The Bible says Jesus is our peace, Who has made both (Jews and Gentiles) one and has broken down the middle wall of partition. The Living Bible calls it ‘the wall of contempt that used to separate us.’ This is what reconciliation is all about – breaking down the wall of separation between man and God.
Reconciliation means to restore a broken or estranged relationship to its former state, and Christ has not only reconciled us to God, He has made us also conciliators ourselves. In 2 Corinthians 5:18-19, the Bible says that God has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation, Hallelujah! So we now have the responsibility of reconciling others to God and to His Son Jesus Christ.
“To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of 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 5:18-20). We have the responsibility to let people everywhere know that, contrary to what they think, God is not counting and holding their trespasses against them, but cancelling them.
This is the message of reconciliation that has been committed to our trust. It is a message of restoration to favour with God, and it is a message that we must deliver urgently. We are Heaven’s ambassadors to Earth, and through us, God is making an appeal to a sinful world to receive the divine favour that He has so generously offered. It is about time we fulfilled our diplomatic obligations.
