Transformed Identity: Our Call to Reconciliation in Christ
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"I love that Psalm it reminds us of who our God is and even reminds us of what we should be doing something we're going to talk a lot about this morning as we look at our calling but I love that it just points us to God and we've gathered this morning as God's people not to focus on a band and not to focus on a man but to focus on the God man Jesus Christ to set our eyes on him and worship him and that's what we're going to do we're going to continue to sing we're going to continue to praise we're going to hear from his word but I'm going to open our time in prayer Father thank you thank you for the reminder that you you alone are worthy of worship Father we have gathered today to do just that" [00:32:56] (57 seconds)
"But I was really, from that point on, I was captured by the world of skateboarding. If you could speak to my parents today, they would tell you for many years of my life, that was who I was. I was a skateboarder. That's all I ever talked about. That was actually the lens through which I looked at the world. So when I would ride around with my parents and ride through towns in their car, I would look out the windows and everything I saw, whether little concrete structures or parking lots or handrails or stairs, everything I looked at, my parents probably saw something totally different, but the way I looked at the world was, that's something I could ride on my skateboard. Everything was that way. I just thought about it that way. I looked at the world through that lens. And this past week, I was reminded, that's pretty much how we operate." [00:54:04] (54 seconds)
"He viewed the world through the lens of who he was in Christ and through the vocation to which Christ had called him to. You see, while vocation is the work a person might be employed to do, a vocation is likewise a calling. In the religious world, a vocation is understood as a divine call to a specific work. Well, the Apostle Paul had a divine call to a specific work that began with the divine encounter with the one who gave him that work. And that encounter changed him. It changed who he was. It changed the work that he did. And it changed the lens through which he now looked at the world. It changed it forever." [00:57:02] (46 seconds)
"Paul wrote to the church at Corinth these words. From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he's a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation." [00:59:13] (45 seconds)
"Paul's understanding of who Jesus was changed on that road. Before he was saved, Paul looked at Jesus and thought that he's just a man. He's just a rabbi, a self-appointed false messiah. He was an enemy of Judaism, and his movement needed to be destroyed. Paul regarded Jesus according to the flesh. He just saw him as an ordinary man, not the God-man, Jesus Christ. But then something happened on that day when he ran into Jesus on that road to Damascus. Something that changed his view of Jesus forever. Paul believed the gospel and was saved." [01:04:55] (47 seconds)
"Paul was radically changed by the gospel. He no longer viewed Jesus according to the flesh. He no longer viewed others according to the flesh. He now looked at others through the lens of being a new creation. Verse 17, Therefore, if anyone's in Christ, he's a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come. Are you gathering what he's saying here now? I look at people differently. I look at Jesus differently. I look at people differently. Why? Because I'm a new creation. The old Paul has passed away." [01:10:56] (35 seconds)
"Paul's like, I'm a new creation, I've been reconciled to God. No longer is there a wall of hostility that stands between us. God has removed it and replaced it with peace through faith in Jesus Christ. That's what happened to Paul when he believed the gospel, reconciled to God. He became a new creation and was radically changed that day. His old sin nature had lost his power, his way of looking at the world had changed, his way of looking at people had changed. His values, his behaviors, his plans, his desires, his beliefs, his loves, his view of everything had been changed by Christ because he was a new creation." [01:12:20] (40 seconds)
"Christians, we have been given the ministry of reconciliation. Verse 18, all this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. So God has given us a service. He's given us a duty. He's given us a high calling. He's given us a ministry, a new vocation. And I love this. God has given us a vocation that aligns with our new desire to see others reconciled to him. We long to see others saved, right? Right? All right, good. We view others differently. We look at people through the lens of being a new creation. We desire to see them receive reconciliation." [01:15:36] (41 seconds)
"You're like, well, what does that entail? Well, Christians, we've been entrusted with the message of reconciliation. Verse 19, that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. And we're going to take a few minutes and break those verses down. God's plan to reconcile sinners to himself was Jesus. Verse 19, that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself." [01:18:27] (33 seconds)
"Paul even tells us who we're supposed to be going to implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. You're supposed to be taking this message to people who need to be reconciled to God. So let's put that all together. I know I'm pouring a lot on you this morning, and so sorry it was an open mouth, insert fire hose morning, but you're getting a lot. So let me bring it back together for you. As new creations, we have a desire to see others receive reconciliation, right? As new creations, we've been given the ministry of reconciliation." [01:25:08] (31 seconds)
"And I want you to see this because this was so awesome to me. You know who comes to work with you when you do your vocation? God. Look at verse 20. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. So when you and I carry out our vocation of delivering the message of reconciliation, we preach the gospel. God is making his appeal through us when we are sharing the good news with people. He repeats this in verse 1 of chapter 6, working together with him, then we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain." [01:28:53] (39 seconds)
