<p>5:19- see on Ps. 32:2.</p><p><i>That is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses to them</i>- Christ &quot;reconciled the world&quot; in that He obtained forgiveness for <i>us</i> (2 Cor. 5:19)- <i>we </i>are &quot;the world&quot; which was reconciled, we are the &quot;all things&quot; purged by His blood (Heb. 9:22). God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself&quot; seems to be a comment on the death, rather than the nature, of the Lord Jesus. It is in the context of the statement that Christ died for all men (2 Cor. 5:14). In that death, God was especially in Christ. Perhaps it was partly with reference to the cross that the Lord said: &ldquo;I shall shew you plainly of the Father&quot; (Jn. 16:25). See on Jn. 19:19.</p><p><i>And has committed to us the word of reconciliation- </i>We are the means by which God is appealing to mankind; and we must do this while there is the opportunity for salvation. As Moses delivered God&rsquo;s people &ldquo;with the hand of the angel&rdquo;, we likewise are working in co-operation with huge Angelic forces (Acts 7:35 RV). In prospect, God reconciled the whole world to Himself on the cross, the devil was destroyed, <i>all </i>sin was overcome then, in prospect. In this sense Christ is the propitiation for our sins as much as He is for those of the whole world (1 Jn. 2:2). On the cross, He bore away the sin of the world (Jn. 1:29). So now we must spread this good news to the whole world, for <i>all </i>men&rsquo;s' sins were conquered on the cross.</p>