Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit [to know], that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:17-20).

It’s time to examine a little more closely the relationship of honor between man and God. In previous chapters, we have looked at bits and pieces. Let’s put it all together.

You remember we talked about the fact that to honor is to delegate authority. That works both ways. When you and I humble ourselves before God, we delegate to Him authority over our lives. It has rarely been preached this way, but I believe it should have been. In the future this is how we should think of honor.
 
We have been backward about some of these things over the years. We need to tell people when they come to Jesus, “You are a unique human being. There never has been anyone exactly like you, and there never will be. As far as God is concerned, you are unique, one of a kind. You can never be replaced. You are not expendable.”

It doesn’t matter what kind of life you have lived or how deep in the jaws of hell you may be. Jesus has already died for you. As far as God is concerned your fate has already been decided. The Bible says that God reconciled us to Himself through the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son. Now it is up to us to reconcile ourselves to Him, because He has already reconciled Himself to us.

God is not willing to do without any person. We need to tell people that it is an honor to God, an honor to Jesus, for someone to come to Him and say: “Lord, I turn my life over to You. I give You my spirit, my soul and my body. Everything I am and everything I have,

I submit to You. You are my Lord and my God. Take complete power and authority and dominion over me.” You are the only person who has the authority to give yourself. Only you can make that decision. It is an honor to God for us to do that. He has promised that when we honor Him, He will honor us.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries