Be Reconciled to God Romans 5:10

For if when we were enemies (of God), we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.




In II Corinthians 5:19 we read that, "God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself." Nowhere is there ever the need for God to be reconciled to man; it is always God doing the reconciling and it is always man being reconciled to God. What is reconciliation? To be reconciled is to be accepted after an offense has been committed. Reconciliation is more than forgiveness. For it is possible to be forgiven and not accepted.

God has chosen to accept us in light of the fact that we are sinners and as sinners we are enemies of God. Even while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. He willingly laid down His life to pay the penalty for the sin of the men that drove the nails into His hands and feet; He willingly gave His life for the crowd that stood by and watched Him as He hung and the cross and as they ridiculed Him and spat on Him. He willingly gave His life on that cross for you and me in our sin and rebellion against Him so that we could be reconciled to God by the blood that He shed at Calvary's cross.

God was in Christ Jesus reconciling the world unto Himself. In Jesus, God is able to make us acceptable in His sight. He is able to forgive our sin because the penalty for our sin has already been paid. As God would see it, there is no reason whatsoever that anyone perish but that all would come unto repentance. The price has been paid for the sins of all men. The only thing that remains is our being reconciled to God through the blood that was shed on the cross.

If we are reconciled to God by His death on the cross, then we who are reconciled will be saved by His life through the resurrection. Salvation begins and ends with God. Thee is no other name under heaven whereby men may be saved. No one can come to the Father but By the Lord Jesus. It is the Holy Spirit that draws him and it is the Holy Spirit that convicts us of our sin and our need for Him as we take the Word of God we listen to and we read its Words.

God is reconciling the world unto Himself and we can find comfort and assurance in those Words because God's Word tells us because He lives we too can live also! We need to make sure that we
Hear His Word and then heed that Word so that our faith will take root and allow the reconciling work of the Lord Jesus make us acceptable in God's sight. There is no greater gift that we can have than to be forgiven and then accepted by our Heavenly Father because of what Jesus did for us on the cross.