II Corinthians 5:18,19
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, 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. The word reconciled
is an interesting word. When two neighbors are having a disagreement, they don’t
get along. One neighbor leaves his dog out all night to bark and irritate the
other neighbor. Then the other neighbor builds a big fence between them. Then
the other plays loud music late at night. And then the other plays loud music
early in the morning. But a third neighbor gets involved. The two feuding
neighbors both like this third neighbor, and they will listen to him. So this
third neighbor reconciles the two feuding neighbors. He brings them back
together and makes peace in the neighborhood. So, back in our verse, we were
separated from God by our wicked sins. God loved us, but His holiness couldn’t
stand our sins. So Jesus Christ died for our sins and reconciled us to God. He
paid our sin debt so that we could be restored to fellowship with our heavenly
Father. Jesus Christ reconciled us and has given us the ministry of reconciliation
to others. So we share the good news of salvation with others and bring them to
Christ. We reconcile them to God by showing them that Jesus is reconciling them
to God. We are working with Jesus Christ in a ministry of reconciliation. “We
love Him because He first loved us” I John 4:19
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