Lead: 12 Gospel Principles for Leadership in the Church

by Paul David Tripp

Because of this, it is a passage I visit regularly, and it has become a consistent cry for help to my Lord that has marked my prayer life. Take time, right now, to reflect on the words of Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:16–21: From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.