...is, however, not inappropriate to gloss the Good Friday scene with a quotation from St Paul: It was God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliation. In other words, God in Christ was reconciling the world to...

...well trained. In writing to the Corinthian church the Apostle Paul refers to ambassadors of Christ: All this is from God who reconciled us to himself...has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore...

...new creature; the old things are passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against...

...that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another (John 13:34-35). Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18). For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one, and broke down the...

...might not be effective for any. In regard to 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, for example, which says in part "that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them," the question here is, Does this somehow teach a limited atonement? Certainly not! Douty correctly says,...

..."God loves you. Love God back," as Dr. Hinson suggests of the contemplative tradition. Rather it is: "God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. . . . God made him who had no sin to be sin for us ... that in him we might become the righteousness...

...human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength." 8. "It is all God's work. It was God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliation" (2 Cor. 5:18). 9. "In die meantime, brothers, we wish you happiness;...

...Himself and His people. We are reconciled. We experience the reality described by St. Paul: "It was God Who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliation." (2 Cor. 5:: 18-20) 20. Options for Sacrament It is in God's...

...enemies, its very showpiece (Rom. 5:8). The love of God comes into its own in the act of reconciliation: "All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself,...

...called to bind up the wounds of our neighbors in need. Together with St. Paul we must affirm: "it was God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the work of handing of this reconciliation." (2 Cor 5:1 8)76 At Yellowknife John Paul II reiterated the...