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God is the author, Christ is the agent and we are the ambassadors of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5)." [2] Although it is only used five times in the Pauline corpus (Romans 5:10-11, 11:15, 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, Ephesians 2:14-17 and Colossians 1:19-22) it is an essential term, describing the "substance" of the gospel and salvation. [3]
[5] Abarbinel paraphrases Isaiah 18:4 "my dwelling place, which is the body, for that is "the tabernacle of the soul"." [6] "House not made with hands, eternal in the heavens": can be interpreted as "glorified body" after resurrection, or "the holy house" in the world to come, [7] which might be intended in Isaiah 56:5 or Proverbs 24:3. [2]
This served as foundation for the Covenant of Reconciliation (CoR). FNR was instrumental in facilitating both these covenants between various Naga organisations and groups. [7] Signed on 13 June 2009, by Isak Chishi Swu, S. S. Khaplang, and S Singnya. The signatories committed before God to offer themselves to Naga Reconciliation and ...
The group was named "Reconciling Congregations" in reference to discussion regarding the need for reconciliation between gay people and the church. [ 2 ] In 1984, the United Methodist Church , at its General Conference, added to its Book of Discipline the statement that "no self-avowed , practicing homosexual shall be ordained or appointed in ...
While Romans and 1 Corinthians, like Colossians, speak of a body of Christ, it is clear that Paul imagines the church as the body of Christ on earth (Rom 7:4, 12:5; 1 Cor 12:27). Conversely, the text of Colossians seems to imagine that Christ is the head of the body, which is the church (Col 1:18).
The International Centre for Reconciliation (or ICR) was based at Coventry Cathedral, UK, and was established in 1940 after the destruction of the cathedral in the Second World War. [1] Rather than seek revenge for the devastation caused, the centre's founders vowed to promote reconciliation in areas of conflict.
This act of divine grace is wrought by faith in the merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1). Regeneration is the impartation of divine life which is manifested in that radical change in the moral character of man, from the love and life of sin to the love of God and the life of righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 Peter 1:23). [83]
It is generally assumed that he lived in Colossae; in the letter to the Colossians, Onesimus (the slave who fled from Philemon) and Archippus (whom Paul greets in the letter to Philemon) are described as members of the church there. [18] Philemon may have converted to Christianity through Paul's ministry, possibly in Ephesus. [19]