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Sunday School Lesson Sunday May 15, 2022 UGP; "Ambassadors For Christ" 2 Corinthians 5:11-21
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Sunday May 15, 2022
"Ambassadors For Christ"
Lesson Text: II Corinthians 5:11-21; Time of Action: 56 A.D.;
Place of Action: Paul writes from Macedonia
Golden Text - For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Outline
I. CONTROLLED BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST (II Corinthians 5:11-15)
11 Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too.
12 Are we commending ourselves to you again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us,[a] so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart.
13 If it seems we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit.
14 Either way, Christ’s love controls us.[b] Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.[c]
15 He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.
II. RECONCILIATION IN JESUS CHRIST (II Corinthians 5:16-19)
16 So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now!
17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.
19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.
III. AMBASSADORS FOR JESUS CHRIST (II Corinthians 5:20-21)
20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”
21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,[d] so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

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