Doctrine of Reconciliation (CS)
							  7/17/2016
   
  I. Introduction and Definition 
	  Theological definition: After a breakdown of  	  relationship between man and God through one man’s 	  sin, resulting in enmity between God and man, God 	  provides through the sacrifice of his Son, the removal of      	  this enmity, making it possible for individuals to recover 	  that relationship through faith in Christ.   
	
  II. Problem
	 A. Mankind in his present relationship toward God.
	     1. Mankind is both alienated and hostile toward God. 
 
			Col. 1:21  And although you were formerly alienated 			and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, 
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	     2. Man is helpless in that he cannot help himself in this 		    condition (Rom. 5:6).
	     3. Man is a sinner (Rom. 5:8).
	     4. Man is an enemy of God (Rom. 5:10).
           5. Man deserves God’s wrath (Rom. 5:9).
      B. There is enmity between God and man (Eph. 2:16).

			____		     GOD____________
				
				EMINITY       WRATH       =  ALIENATION
			__________________/___________
							         /
						MAN/WORLD 

  III. The Solution is Reconciliation
	   A. God provides a solution by reconciling the world to	        himself in Christ. 

		2Cor. 5:18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to 			himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of 				reconciliation: 
		2Cor. 5:19 that God was reconciling the world to himself 		in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he 		has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 

	 B. God removes the issue of sin through having Christ 		die for the sins of the world. 

		John 1:29  The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and 		said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of 		the world!  		NAS95

		1John 2:2 and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; 		and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole 			world. 			NAS95

	 C. God abolishes the enmity between God and man and 		provides peace, a reconciliation between God and man. 

		 Eph. 2:16 and might reconcile them both [Jew and 		 Gentile] in one body to God through the cross, by it 		 having put to death the enmity.  NAS95

		put to death—meta. extinguish, abolish

	  D. God saves man from the wrath of God through pouring 		 our deserved punishment on his own Son. 

		 Rom. 5:9  Much more then, having now been justified by 		 His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God.

	  E. It is through Christ’s spiritual death (symbolized by his 	      blood) on the cross that reconciliation was made possible. 

		Col. 1:20 and through Him [Christ] to reconcile all 				things to Himself [God], having made peace through the 		blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things 			on earth or things in heaven.  NAS95

		Eph. 2:16 and might reconcile them both [Jew and 				Gentile] in one body to God through the cross, by it 				having put to death the enmity.  NAS95

							GOD
							 /
							/
				ACCESS  BY         WRATH ON THOSE WHO     
			 FAITH IN CHRIST      / REJECT CHRIST
		NO WRATH|    	           /
						MAN/WORLD

  IV. Though God’s justice is satisfied with Christ’s death, 	   God’s motive was love for his human creatures. 

		Rom. 5:8  But God demonstrates his own love for us, in 		that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

		John 3:16  “For God so loved the world, that He gave His 		only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall 		not perish, but have eternal life.  NAS95

   V. Justification by faith in Christ, comes before one’s personal 	   reconciliation or peace with God. 

		Rom. 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we 			have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

  VI. We now have access by faith to the realm of grace, that is	    established in the place of God’s favor, looking forward to 	    our hope of the future. 

		Rom. 5:2  through whom (Christ) we have also obtained 		access by faith into (the realm of) this grace in which we 		stand, and we exult in the (confident) hope of the (future) 		glory of God (sharing in Christlikeness). 

  VII. Only by faith are we reconciled and saved from the wrath 	     of God. 

		Romans 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we 		have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

		John 3:36 “He who believes in the Son has eternal life; 		but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but 		the wrath of God [continuously] abides on him.” 
		
		Rom. 5:9  Much more then, having now been justified by 		His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God.

		Rom. 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were 				reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how 			much more, [the believer] having been reconciled, shall 		we be saved [from wrath] by his life?

 VIII. To Reject the Solution by not Believing in the Lord Jesus 	      Christ results in the Wrath of God being poured out on 	      the Unbeliever. 

		John 3:36 “He who believes in the Son has eternal life; 			but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the 		wrath of God abides on him.” 
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		Eph. 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for 			because of these things the wrath of God comes upon 			the sons of disobedience. 
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