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Thursday... Yet, now this is true.


Colossians 1:22a (NLT), "Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body."

Thursday... Yet, now this is true.

Now Paul a prisoner in Rome is writing a letter to a church in Colossae. And in Colossians 1:21 (MSG) he says, "Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds" The NLT says "This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated by your evil thoughts and actions."

And that is where so many in this world live today. They are blowing it and they don't know what to do. Yes, they are hostile in their minds and they are engaging in evil deeds but there is Good News.

Now Paul in verses 19-20 sets the stage for an answer to those who don't want to live that way. He says, "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 earth by means of Christ's blood on the cross." He was the sacrifice for our hostility and our evil deeds. In other words, our sins.


And then verse 22a says, "Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body." Again Christ was the sacrifice for our sins.

So many are blowing it and they are confused and they just don't understand what a difference God through Christ can make in their life. Verse 13 says, "For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our forgiveness and forgave our sins"

Verse 22 continues. It says, "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." Yes, what a difference God makes in us through Christ as we confess our sins and ask him to forgive us and come into our life to live.

And then verse 23, "But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don't drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I Paul, have been appointed as God's servant to proclaim it." And I have been too! And yes, today can be a new beginning in your life.

Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


 




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