2 Corinthians 5:11-19

The Love of Jesus Christ who died for all compels each of us to live our life for His sake.

Compelling: as a force or push toward a course of action;
Overpowering: having a powerful and irresistible effect; requiring acute admiration, attention, or respect (From Dictionary.com)

• The Love of Christ Commands Us (vv.11-14a) 
  11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
  
  • Knowing the fear of the Lord (Bema)
    • “We persuade men.”
    • “We stand open to God”
    • “ We stand open to you in your conscience.”
      11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
  • Knowing those who take pride in the appearance and not in heart
    • “We are giving you an occasion to be proud of us.”
    • “If we are beside ourselves, it is for God.”
    • “If we are of sound mind, it is for you.”
      12 We are not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart. 13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you 14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;
  • The Love of Christ put us in a new purpose.
    14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;
    
    • The Love of Jesus Christ who died for all compels each of us to live our life for His sake.
• The Love of Christ Conquered Death for Us (vv.14b-17)
  14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; 15 and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. 16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 
  • The Love of Christ gave us a new perspective.
    17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
  • The Love of Christ made us a new creation.
• The Love of Christ Conveyed Reconciliation Through Us (vv.18-19)
  18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has
  
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    • God made you His new creations in Christ to have a new perspective, new purpose and be a new person.

The Love of Jesus Christ who died for all compels us to live our lives for His sake.