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Our Rebirth
Sunday, Feb. 5th, 2017 – Pastor Brian’s message examined “What will I Be Like in Heaven?” Unfortunately, I wasn’t physically well enough to attend this Sunday morning so I’m unable to reflect upon any aspects of his message. I will, however, employ one of his scripture passages and apply it to our recovery.
(2 Corinthians 5:16-19)
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 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.
Thursday, Feb. 9, 6:30-7:30 PM HCC Youth Building
Clearly, Paul’s description of us in Christ as “a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” is critical to our sobriety. We must make a change, a transformation, from the person we were to an entirely different way of life.
- Question 1 – Unfortunately, this transformation is not permanent. What are the challenges in maintaining our new life step by step, day by day?
Reconcile – “To make consistent or congruous.” With this definition in mind, study 2 Corinthians 5:16-19 relative to the following question.
- Question 2 – What does God’s reconciliation mean relative to our recovery?
- “… reconciled us to himself …”
- ” … gave us the ministry of reconciliation: …”
“Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God … praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”
- Question 3 – How does the above stated effort empower us to approach the challenges identified in question #1?
“Having had a spiritual awakening … we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.”
- Question 4 – Is God reconciling us to himself a spiritual awakening? Explain.
- Question 5 – Explain the connection between God giving us the ministry of reconciliation and our effort to carry this message to alcoholics/addicts, and the continued practice of these principles in all our affairs.