‘Reconciled To God Through Christ.’
Colossians 1:19-22.
a) Colossians 1:19. God in all His Fullness was pleased to live in Christ.
b) Colossians 1:20. Through Christ God reconciled everything to Himself.
c) Colossians 1:20. God made Peace with everything in Heaven and on Earth by means of Christ’s Blood on the Cross.
d) Colossians 1:21. We are included in this. We were:-
1- Once far away from God.
2- Enemies of God.
3- Separated from God by our evil thoughts.
4- Separated from God by our evil actions.
e) Colossians 1:22. Now we are Reconciled to God through the death of Christ in His physical Body.
f) Colossians 1:22. Because of this Reconciliation God has brought us into His Own Presence.
g) Colossians 1:22. We are Holy and Blameless as we will stand before God without a single fault because of what Christ has done for us.
(In this QT I rejoice because I am Reconciled To God Through Christ)
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‘The Lord Can Do This.’
Haggai 2:6.
a) The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will do what He says.
b) In just a little time.
c) He will:-
1- Again shake the Heavens.
2- Shake the Earth.
3- Shake the oceans.
4- Shake the dry land.
(This Second one leaves me in no doubt that The Lord Can Do This)
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Chris.
We were separated from God by our evil actions. There can be no doubt about the fact that evil actions separate us from God. There are no differing degrees of evil actions, all evil actions are the same, they are evil.
