Category: 2 Corinthians 5

  • Reconciled To God

    (2 Corinthians 5:18-21) Reconciliation is an interesting word and process. It is used in many different senses, but in all cases it means the same things. Reconciliation is a process of coming together to bring two (or more) things into alignment and into balance. In business we see accountants who reconcile accounts to ensure the…

  • A New Creation

    (2 Corinthians 5:17) “ 17 Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.” One of the most fundamental teachings of Christianity is that in Christ we are born again as a new creation in Him. Christianity is about a journey. It’s…

  • Your Point of View

    (2 Corinthians 5:16) Point of view is a powerful thing. Every person on earth assembles their knowledge of what is happening around them according to a unique and individual point of view. Our unique points of view are being molded from the day we are born, and often take a long time to become fully…

  • Love Of Christ Controls Us

    (2 Corinthians 5:13-15) The concept of these couple scriptures saying that the love of Christ controls us is both fascinating and powerful. One of the basic desires people have is the desire to be in control. You hear it in everyday conversations as well as in the media. People talk about things getting out of…

  • It’s Not About Position

    (2 Corinthians 5:11-12) In this world, position means everything. Position is power and people seek the power of positions to further their own goals, whether that is to gain money, credibility, authority or to help others. In this world it is all about position. But in Christ, it’s not about position, as Paul spoke of…

  • Pleasing Christ

    (2 Corinthians 5:8-10) It goes without saying that our desire as Christians is to please Christ. It is Christ that we serve and the work of a servant is to please the one who he or she serves. These few verses show us the importance of pleasing Christ. It is important not only just for…

  • We Walk By Faith Not By Sight

    (2 Corinthians 5:6-7) There is a blindness on the people of this world that causes them not to see the truth of God. They demand proof that can be seen and measured scientifically before they will accept the truth of any matter. They say that “Seeing is believing.” But in Christ we learn the opposite…

  • The Spirit As Guarantee

    (2 Corinthians 5:1-5) In my last post I wrote about why Christians get sick. The key to understanding that is knowing that this Christian walk is not about the flesh but about the spirit. The work that is going on in us is a spiritual work. The flesh is of no avail. In this section…