Reconciliation: Its Function & Impact on Salvation

*Scripture References Listed Below*   If you have not already, listen to the previous podcasts from this series: 1.) Atonement: Its Function & Impact on Salvation   2.) Forgiveness: Its Function & Impact on Salvation   3.) Righteousness: Its Function & Impact on Salvation 4.) Justification: Its Function & Impact on Salvation   This will be our final installment in this series. Today, we are going  to recap what we've already been talking about concerning God's  requirements for salvation. But this time, we are going to do it through  the lenses of reconciliation. So, well start with the verses from our apostle, Paul, which deal  directly with the word of reconciliation - the preaching of the gospel,  specifically what happened on the cross and how it pertains to the  entire world.   Christ's sacrifice on the cross was the full, totally sufficient,  completely satisfying -- Atonement. Not only was He the sacrificial lamb  without spot or blemish, our sins were laid upon him just as the  scapegoat, he was also the sacrifice for sin offered outside of the  camp, he paid the ransom that was owed for our souls, and He is the High  Priest who burned the incense, sprinkled His sinless blood upon the  horns of the altar, the table of incense, and then he entered into the  holy of holies to sprinkle it on the mercy seat. His completed work was  so sufficient that the earth shook and the veil of separation in the  temple was rent from top to bottom.  He was the final atonement for sin. Once and for all. This atonement  didn't just appease God and act as a covering for sin, as in time past.  God's prescription for the forgiveness of sins was fulfilled PERFECTLY.  This atonement took away the sin barrier between God and man. Christ's  resurrection is the proof of God's satisfaction and acceptance of His  finished crosswork. No bull, lamb, or goat that was offered for  atonement has ever resurrected from the dead. That fact alone, should  tell the Limited Forgivers something.   Scripture References in this episode: 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 Colossians 1:20 2 Corinthians 5:21 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Romans 5:10-11 Acts 20:28 Romans 4:5 Romans 5:19 Ephesians 2:-8-9 Romans 3:30 Galatians 3:8 Romans 5:18 Titus 3:7 Romans 3:21 Ministers of reconciliation are needed because all the world has not  reconciled themselves to God. There are plenty of lost people still out  there who haven't heard the good news of how God reconciled the world  unto Himself. Obviously, those people have yet to "be ye reconciled",  because they don't even know what was done on their behalf. But to understand this, you have to understand reconciliation. And if  you do come to understand reconciliation, you're going to have no choice  but to look around and realize that there are more lost people out  there than you ever imagined. True ministers of reconciliation will no  longer be able to wink at the ignorance of Christendom, even in the  so-called "grace camps."   Like us on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/truthtimeradio   Visit https://TruthTimeRadio.com to subscribe to our Podcast & Blog.    For Bible questions call 1-888-988-9562.