gone to sleep and the thought that you may not even wake up in the morning just just hit you before you sleep it happens to me it's like what's the guarantee that this won't be my last night and while I'm thinking that thought I sleep off so I I without even having time to plan for eventualities sleep up and wake up 5 hours later and still remember the last thought he holds me together up to this moment Verse 18 and when he comes to the church he organizes and holds it together like a head does a body he was Supreme in the beginning and leading the resurrection parade he is supreme in the end from beginning to end he's there towering far above everything and everyone so spacious is he so roomy that everything of God Finds Its proper place in him without overcrowding he's so big ah not only that but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe people and things animals and atoms get properly fixed and fited together in vibrant harmonies all because of his death his blood that poured down from the cross you yourselves are a case study of what he does at one time all had your backs turned to God thinking rebellious thoughts of him give him in trouble every chance you got but now by giving himself completely at the cross actually Dying For You Christ brought you over to God's side and put your lives together whole and holy in his presence oh how beautiful this is no matter what Isis does Jesus is in charge trust me it's in charge he walks all things according to the counsel of his own will when we tell him can't you see what the enemy is doing he's seen it ahead and certain things he permits the last Administration and the last four years God permitted cu if we didn't go through that it won't appreciate what he's about to do this may not sound theologically right to some but the longer the night the more appreciative you are of the day you don't know the value of Health until you've been sick you ever had I won't forget probably the most excruciating pain I've ever had um was a toothache I had as a University undergraduate and it was on a Saturday no dentist was open till Monday and the only thing that could sooth is was cold water touch and go I touch it didn't go so here am I and and I I I tried touch and go so I was leaving campus to go by touch and go and I had to hold a bottle of water every time the pain hit me I'd have to P my stomach was so large with I mean it was filled with water I touch it didn't go and I had to wait till Monday to have it extracted when it was taken out oh the joy that flooded my soul second pain remember careless eating habit I suffered an attack of gout that kept me down for two weeks I just come from a trip managed to enter my my house and I couldn't climb the stairs to my bedroom I crawled on the stairs to go to my bed and when I hit that bed until after two weeks I didn't come down say I was in church of you remember it when the pain began to go you know when you suffered pain for a long time when is going and you're feeling relief your mind is saying the pain is still there you it's it's too good to be true that even when and I had difficulty walking that even when it was gone I was still I mean I was fine but I'm still taking careful steps trying not to aggravate the pain there's something about life and that we we appreciate God and the things he does when we go through dark moments and he shares is light and when we go through pain and the joy comes in the morning it makes us so appreciative Nigerians would appreciate God in a way they never have done in the days in which we live it's my my belief completely in 2 Corinthians chapter 5:1 17 the Bible makes us realize that God has given to us a Ministry of reconciliation I think it says that in verse 21 now we look inside and what we see is that anyone United with him that's verse 17 I was reading it and you changed it anyone United if anyone is in Christ is the new creation all things have passed away behold all things have become new and all things are of God who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ and then he's given to us what a Ministry of reconciliation the question I want to ask you intelligent Lighthouse people is what is this ministry of reconciliation and if we can answer that today and we go home we'll be back next week Saturday next week Sunday to continue what is this ministry of reconciliation can I have a second microphone where I check if you know if you are worth your weight in salt since the Bible says we're the salt of the earth what is this ministry of reconcilation Anita I call your name and ask you if I don't know your name appointed what this ministry of Recon vation um we call to Ministry to reconcile men back onto God okay [Music] Ministry when did you write Jam you know she's she's answering with wo what is the ministry of reconciliation the ministry of reconciliation is to reconcile all the things that are reconcilable to the reconciler that's very smart just use that word to reconcile men back to God you right let's ask again cuz we've maybe somebody has a different opinion so what's the ministry of reconciliation be ladies today my dear sister Ruth you're looking at me like call me I want to say something his story concer um I relate it to being the light of the world to bring those in darkness into the light of God okay the ministry of reconciliation is to reconcile men back to God to reconcile those that are in darkness back to God how many how many say yeah how many of you agree how many disagree so most of you disagree why are you afraid to lift your hand up you gave us a portion of the truth but not the whole truth that's the truth that I used to know that's how I was raised to believe that the ministry of reconciliation is to reconcile men back to him can we go back to Colossians chapter 1 again and see what he's reconciling because he's Beyond [Music] men it includes men but it's beyond men oh so now you get it so what is he reconciling all things the economy of Nations needs to be reconciled to him your legal profession needs to be reconciled to him how very easy just look at the symbol of your profession the woman holding a scale in one hand and holding the Sword of Justice with her eyes closed a Nigerian one that scarf on the eye has become a bandana yeah because if you move it up is a bandana she's seeing with both eyes even with telescope the found ation of his throne is Justice if you promote Justice you are promoting God or bringing God to the sin anywhere you find Justice that's the the the fingerprint of God manifesting itself CU it rules with equity and justice there's no preferential treatment with him for God is not a respect of persons so he's not just re reconciling people that's where we missed it so we we go out and there's nothing wrong with it we go out with our Bibles and we want to meet people who are not saved and we say Brethren they're not even Brethren you see we we're so confused in a everybody is a brother you say bro the Bible says Heaven is my throne and the Earth is my foood sto you must be born again how does that connect has its place but we think that's the only thing he's reconciling but look at what Colossians says to us whether they are Thrones or dominions or principalities or Paws no take me it's about verse 19 thereabout reconciling all things all things systems structures people you mention the environment which means if you leave in a house make it look like the Garden of Eden not like the forest of Nai when when you guest when your guest are entering they need Cutlas to find find their way through in little in things like that that we may call in consequential we're restoring and reconciling all things back to God the original way he intended things to be the order when when you're raising your children and you're putting order in place you call it raising children you're reconciling all things back to God because you can't tolerate Rebellion it was Rebellion that made Lucifer become Satan and every time you see Rebellion better check it I just bit a story of my life was the four first seed in my family that will be sent to the United Kingdom to go and study I became a wayward child wasn't getting my grades I wasn't doing well what do you think my father did he yanked me back after two years said come back here and study did I like it it's all the seed of rebellion brought me back cuz he must reconcile all things I say this so my kids will hear they've had it before if my father did it to me brother well why why are you frowning at me [Music] they well raised well behaved I keep saying to them you can't make the mistakes I made I I wasn't saved then you are saved it's a different ball game so it can't be the same thing and I thought my father was wicked but I didn't know he did it because he loved me and God loves you he corrects you if he doesn't correct you you're in trouble the rod he uses is inside is not outside is when you don't respond to the one inside he will K you from outside oh God when it he does it often shows up in the rod of men men would Buffet you on every side reconciling all things everything without exception every job you're a carpenter e e e e e e e e e e