Yesterday we looked at the “resume” of Christ Jesus our Lord found in Colossians 1:15-17. There is a second page in that resume.
“Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. This includes you who were once far away from God….” [Colossians 1:16-21 NLT]
Oh, stop right there!
God, through His Dear Son Christ Jesus our LORD, “reconciled everything to Himself,” and He also “made peace with everything.” EVERYTHING in heaven and on earth … and this “includes you!”
Paul goes on to remind us that we were once enemies. As enemies, we were separated from our Creator God, shaking our fist at God in rebellion. We declared by our sin that we would not have Him rule over us … yet our Father loved us and sent His Son to die for us and bring us reconciliation and peace.
Now, “As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.” [vs 22 NLT]
Read that again … think again about the wonderful truth that because of God’s love, we are “holy and blameless,” standing before Him “without a single fault.” Amen!
