 --> 00:14:06.519 Garden of 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:06.779 Eden, 00:14:06.959 --> 00:14:07.419 it has 00:14:07.419 --> 00:14:07.919 now been 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:08.479 broken. 00:14:09.699 --> 00:14:10.259 And we 00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:11.199 can't fix 00:14:11.199 --> 00:14:12.159 that relationship. 00:14:12.819 --> 00:14:13.479 We can't 00:14:13.479 --> 00:14:14.319 do anything 00:14:14.319 --> 00:14:14.959 to make 00:14:14.959 --> 00:14:15.659 God love 00:14:15.659 --> 00:14:16.079 us. 00:14:17.839 --> 00:14:18.279 But 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:19.019 thankfully, 00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:19.799 God has 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:20.339 taken the 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:20.860 initiative 00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.940 and done 00:14:21.940 --> 00:14:22.379 something 00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:22.960 about it. 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:23.899 God 00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:24.940 has made 00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:26.060 reconciliation 00:14:26.060 --> 00:14:27.200 possible. 00:14:28.420 --> 00:14:29.180 First, 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:30.360 it's all 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:31.519 from God. 00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:32.740 Look at 00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.560 verse 18 00:14:33.560 --> 00:14:33.980 again. 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:35.360 All 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:36.200 this 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:37.680 is 00:14:37.680 --> 00:14:38.360 from 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:39.560 God 00:14:39.560 --> 00:14:41.879 who 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:43.160 reconciled 00:14:43.160 --> 00:14:43.700 us 00:14:43.700 --> 00:14:44.660 to 00:14:44.660 --> 00:14:45.320 Himself. 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:45.879 God 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:57.760 reconciled 00:14:57.760 --> 00:14:58.700 us. 00:14:58.700 --> 00:14:59.780 This is 00:14:59.780 --> 00:15:00.220 something 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:00.940 that God 00:15:00.940 --> 00:15:02.400 has already 00:15:02.400 --> 00:15:03.060 done for 00:15:03.060 --> 00:15:03.540 us. 00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:05.080 You see, 00:15:05.180 --> 00:15:05.700 knowing that 00:15:05.700 --> 00:15:06.420 our relationship 00:15:06.420 --> 00:15:07.040 with God 00:15:07.040 --> 00:15:07.740 is broken, 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:09.420 knowing our 00:15:09.420 --> 00:15:10.480 inability to 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.040 make things 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:11.459 right, 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:12.500 God has 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.099 taken the 00:15:13.099 --> 00:15:13.539 initiative, 00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:14.980 intervened, 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:16.000 and provided 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.860 the means by 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:17.399 which we 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:18.339 can be made 00:15:18.339 --> 00:15:18.839 right with 00:15:18.839 --> 00:15:19.219 God. 00:15:19.959 --> 00:15:20.899 Rather than 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:22.019 divorce us, 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:23.620 God has 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.819 reconciled 00:15:24.819 --> 00:15:25.179 us. 00:15:25.599 --> 00:15:25.799 And 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:26.519 reconciliation 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:27.360 is not 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:28.319 something I 00:15:28.319 --> 00:15:28.899 can do. 00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:30.059 I can't 00:15:30.059 --> 00:15:30.740 make peace 00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:31.360 with God. 00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:32.379 God 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.559 makes peace 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:34.360 with us. 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:35.980 Restoring 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:36.860 our relationship 00:15:36.860 --> 00:15:37.439 with God 00:15:37.439 --> 00:15:38.019 is something 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:39.360 that God 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:39.879 does. 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:41.879 It's not 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.679 something that 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:43.539 we can 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:43.899 do. 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.480 And 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:46.079 here's 00:15:46.079 --> 00:15:47.500 how God 00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.579 does it. 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.519 Look at 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:51.860 verse 18. 00:15:53.439 --> 00:15:54.319 All this 00:15:54.319 --> 00:15:54.699 is from 00:15:54.699 --> 00:15:55.139 God, 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.240 who 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:57.139 reconciled 00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:57.579 us to 00:15:57.579 --> 00:15:58.179 Himself 00:15:58.179 --> 00:15:59.799 through 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:01.199 Christ. 00:16:02.819 --> 00:16:03.679 And 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:04.159 what did 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:05.000 God do 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:05.500 through 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.079 Christ? 00:16:07.439 --> 00:16:07.779 Well, 00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:08.279 jump down 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:09.299 to verse 19. 00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.600 It explains 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.379 it for us. 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.220 That God 00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:14.759 was reconciling 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.459 the world 00:16:15.459 --> 00:16:16.559 to Himself 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:18.159 in Christ, 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:20.319 not counting 00:16:20.319 --> 00:16:21.519 our sins 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:23.519 against us. 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:25.819 Let me 00:16:25.819 --> 00:16:26.159 try and 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:27.039 expand and 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.959 explain that. 00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:30.179 Suppose 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:31.159 I were 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:31.860 to walk 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.339 out on 00:16:32.339 --> 00:16:32.959 my wife 00:16:32.959 --> 00:16:33.559 Kirsty, 00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.439 destroying 00:16:35.439 --> 00:16:36.319 the marriage 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:37.340 and the 00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:37.940 relationship. 