19/05/2024
JESUS THE RECONCILER
“But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.” Eph.2:13
Jesus “made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people” (v.15). “by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility” (v.16).
Reconciliation is something that is done for us. Jesus brought us back to God, reconciled us- and then, and only then, called us to participate in His grand vision to renew the world by creating one people.
In Christ, God has moved us from enmity to a place of friendship and sonship. In Christ, God has done this for us.