Sermon Title: The Reconciliation of Racial Disunity
Sermon Text: II Corinthians 5:17-21
Sermon Purpose: To call the hearer to live reconciled relationships with people of various ethnic diversities.
Sermon Proposition: There are 3 truths relating to the reconciliation of racial disunity.
The prophecy of reconciliation destroys racial disunity. v.17
The universality of reconciliation. v.17a
The uniqueness of reconciliation. v.17b
The program of reconciliation destroys racial disunity. v.18-19
The mandate of reconciliation. v.18a (Matthew 5:24; Acts 7:26; Ephesians 2:16)
The ministry of reconciliation. v.18b (II Corin. 5:15; Romans 5:11; Romans 11:15)
The message of reconciliation. v.19 (Romans 1:16-17; Romans 8:32)
The practice of reconciliation. v.20-21
The urgency of reconciliation. v.20 (Ephesians 6:20)
The ultimate of reconciliation. v.21 (Revelation 7:9)