All this is
from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry
of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not
counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of
reconciliation.
وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ
هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ الَّذِي صَالَحَنَا مَعَ نَفْسِهِ بِالْمَسِيحِ، ثُمَّ
سَلَّمَنَا خِدْمَةَ هَذِهِ الْمُصَالَحَةِ.
19 ذَلِكَ أَنَّ اللهَ كَانَ فِي الْمَسِيحِ مُصَالِحاً
الْعَالَمَ مَعَ نَفْسِهِ، غَيْرَ حَاسِبٍ عَلَيْهِمْ خَطَايَاهُمْ، وَقَدْ وَضَعَ
بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا رِسَالَةَ هَذِهِ الْمُصَالَحَةِ.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
To reconcile is to
exchange enmity for friendship, and it requires that the cause of enmity or
hostility be removed. The cause of hostility between man toward God was removed
by Jesus taking on the sins of the world. Peace is ultimately the condition that
can exist between God and man because of the redeeming work of Christ who
through the Cross reconciled us with God.
In our lives if
someone acts wrongly against us, abuses us, we are asked to forgive
him/her/them. Forgiveness is between us and God, He is the holder of the
account. In order to be reconciled with that person, the reason for the enmity,
wrongful act, abuse has to be removed. Removal requires that the person
committing the abuse apologizes for her/his wrongful act and totally ceases the
abuse/ wrongful acts. If that does not happen, we still can forgive them, pray
for them, and love them but cease to have a relationship with her/him/them.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba Father, thank You for the precious gift of reconciliation and peace
that You gave me through Jesus’ redeeming work on the Cross which offers me
perfect harmony with You. Thank You God for giving Your only begotten Son to
die for me and thank You Jesus for paying the price of this immeasurable gift of
salvation through Your blood. In Jesus’ mighty name I pray. Amen.
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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