Because We are Convinced | A Place to Belong 2025
2 Corinthians 5:14-20
You were sacred for more than just HEAVEN. You were saved for a MISSION.
But you can’t accomplish that mission, ALONE.
2 Corinthians 5:14-20 (pg. 1,799)
v.14: “For Christ’s LOVE COMPELS us, because WE are CONVINCED that one died for all, and therefore ALL died…”
v.15: “And Christ died for all, that those who LIVE should no longer live for THEMSELVES, but for HIM who died for them and was raised again.”
v.17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The OLD has gone, the NEW is here!”
New creations don’t THRIVE in old ENVIRONMENTS.
v.18: “All of this is from GOD, who RECONCILED us to Himself through Christ
and gave us the MINISTRY of reconciliation.”
v.19: “God is reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, NOT counting people’s SINS against them. And He has COMMITTED to us the message of reconciliation.”
v.20: “We are therefore Christ’s AMBASSADORS, as though God were making His APPEAL through us. We IMPLORE you on Christ’s behalf: Be RECONCILED to God.”
Every time we come together as a church, we’re about RECONCILING PEOPLE to God.
The way we say that is:
We want to bring JESUS into every RELATIONSHIP.
GROUPS are GREAT.
Groups allow people to SEE Jesus’ Church.
RECONCILED people, reconcile PEOPLE. How?
LEADING, FUNDING, and INVITING.
INVEST in a relationship, INVITE to a group.