Complete Reconciliation

“Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.” – 2 Corinthians 5:20

God desires reconciliation with mankind.  He desires a restored and resolved fellowship with us.  Adam and Eve experienced perfect fellowship with the Father in the garden, and that was lost when they transgressed.  Sin entered into the heart of man and we stood without reconciliation, we were unreconciled to God because of sin.  Christ paid the debt so that we could be reconciled to God; so that the fellowship could be restored, the sin question settled, and the whole mattered resolved. 

In the book of 2 Samuel we find the account of the death of Absalom; King David’s son.  A terrible scandal occurred in the kingdom and Absalom’s thirst for vengeance created a rift in the relationship between father and son.  Absalom’s pride and lust only furthered this tare.  So much so that Absalom spent two years in Jerusalem, but never saw his Dad’s face.  He never went to him for council.  He never sat at his table for dinner.  They were in close proximity with one another on a daily basis, but they had no fellowship, they were unreconciled.  David wanted reconciliation, he desired a relationship with his boy, but the son desired not the father.  The sin in Absalom’s heart had twisted that man into a power hungry monster until he wanted nothing but the throne.  He desired only achievements, and it became his downfall.  It ruined his life and the relationships that matter the most.  Truth be told, he’s not the only man to ever fall into that trap.  Many a man have spent their life warring after power and achievement, only to find that in their pursuit they laid waste to the things which they hold most dear.  Absalom lived and died in his sins, unreconciled to his father, never knowing the full fellowship that perhaps once was.  God sent his son Jesus Christ into the world to die for our sins so that we will not share in Absalom’s fate.      

We find sin and unrest in the world, because there are people in the world; and sin is in the heart of people.  When one has sin in their heart, by and by they will have sin in their life.  Sin separates us from God, it always has, and it always will; if you have sin in your life it will forever separate you from God.  You will never find true: peace, love, joy, happiness, because you are unreconciled to your Father and creator.  However, it doesn’t have to be that way.  We can be reconciled to God, through Jesus Christ.  If we call on the saving power of Jesus he can restore us to true fellowship.  He can settle us in him, and resolve our purposes in life to one singular, wonderful purpose: Love.  The absolute love of God and love for our neighbor.  This reconciliation is obtainable and accessible, but only through the path of humility.  You must renounce your pride and lust; it can’t be your way, always, every day.  It must be God’s way, always, every day.   

When we repent, he forgives, and when we commit, he sanctifies.  We are then accepted as sons and daughters; empowered by the Holy Ghost to reign over sin in this life; and thereby are we reconciled.