My two youngest grandsons can’t wait to see each other. As soon as they get to my house, they are in
the back yard playing in the sand box.
But it isn’t very long before one of them throws some sand, the other one
retaliates, and then it’s on. One of
them comes inside crying with the other one close behind explaining his side of
the story. They are, here’s the Bible
word, “alienated” from each other. There
is no hope for their relationship. But
then Granddaddy gets involved and the FBI investigation begins. I ask some questions and determine how it all
started. Soon, they feel bad about their
behavior, one toward the other, and they apologize to each other and go back
outside to play, best of buddies. What
did I do? Another Bible word: I
“reconciled” them. They were at odds,
but I got them together and restored their relationship to what it was before
the problem. Hey, that’s what Jesus
Christ did for us on the cross of Calvary.
We were separated from God by our sins.
We could do nothing to restore our broken relationship with God. We were “alienated” from God. But God sent His Son, Jesus, to bring us back
into fellowship with God. God didn’t
just let us slide; Jesus took our punishment on the cross, paid for our sins,
and “reconciled” us to God. What Adam
lost in the Garden of Eden, Jesus restored on the cross of Calvary. We were “alienated” by our sins, but Jesus
Christ “reconciled” us to God. Paul said
in II Corinthians 5:18, “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to
himself by Jesus Christ …” Hey, have you
been reconciled to God? Have you
accepted the substitution of Jesus on the cross? If you haven’t, do it today. Don’t be alienated; be reconciled. Reconciled to God for eternity.
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