Thematic Bible: Effected for men
Thematic Bible
Reconciliation with God » Effected for men » By the death of Christ
And although you at one time were estranged and alienated from Him and were of hostile attitude of mind in your wicked activities, Yet now has [Christ, the Messiah] reconciled [you to God] in the body of His flesh through death, in order to present you holy and faultless and irreproachable in His [the Father's] presence.
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more certain, having been reconciled, that we will be saved [from the consequences of sin] by His life [that is, we will be saved because Christ lives today].
And [that He] might reconcile them both [Jew and Gentile, united] in one body to God through the cross, thereby putting to death the hostility.
Reconciliation with God » Effected for men » By the blood of Christ
But now [at this very moment] in Christ Jesus you who once were [so very] far away [from God] have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
and through [the intervention of] the Son to reconcile all things to Himself, making peace [with believers] through the blood of His cross; through Him, [I say,] whether things on earth or things in heaven.
Reconciliation with God » Effected for men » By God in Christ
that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting people’s sins against them [but canceling them]. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation [that is, restoration to favor with God].
Reconciliation with God » Effected for men » While alienated from God
And although you were at one time estranged and alienated and hostile-minded [toward Him], participating in evil things,
Reconciliation with God » Effected for men » By Christ as high priest
Therefore, it was essential that He had to be made like His brothers (mankind) in every respect, so that He might [by experience] become a merciful and faithful High Priest in things related to God, to make atonement (propitiation) for the people’s sins [thereby wiping away the sin, satisfying divine justice, and providing a way of reconciliation between God and mankind].
Reconciliation with God » Effected for men » While enemies to God
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more certain, having been reconciled, that we will be saved [from the consequences of sin] by His life [that is, we will be saved because Christ lives today].
Reconciliation with God » Effected for men » Without strength
While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly.
Reconciliation with God » Effected for men » Yet sinners
But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Related Topics
- Atonement
- Atonement, Reconciliation To God By
- Enemies
- Making Peace With God
- Peace Made Through Christ
- Propitiation
- Reconciliation
- Reconciliation with God
- Reconciliation, Between God And Man
- Reconciliation, Of The World To God
- Rivers
- Significance Of Christ's Crucifixion
- Sin, Deliverance From God
- The Blood Of Jesus
- The Effect Of Christ's Death