Weakness Becomes a Witness
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2
We are a witness of the love Christ demonstrated
“For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.”
(2 Corinthians 5:14-15)
“God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8 NIV)
We are a witness of the life Christ transformed
“if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come.”
(2 Corinthians 5:17)
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is not longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)
We are a witness of the message Christ entrusted
“All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us.”
(2 Corinthians 5:18-20)
“we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.” (1 Thessalonians 2:4)
~Invite people to hear about the love of Christ~
~Show people a life changed by Christ~
~Tell people a message of the gospel of Christ~