~ Jesus Christ Is The Great Reconciler ~
The Bible is about Jesus Christ
~ “Jesus
said to them, ‘How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that
the prophets have spoken! Did not the
Christ have to suffer these things
and then enter His glory?’ And beginning
with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was said in all the
Scriptures concerning Himself” (Luke 24:25-27).
Jesus Christ in the Books Addressed to
the Corinthians ~ Throughout
these two books we see the power of the love of Jesus Christ and Him giving the
gifts of the Holy Spirit to His Church.
Jesus Christ in the Book of 2
Corinthians ~ Jesus
Christ is the great Reconciler, He is the One who anoints, He is the Son of God,
our great sufficiency, and God’s unspeakable gift to us. The great message of 2 Corinthians is that
sinful individuals can be reconciled with God because of the work of Jesus
Christ.
In the Old
Testament (Old Covenant) Moses was the minister. The Mosaic Covenant was written in stone and
hence possessed a fading brilliance. But
when Jesus Christ comes as The Messiah He brings a New Covenant (New Testament)
which rather than written in stone is written on the hearts of men—it does not
lose its brilliance over time but rather possesses an eternal glory. Christians are currently His ministers of
this New Covenant.
Comment
~ We have only touched the
surface of Christ in the book of 2 Corinthians.
The Apostle Paul told us the Scriptures present many shadows of things
to come but the reality is found in Jesus Christ (Colossians 2:17).
Compare
the Following Passages
~
“One
witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he
commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be
established” (Deuteronomy 19:15). “This will be the third time I am coming to you. ‘By the mouth of two or three witnesses every
word shall be established’” (2 Corinthians 13:1).
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