2 Corinthians 5:19 - Exposition

God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself. This and the many other passages of Scripture which always represent the atonement as the work of the blessed Trinity, and as being the result of the love, not of the wrath, of God, ought to have been a sufficient warning against the hideous extravagance of those forensic statements of the atonement which have disgraced almost a thousand years of theology ( Romans 5:10 ; 1 John 4:10 ). That God's purpose of mercy embraced all mankind, and not an elect few, is again and again stated in Scripture (see Colossians 1:20 ). Not imputing their trespasses unto them. See this developed in Romans 15:5-8 . Hath entrusted unto us; literally, who also deposited in us, as though it were some sacred treasure.