2𝐂o 5:1𝟗 𝐊J𝐕 𝐓o w𝐢t, 𝐭h𝐚t G𝐨d w𝐚s i𝐧 𝐂h𝐫i𝐬t, 𝐫e𝐜o𝐧c𝐢l𝐢n𝐠 𝐭h𝐞 𝐰o𝐫l𝐝 𝐮n𝐭o h𝐢m𝐬e𝐥f, 𝐧o𝐭 𝐢m𝐩u𝐭i𝐧g t𝐡e𝐢r t𝐫e𝐬p𝐚s𝐬e𝐬 𝐮n𝐭o t𝐡e𝐦; a𝐧d h𝐚t𝐡 𝐜o𝐦m𝐢t𝐭e𝐝 𝐮n𝐭o u𝐬 𝐭h𝐞 𝐰o𝐫d o𝐟 𝐫e𝐜o𝐧c𝐢l𝐢a𝐭i𝐨n.
Today’s Devotional…
“God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself”? And is anything impossible for God Almighty? Ponder…
From our opening verse, we see that God Himself was the one in the body of the man Jesus Christ, with one assignment: to reconcile the world back to Himself.
The question is: “Did God fail?” If “Yes”, then two things are true:
1. God is NOT all-powerful,
2. Man is not yet reconciled to God.
But if God did not fail, (and God cannot fail.) Then God is surely;
1. All-powerful, and
2. Man is already reconciled to God.
The former is true; God, in the body of Christ, accomplished the reconciliation of God and man.
Many people who cannot fathom this reality are simply limited by their human perspective.
Human nature has been so twisted into believing in salvation by their own works that anything that challenges the status quo is immediately vomited out as heresy. Well, your feeble feelings cannot override the holy scriptures. Ponder…
The only one seeing himself separate from God is you. As for God, He sees Himself in you, and you in Him.
So, instead of trying to re-reconcile with a God who already dwells in union with you, check your spiritual eyesight, and you will see that God, when He was in Christ, reconciled all mankind to Himself some 2,000 years ago.
May the Holy grant you understanding, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
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