"Christians, all this is still true. For people to be saved, they must believe the gospel. For them to believe it, they've got to hear it. For them to hear it, you and I must be preaching it. And you and I are ambassadors of Christ. New creations given the ministry of reconciliation, entrusted with the message of reconciliation, sent by Jesus to preach to people, imploring them to be reconciled to God. Carry it out. You have the most powerful person ever making his appeal through you when you unleash that powerful message." [01:32:04] (41 seconds)
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"But I was really, from that point on, I was captured by the world of skateboarding. If you could speak to my parents today, they would tell you for many years of my life, that was who I was. I was a skateboarder. That's all I ever talked about. That was actually the lens through which I looked at the world. So when I would ride around with my parents and ride through towns in their car, I would look out the windows and everything I saw, whether little concrete structures or parking lots or handrails or stairs, everything I looked at, my parents probably saw something totally different, but the way I looked at the world was, that's something I could ride on my skateboard. Everything was that way. I just thought about it that way. I looked at the world through that lens. And this past week, I was reminded, that's pretty much how we operate." [00:54:04] (54 seconds)
"He viewed the world through the lens of who he was in Christ and through the vocation to which Christ had called him to. You see, while vocation is the work a person might be employed to do, a vocation is likewise a calling. In the religious world, a vocation is understood as a divine call to a specific work. Well, the Apostle Paul had a divine call to a specific work that began with the divine encounter with the one who gave him that work. And that encounter changed him. It changed who he was. It changed the work that he did. And it changed the lens through which he now looked at the world. It changed it forever." [00:57:02] (46 seconds)
"Paul wrote to the church at Corinth these words. From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he's a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation." [00:59:13] (45 seconds)
"Paul's understanding of who Jesus was changed on that road. Before he was saved, Paul looked at Jesus and thought that he's just a man. He's just a rabbi, a self-appointed false messiah. He was an enemy of Judaism, and his movement needed to be destroyed. Paul regarded Jesus according to the flesh. He just saw him as an ordinary man, not the God-man, Jesus Christ. But then something happened on that day when he ran into Jesus on that road to Damascus. Something that changed his view of Jesus forever. Paul believed the gospel and was saved." [01:04:55] (47 seconds)
"Paul was radically changed by the gospel. He no longer viewed Jesus according to the flesh. He no longer viewed others according to the flesh. He now looked at others through the lens of being a new creation. Verse 17, Therefore, if anyone's in Christ, he's a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come. Are you gathering what he's saying here now? I look at people differently. I look at Jesus differently. I look at people differently. Why? Because I'm a new creation. The old Paul has passed away." [01:10:56] (35 seconds)
"Paul's like, I'm a new creation, I've been reconciled to God. No longer is there a wall of hostility that stands between us. God has removed it and replaced it with peace through faith in Jesus Christ. That's what happened to Paul when he believed the gospel, reconciled to God. He became a new creation and was radically changed that day. His old sin nature had lost his power, his way of looking at the world had changed, his way of looking at people had changed. His values, his behaviors, his plans, his desires, his beliefs, his loves, his view of everything had been changed by Christ because he was a new creation." [01:12:20] (40 seconds)
"Christians, we have been given the ministry of reconciliation. Verse 18, all this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. So God has given us a service. He's given us a duty. He's given us a high calling. He's given us a ministry, a new vocation. And I love this. God has given us a vocation that aligns with our new desire to see others reconciled to him. We long to see others saved, right? Right? All right, good. We view others differently. We look at people through the lens of being a new creation. We desire to see them receive reconciliation." [01:15:36] (41 seconds)
"You're like, well, what does that entail? Well, Christians, we've been entrusted with the message of reconciliation. Verse 19, that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. And we're going to take a few minutes and break those verses down. God's plan to reconcile sinners to himself was Jesus. Verse 19, that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself." [01:18:27] (33 seconds)
"Paul even tells us who we're supposed to be going to implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. You're supposed to be taking this message to people who need to be reconciled to God. So let's put that all together. I know I'm pouring a lot on you this morning, and so sorry it was an open mouth, insert fire hose morning, but you're getting a lot. So let me bring it back together for you. As new creations, we have a desire to see others receive reconciliation, right? As new creations, we've been given the ministry of reconciliation." [01:25:08] (31 seconds)
"And I want you to see this because this was so awesome to me. You know who comes to work with you when you do your vocation? God. Look at verse 20. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. So when you and I carry out our vocation of delivering the message of reconciliation, we preach the gospel. God is making his appeal through us when we are sharing the good news with people. He repeats this in verse 1 of chapter 6, working together with him, then we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain." [01:28:53] (39 seconds)
"Christians, all this is still true. For people to be saved, they must believe the gospel. For them to believe it, they've got to hear it. For them to hear it, you and I must be preaching it. And you and I are ambassadors of Christ. New creations given the ministry of reconciliation, entrusted with the message of reconciliation, sent by Jesus to preach to people, imploring them to be reconciled to God. Carry it out. You have the most powerful person ever making his appeal through you when you unleash that powerful message." [01:32:04] (41 seconds)
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