Timely Tidbits of Truth 64, Reconciled

Timely Tidbits of Truth 64, Reconciled
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
 
What a wonderful word this is! I experienced the reality of it at the age of 19 when I received Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord. At that time, I had never been to church, didn’t understand the Scriptures, and had no idea that the term “reconciled” was in the Bible. However, when I had finished praying, I knew for the first time that my relationship with God was all right and nothing stood between us. My experience was evidence that God had reconciled me to Himself through the death of His Son. I received His mercy. My rebellion against Him was over.
 
To be reconciled means that a barrier in a broken relationship has been removed, that communication has been established, that a foe has become an ally, that an enemy has become a friend. Through reconciliation, condemnation is exchanged for communion, conflict for agreement, separation for union, hostility for fellowship, enmity for peace. How glorious it is for us to come out of alienation from God, and by His grace, be brought into unity and harmony with Him.
 
Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:18-20 NKJV).

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