Reconciliation
Thursday, September 21, 2023
11:08 AM
The act of reconciling parties at variance; renewal of friendship after disagreement or enmity.
A doctrine concerning the restoration of unity which makes fellowship with God possible.

The Bible teaches a reconciliation between Mankind and God, and between humanity.
Jesus taught reconciliation.
Humans in court (Matthew 5:25)
Lost sheep and shepherd/fold (Luke 15:6)
Prodigal son to father (Luke 15:24)
The lost back to God (Luke 19:10)
His attitude toward sinners.
Athanasius taught "incarnation is reconciliation." The dynamic of deity taking on the "likeness of sinful flesh" (Rom 8) enacts a dynamic of reconciliation.  The work of Christ was reconciliation. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. (2 Cor 5:19) This same Jesus gives us the ministry of reconciliation whereby we are his ambassadors, imploring others to be reconciled to God. (2 Cor 5:19-20)
<White, R. E. O. "Reconciliation." In Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, by Walter A. Elwell. Baker Publishing Group, 2017. Accessed October 12, 2023.> 
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Christ as our mediator reconciles two hostile parties, sinful humanity and holy God, by destroying the barrier between us.
Ephesians 2:14 
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,
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The reconciler and God are one and the same (Galatians 3:20), and have committed to us the message/ministry of reconciliation!
2 Corinthians 5:19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
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2 Corinthians 5:20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
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