God freely offers grace to sinners, and He commands all men everywhere to repent. He promises to be gracious, to forgive the sins of all those who turn to Him in faith and repentance. How great is the tragedy then when a man spurns that free offer of grace, the offer of reconciliation in the Son, and he thinks for […]

Reconciliation means peace with God. God describes mankind as being His enemies because of sin. God describes mankind as being rebels and fighting against Him. In Christ, says Paul, we have reconciliation. It’s God that is at work reconciling us. God is the one whose justice must be served. It’s God’s wrath that must be satisfied. And so too, it’s […]

When you look at these verses, it uses the word reconciliation several different times. I want you to have in mind the bringing together that which is broken. We have another technical term for it – justification. To understand reconciliation, to understand justification, you have to come to terms with the brokenness of mankind. Paul says that in Jesus Christ, […]