2 Corinthians 5

Paul goes on to talk about the future when we are in our resurrected bodies. He knows that people go through some tough times but there is a reward – resurrection. Hang tough and please God with your actions in this earthly body.

 

One way to do this is to reconcile. This means to bring two persons or groups back into alignment with each other; to mend broken relationships. This can also mean to mend the relationship with God and a person that is broken. Reconciliation is what Christ did on the Cross (making up for our sins) and so we are primarily reconcilers. We must forgive and encourage others to forgive. Christians cannot hold onto hurts. It ruins both the person wronged and well as the person who does wrong.

 

We, as Christians, have the ministry to reconcile ourselves and the world to one another and to God. Never give up.