"He has reconciled you in his body of flesh by his death," Colossians 1:22.
Who has done this reconciling work? Jesus. When? when his body was nailed to the cross and he died. Whom did he reconcile? us. he reconciled us. us, when we were aliens, hostiles, doing evil deeds. To whom did he reconcile such unworthy people? to God. Jesus presents us as saints. as holy people. as people without fault. as people beyond any blame. friends. worthy. worthy to be in God's presence. So we press on in faith. stable. steadfast. firm in the hope of the Good News: Jesus reconciled us with God.
We meet up happy with a brother or sister today, no aliens to God. And together we praise Him who made us holy friends to our Father.
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