upon, tortured, nailed alive to the cross. Today we will not even do it to an animal. But Christ bore the pain and ignominy to bring you together. Imagine the heart-breaking scenario of the cross.
If you have a derailed relationship, that means you are disrespecting the passions of Christ, counting it as nothing. All the sufferings He went through to bring about peace are made naught by your nonchalance. Whatever may be the barrier, ask God to break it down. He who broke down the middle wall of partition will easily remove your barricade too. Hate is a useless battle; it has to end sometime.
to mankind. We hurt God our Father disastrously by our sins against Him. God ought to have destroyed us. But He sent Jesus Christ to this wicked world to live among dirty sinners and finally sacrificed Him on the cruel cross, thus making peace. He, on His part did everything to get reconciled to us. How much more we ought to get reconciled to one another! Is your offender worse than the sinner who hurt God? Are you holier than God not to take a step towards reconciliation? Is your situation worse than that, that happened between God and man? If God condescended to make up with man, it is only stubbornness and stiff-neckedness, if we do not take steps to embrace our enemy.“... God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ... not counting men ' s sins against them”( 2 Cor 5:18,19).
When you hold a grudge against another, remember, you are as much a sinner as the other. We all were lepers before God. There is no clean leper and unclean leper. All of us are washed by the blood of the Lamb. Then why consider the other person less than you? He / she is your brother / sister. Go to them and iron out your differences. A careless word or action can ruin a relationship. If that happens we should immediately make amends and apologise, else it may haunt us for life.
The purpose of Jesus was to reconcile both of them to God through the cross by forgiving their sins. When both were sinners then they became equals. Only in one place we find the Jews and Samaritans living together in peacewhen they became lepers( Lk 17:12-18). Yet, on the cross, by His sufferings, He brought the archenemies together that they may have access to the Father.
Reconciliation opens the door for you to have access to the Father. The door is locked otherwise. The key is in your hand!
The greatest reconciliation that took place in the history of the planet earth is God reconciling Himself
Forgiveness is not passive; genuine forgiveness is a positive act requiring enormous spiritual strength. Reconciliation is a hop, skip and jump away from where you are sitting. Get up and go to your computer
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