“For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”
Colossians 1:19-20 NIV
God was pleased to have His Fullness live and dwell in Christ, and by this, all things were reconciled to the Father. His Blood shed on the cross made peace for everything in heaven and earth. So, anyone who was far away from God now has the opportunity to know God. All of us were His enemies and now He can call us His friends. All of humanity were strangers and separated by sin from God the Father, but now through Christ's sacrifice, this torn relationship is mended and we have newness of life in God. Our evil thoughts and actions separated us but now we are reconciled. Christ's death on the cross was the incredible act that made all this possible our salvation, our place in eternity, and our contentment here and now all because of what Christ did as a result of His shed blood. He has brought us into the presence of God, we who had no right or ability to come before Him can now approach God. We are even holy and blameless because of Christ, so God now sees us clean and pure and without fault. But, for this to happen, we have to receive His work, we have to believe Who Christ is and what He did for us, we must stand firmly in Him and never drift away from His Good News. Now we, as His servants, can preach this Good News and Hope, heralding to all, that Christ came to bring peace between God and mankind. What sin disrupted, Jesus restored. To do this, Christ entered into the world with the fullness of God dwelling permanently in Him as part of His nature, not as something that was given to Him to help Him accomplish this task. He was fully God and yet willingly became fully man so He could usher in a contract of peace for us. He became a delegate for both parties, the result was the reconciliation of all things. a peace from God which passes all understanding to the man or woman that trust God's Word and believes the simple gospel of grace!!!
Father thank You for this day and for the atonement of the cross. Lord pour out Your abundant blessings upon my friend and family today. Lord thank You for Your simple, sublime gospel of grace which has saved us from our sin and placed us in restored fellowship with God who in You all fullness dwells. Lord help us to understand more of Your Word and to develop a simple child like faith, that is so pleasing to You. Lord we praise You for bridging the distance that we could not cover that our sin created between You and us. Lord use my friend to the light of Your Gospel to everyone today. Daddy we love you amen. Be a blessing. Love you !
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