Read 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Wednesday

Read 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

16 No longer, then, do we judge anyone by human standards. Even if at one time we judged Christ according to human standards, we no longer do so. ¹⁷Anyone who is joined to Christ is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come. ¹⁸All this is done by God, who through Christ changed us from enemies into his friends and gave us the task of making others his friends also. ¹⁹Our message is that God was making the whole human race his friends through Christ.^d God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.

20 Here we are, then, speaking for Christ, as though God himself were making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf: let God change you from enemies into his friends! ²¹Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.

Think

No longer, then, do we judge anyone by human standards... - 2 Corinthians 5:16

Paul reminds Christians that they are to forgive as Christ forgave; acting as ambassadors and reconcilers.

Pray

Lord - help me to see others as you see them - and not with my own eyes.