On Mission for Jesus

2 Corinthians 5:11-21
Tim Nay

Part of Discipleship

September 6, 2026

Jesus said, ‘Come follow me, and I will make you, fishers of men. —Matthew 4:19

We don’t wait until we’re fully changed before we join Jesus on mission.

Therefore, knowing the fear of the LORD, we persuade others. —2 Corinthians 5:11And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. —2 Corinthians 3:18So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. —2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. —2 Corinthians 5:11-15

1) The Mission begins with what Jesus has done for us.

What fills us eventually spills out of us.

2) The Mission is Reconciliation

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.” —2 Corinthians 5:16-19But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. —Romans 5:8For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. —Romans 6:23

3) The Mission is for all of us!

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. —2 Corinthians 5:20-21…God is MAKING HIS APPEAL THROUGH US. —2 Corinthians 5:20

TAKEAWAY: Jesus sends us AS He changes us.

What if God has already put someone in your life because He wants you to be their ambassador?