Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation. Colossians 1:21-22
From Alienated to Reconciled to Free from Accusation
When we are alienated from someone, it means that we are estranged from them, or indifferent or hostile to them. We are isolated from them. Sin alienates us from God before we become Christians. But God sent Jesus who reconciled us through His death on the cross. He cleansed us, restored us, and redeemed us which made it possible for us to have a relationship with Him.
God created us for relationship with Him. He desires that and takes pleasure in His creation – created in His image. He pursues us with the promise of new life, but we have the free will to choose Him or to reject Him and stay dead in our sins. He offers us the gift of salvation and eternal life – reconciliation with Him through the shed blood of His only Son, Jesus. When we choose to stay dead in our sins, we are alienated from Him. Our alienation is caused by a debt we can never pay. If you have ever had debt, you know the crushing weight of it. Imagine insurmountable debt you could never pay back. It leads to hopelessness and despair. But we do not have to stay in hopelessness and despair because God made a way for us.
Jesus paid it all – all our debt. We are not only reconciled to God in relationship, but as His children. We are adopted as His sons and daughters when we believe through faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection. Without the shed blood of Jesus to cover our sin debt, we would stay alienated from God forever. When our debt is paid in full, we are free. The weight is lifted, and we are free from accusation, presented holy in His sight, without blemish. We are clean. Free. Unbound. Unfettered. We have a new life in Him. Without Him we are hopelessly alienated but He made a way for us so we do not have to stay that way. What will you choose?
