Seeing Others through Christ

Discipleship and Mission

Spread the Gospel

Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) 

Called to the Life in the Spirit

2 Corinthians 5:16-21 The Message

16-20 Because of this decision we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don’t look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.
21 How? you ask. In Christ. God put the wrong on him who never did anything wrong, so we could be put right with God.

For Reflection

Seeing with Christ in our souls, gives us X-ray vision that permits us to look beyond  outward appearances and into God's spark of life that resides in all of us.  This point in our souls is the ultimate divine common ground that unites us.
When you see with Christ's eyes the whole Creation becomes visible. "You vs. me"  disappears and in its place is humility. This is the first step toward righteousness and reconciliation.

Pray

Pray so that you may walk humbly with Christ and find rest in God.

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