In the Bible, Paul the apostle, in the epistle (letter) to the Corinthians, states that we each have the ministry of reconciliation. It is also stated in the Word of God that we are ordered to preach the Good News to every living creature in the Gospel according to Mark (John whose surname was Mark) by Jesus Himself. So we, as Christians have been told by Jesus and Paul to spread the Good News, the Gospel, to the world, and we should listen. The Gospel describes God’s plan for the new covenant and His plan to reconcile His people to Himself. Before Jesus came to complete His work, by taking our sins and suffering the punishment we deserve, and took our place for us in being crucified, as a sacrifice, there was a large gulf separating God the Father from the people, that could not be traversed. Jesus the intermediary (the bridge) did his Work and allows us to come to God. Our own righteousness is as filthy rags, but it is Christ’s righteousness in us that makes us righteous in Gods eyes, if we are in Christ Jesus. It is stated in the Gospels that Jesus said that the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is more righteous than John the Baptist, and he was very righteous. It is Christ’s righteous in us, when we have Faith, that allows us to exceed John the Baptist’s righteousness and cleanses us from all sin, allowing us to enter Heaven. But what is the ministry of reconciliation?
The ministry of reconciliation is reconciling sinners to God by establishing their Faith in Jesus Christ. We each have been given a measure of Faith, but we need to believe the Gospel and trust and rely on Jesus Christ to exercise that Faith. Faith comes from hearing and reading to Word. Jesus is the the Word made flesh. In the beginning there was the Word before the world was created. Sometimes preaching the Word is a process of planting a seed, which others later water and it grows, until it flourishes and the person believes and becomes saved. Whilst the entire Bible is important, the Gospels are probably the best to introduce to the sinner, and what Jesus has done for them. We are not justified by doing many great works, but by Faith and belief in Jesus Christ, then we become saved, and good works naturally flow through the Faith.