00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:40.200 Because of 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:40.660 what I've 00:16:40.660 --> 00:16:40.960 done, 00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:41.640 I can't 00:16:41.640 --> 00:16:42.200 make 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:43.040 Kirsty, 00:16:43.180 --> 00:16:43.700 my wife, 00:16:43.780 --> 00:16:44.620 accept me 00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:45.740 or forgive 00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:46.020 me. 00:16:46.680 --> 00:16:47.440 I have 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:48.000 no right. 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.480 I'm a 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:48.800 guilty 00:16:48.800 --> 00:16:49.379 party. 00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:50.560 Kirsty, 00:16:50.780 --> 00:16:51.000 on the 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:51.440 other hand, 00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:52.400 has every 00:16:52.400 --> 00:16:53.020 right to 00:16:53.020 --> 00:16:53.800 reject me. 00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:54.860 That would 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.600 be just 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.260 and that 00:16:56.260 --> 00:16:56.600 would be 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:57.180 fair. 00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:58.840 You see, 00:16:58.920 --> 00:16:59.240 the only 00:16:59.240 --> 00:16:59.760 way the 00:16:59.760 --> 00:17:00.300 relationship 00:17:00.300 --> 00:17:00.780 can be 00:17:00.780 --> 00:17:01.480 restored is 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:01.940 if 00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:02.440 Kirsty, 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:02.900 who is 00:17:02.900 --> 00:17:03.580 innocent, 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:05.660 chooses 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:06.759 to forgive 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:08.420 and no 00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:09.360 longer holds 00:17:09.360 --> 00:17:10.120 my failure 00:17:10.120 --> 00:17:11.160 against me 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:12.120 or over 00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:12.480 me. 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:13.860 Rather than 00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:14.880 sign divorce 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:15.440 papers, 00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:15.960 which is 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:16.440 what I 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:16.940 deserve, 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.380 she reaches 00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:18.900 out to 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.880 me and 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:21.180 reconciles, 00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.240 which is 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:22.579 what I 00:17:22.579 --> 00:17:23.100 don't 00:17:23.100 --> 00:17:23.620 deserve. 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:25.640 And I 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.200 think that's 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:26.819 a picture 00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.819 of what 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.380 God has 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:28.980 done for 00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:29.440 us through 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:29.880 Christ. 00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:30.480 Again, 00:17:30.600 --> 00:17:30.880 look at 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:31.720 verse 19. 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:33.440 God was 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.700 reconciling 00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:35.380 the world 00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:36.279 to himself 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.059 in Christ, 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:39.079 not counting 00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:41.640 our sins 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:43.720 against us. 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:47.079 If Christ 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:47.759 or in 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:48.319 Christ, 00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:49.860 God does 00:17:49.860 --> 00:17:50.500 not hold 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.039 our sin 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.960 over us 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.720 or against 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.220 us, 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:53.960 why? 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.759 Because it 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:56.400 has all 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:57.200 been dealt 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:58.279 with in 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.100 Christ. 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:00.279 The divorce 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:01.160 papers have 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:02.000 been torn 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.980 up at 00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:03.740 the cross. 00:18:04.360 --> 00:18:04.920 God has 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:05.920 every right 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.600 to reject 00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:06.860 me, 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:07.300 condemn 00:18:07.300 --> 00:18:07.960 me and 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.680 judge me. 00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:09.840 But now 00:18:09.840 --> 00:18:10.700 reconciliation 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.620 has been 00:18:11.620 --> 00:18:12.440 made available 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.220 and the 00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.820 good news 00:18:13.820 --> 00:18:14.700 is it's 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.240 not just 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:15.800 for you 00:18:15.800 --> 00:18:16.220 and it's 00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:16.660 not just 00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:17.120 for me. 00:18:17.380 --> 00:18:17.740 Look at 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.060 the middle 00:18:18.060 --> 00:18:18.420 of verse 00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:19.019 19. 00:18:19.820 --> 00:18:20.420 God is 00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:21.400 reconciling 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:22.140 the world. 