Cary Cox, from 2 Samuel 14. Everyone is scheming and manipulating to fix the kingdom. But God is working out his plan. David’s half-hearted ‘forgiveness’ of Absalom contrasts with the full and gracious reconciliation believers have experienced through the gospel of Jesus Christ!
Tag: reconciliation
Healing and Hope
Cary Cox, from Genesis 50. Genesis ends with Joseph forgiving his brothers because of his faith in God! It ends with Joseph preaching a sermon to his family about the sovereignty of God! And it ends with God’s people, far from the promised land, waiting in faith for God to visit them and fulfill his word! Like them, we are also far from our home, waiting in faith and anchoring our hope in the word of the sovereign God!
The God-Sent Savior
Cary Cox, from Genesis 45. Joseph reveals himself to his brothers, and teaches them a theology lesson about the sovereignty of God! It is Joseph’s beliefs about God that shape his treatment of his brothers and enables him to forgive them!
Reconciled to God – 2Cor Study 25
Cary Cox, from 2 Corinthians 5:18-21. Paul explains the gospel using the language of reconciliation. Our sins had separated us from enjoying God, but God freely chose to deal with this problem through Christ’s death and resurrection. Believers are now able to enjoy fellowship with God forever in Christ!
The Preeminence of Christ Part 4 – Christ Our Life 7
Cary Cox, from Colossians 1:21-23. Christ not only died to restore the entire broken universe, he died to reconcile his people to God through his death on the cross! Paul warns the Colossians to continue in the faith. Christ is enough, and his people must cling to the gospel until the end!
The Church at Meadowlake 