but it must be made known to the lost,
***which is what we are doing here...
Absolutely. But we have BETTER news than we commonly tell them.
Too often we tell the lost they need to repent of their sin, and be forgiven so their sin debt to God can be eradicated.
The actual GOOD NEWS is that while they DO need to repent of sin, the debt is ALREADY eradicated, and the Ministry of Reconciliation we have is to be able to tell the lost, “Hey, that debt you owe to God, that you couldn’t repay — God sacrificed His only Son to dissolve that debt, and — if you accept that payment on your behalf, and repent of the sin that amassed that debt — God is inviting you into a reconciled (debt-free), direct, personal relationship with Him; starting right here, right now.”
I don’t nitpick about it, but the price of our reconciliation was SO high, we ought to make the effort to convey that invitation to repent, and be reconciled as accurately as we can.