Community Bible Chapel

1. The Ambassadors of Reconciliation – 5:20     

     a. The work of Paul and company – v20a: “ambassadors”

     b. The Author of the appeal – v20b: “God…through us”

     c. The content of the appeal – v20c: “be reconciled to
         God”
 

2. The Method of Reconciliation – 5:21

     a. The action of God – v21a: “He made Him”

     b. The character of Christ -v21b: “Who knew no sin”

     c. The substitutionary way – v21c: “to be sin on our
        behalf”

     d. The end result – v21d: “we might become the
         righteousness of God in Him”

2 Corinthians 5:20-21

v20⌜Therefore⌝ we are Christ’s ambassadors. Certain that God himself is exhorting through us, we plead on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God!

v21The One who has never known sin, he made sin on our behalf, in order that we might become the righteousness of God in him.