We Have Now Received
Reconciliation
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained
access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope
of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because
we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and
character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been
poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
You
see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the
ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good
person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love
for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Since
we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from
God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were
reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been
reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we
also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now
received reconciliation.
Romans 5:1-11
Think
about the changes of going from rabbit ears TV antennas to cable, to high
definition cable, and now to three dimensional. Each one of those earthly
things exposed us to the so-called world of more.
The
reality is simple. By accepting Jesus as our Savior we are now exposed to the
world of more, and it’s a wonderful world. We are reconciled to God because He
gave His only Son for our sins. And because of that He gave us the Holy Spirit
to guide us.
Belonging to God brings boundless blessings.
Our Daily Bread –