The Mission of New Creation
October 9, 2022

Pastor Bryan Walmer

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, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 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 people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Setting a goal in life requires us to do things to accomplish it. The same is true for making disciples.

One requirement for making disciples is mission.

1) God is about new creation…


We regard people as Jesus does.


We are a new creation in Jesus.

2) …through reconciliation…


God’s plan to renew the world is accomplished through reconciling all things to Himself.


The response to this is to “Be reconciled to God!”

3) …which roots our identity in mission.


We are ambassadors of God.


God makes His appeal through us to the world.