Gift #3 Reconciliation

When you choose to receive the free gift of salvation, you are given automatically at least seven more free gifts. The free gift of salvation is the only one you must choose. All the others are given freely to you when you choose salvation.

Reconciliation = the process of making compatible.

Imagine! Jesus Christ gives you the free gift of reconciliation with your Creator, the One Who designed you; the One Who gave you all your unique characteristics, personality, strengths and limitations.  This means you can approach Him, talk to Him, share the moments of your life with Him.

What does it mean to you to be reconciled to God, your Creator?

How does this reconciliation impact your life?

Paul says reconciliation demonstrates His love for you – Romans 5:⁸But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

⁹Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

¹⁰For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

 Everyone who chooses not to receive the free gift of salvation will be subjected to God’s wrath. But reconciliation restores the right relationship your Creator intended to have with you. You become a new person with an assignment to tell others about the available reconciliation.

 1 Corinthians 5:¹⁷Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

¹⁸And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

¹⁹To 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.

²⁰Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

 You and I are reconciled to God because Jesus Christ made peace for us.

Colossians 1:¹⁸And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

¹⁹For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

²⁰And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

²¹And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

²²In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

When Jesus Christ finishes His work in you and me we will be unblameable and unreproveable in His sight!

unblameable = Not deserving of fault

unreproveable = Not deserving of criticism or correction

When you consider things you have done wrong, intentionally or unintentionally, how do you feel to be unblameable and unreprovable?

Hebrews 12:¹ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

² Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God

Dearly Beloved,

Run with your eyes on Jesus alone!

Run in faith that Jesus loves you with an everlasting, unconditional love; has uniquely designed and created only one you; has a good plan for your life; runs with you; and will accomplish His purposes for you and through you!

Run in His strength alone!

Run with your eyes on the prize!

Run with your focus on His mission: to conform you to the image of Jesus Christ!

Run with the desire to finish strong!

Run with the desire to finish with your lamp burning!

Run with the expectation of being in His physical presence when you cross your finish line!

Run to His glory alone!

Run and keep on running!

Coach Patti