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:24.820 This is 00:18:24.820 --> 00:18:25.620 good news 00:18:25.620 --> 00:18:27.140 for every 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:27.820 single 00:18:27.820 --> 00:18:28.620 person. 00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:30.319 God 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:30.679 does 00:18:30.679 --> 00:18:31.099 not 00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:31.699 write 00:18:31.699 --> 00:18:32.339 people 00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:32.899 off. 00:18:33.859 --> 00:18:34.239 There is 00:18:34.239 --> 00:18:35.000 no sin 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.439 that is 00:18:35.439 --> 00:18:36.219 so great 00:18:36.219 --> 00:18:37.199 that God 00:18:37.199 --> 00:18:37.799 has not 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.279 dealt 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:39.239 with in 00:18:39.239 --> 00:18:39.859 Christ. 00:18:40.699 --> 00:18:40.959 His 00:18:40.959 --> 00:18:42.079 gift of 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:43.000 reconciliation 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:44.579 is open 00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:46.019 to all 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:46.639 people. 00:18:49.139 --> 00:18:50.379 So God 00:18:50.379 --> 00:18:51.159 longs 00:18:51.159 --> 00:18:52.419 for all 00:18:52.419 --> 00:18:52.979 people to 00:18:52.979 --> 00:18:54.099 be reconciled. 00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:55.879 God 00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.279 has made 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:57.019 it possible 00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.759 for all 00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.119 to be 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:59.059 reconciled. 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:00.939 And 00:19:00.939 --> 00:19:01.500 third, 00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.339 God 00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:03.679 has 00:19:03.679 --> 00:19:04.359 entrusted 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:05.419 to us 00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:06.519 the 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.159 message 00:19:07.159 --> 00:19:07.579 of 00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.339 reconciliation. 00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.199 God 00:19:10.199 --> 00:19:10.379 has 00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:10.919 entrusted 00:19:10.919 --> 00:19:11.699 to us 00:19:11.699 --> 00:19:12.500 the 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.839 message 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.079 of 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:13.719 reconciliation. 00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:14.939 Look at 00:19:14.939 --> 00:19:15.219 the end 00:19:15.219 --> 00:19:15.559 of verse 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:16.059 19 00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.539 with me. 00:19:18.139 --> 00:19:18.679 And 00:19:18.679 --> 00:19:19.059 he has 00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:19.439 committed 00:19:19.439 --> 00:19:19.919 to 00:19:19.919 --> 00:19:20.659 us 00:19:20.659 --> 00:19:21.500 the 00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.859 message 00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.099 of 00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:22.799 reconciliation. 00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.819 God 00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.599 longs 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:25.899 to 00:19:25.899 --> 00:19:27.000 restore 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.219 the 00:19:27.219 --> 00:19:27.799 relationship 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.159 with 00:19:28.159 --> 00:19:28.459 him 00:19:28.459 --> 00:19:29.859 for 00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.179 a 00:19:30.179 --> 00:19:30.779 purpose 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:32.099 so 00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:32.459 that 00:19:32.459 --> 00:19:32.699 we 00:19:32.699 --> 00:19:33.019 might 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.419 join 00:19:33.419 --> 00:19:33.939 him 00:19:33.939 --> 00:19:34.879 in 00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.199 his 00:19:35.199 --> 00:19:35.659 mission 00:19:35.659 --> 00:19:35.899 of 00:19:35.899 --> 00:19:36.619 reconciliation. 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:37.839 Our 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.579 relationship 00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:38.919 with 00:19:38.919 --> 00:19:39.179 God 00:19:39.179 --> 00:19:39.399 is 00:19:39.399 --> 00:19:40.039 restored 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:41.079 so 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.659 that 00:19:41.659 --> 00:19:42.539 others 00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:42.819 can 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.240 also 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.539 know 00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:43.799 the 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.199 joy 00:19:44.199 --> 00:19:44.459 and 00:19:44.459 --> 00:19:44.859 beauty 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.099 of 00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:45.240 a 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:45.819 relationship 00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:46.159 with 00:19:46.159 --> 00:19:46.519 God. 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.119 Remember 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:48.399 our 00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:48.719 friend 00:19:48.719 --> 00:19:49.480 Zamperini? 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.759 Once 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.219 he had 00:19:51.219 --> 00:19:52.159 experienced 00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:53.000 reconciliation 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:54.880 he wanted 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.579 others 00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:55.900 to 00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:56.700 experience 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:56.980 the 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.319 same. 00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.119 We 00:19:59.119 --> 00:19:59.740 are 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:01.519 ambassadors. 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.160 And 00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:03.559 in case 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:03.980 we're not 00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.720 clear about 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.079 all of 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.259 this 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.640 look at 00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:05.819 what 00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.099 God 00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.440 says 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.640 to 00:20:06.640 --> 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