Three R's of the Gospel

I preached on Sunday morning on three R’s of the Gospel...Rectify, Reconcile and Recompense which is what Jesus did as He walked in obedience to the Father. He made right everything that Adam made wrong by disobedience. Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. By Adam came sin and death because of disobedience. Isaiah 53 is a vivid picture of how things were rectified. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin s death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. By Jesus comes the gift of eternal life because of obedience and we are set free from the law of sin and death.
II Corinthians 5:17 – 21 shows the reconciliation. To reconcile is to mediate a settlement between God and man – to patch things up, so to speak. Jesus is the only mediator between God and man. This causes us to be the chosen generation. (see)

1 Peter 2:9 - 10 (NIV) 9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

1 Corinthians 11:23 - 26 (KJV) 23For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till he come.

To Recompense is to pay a price for. Jesus paid a price for you.

1 Peter 1:18 - 20 (KJV) 18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,


Bought back by His own blood and reconciled to God because all the wrongs were rectified.

Recompense made and we are free to serve God.

Romans 8:1 - 2 (KJV) 1There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Amen

Pastor Charles Kitner