Death, Reconciliation

2 Corinthians 3-6 

“For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you…And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again…All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:”

2 Corinthians 4:11, 12; 5:15, 18

The ministry of reconciliation comes through a life-message of surrender to Christ, death-to-self, and new life in Christ. Living in the gospel means dying-to-sin with Christ and being continually raised to new life in him. A ministry of reconciliation requires us to live the message of reconciliation. We, too, must both receive Christ’s forgiveness and extend this forgiveness to others in all situations. Only then are we ambassadors of Christ, the Lamb of God. Walking the path of discipleship as those always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake gives us the message and ministry of reconciliation in Christ. This gospel will transform us and others as we live it each day.

Where and in what areas of our life is the Lord inviting us to die-to-self that others could live?

“Lord Jesus, I choose to die daily that you might live through me, for your glory.”