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Together in Christ – Audio

God and man are brought together in Christ, the one mediator who could accomplish the reconcilliation.

There is one God and one Mediator between God and men

When people grow apart, it takes one special person to bring them back together. Many individuals cannot find “common ground,” and thus distance themselves from one another. One person, who has something in common with both of them, can bring them back together again. Man has become separated from God by sin (Isaiah 59:2). Thus, only one person can bring us back together: Jesus Christ. “For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5).”

God’s plan for reconcilliation brings us together in Christ

Paul explains to the Corinthians how we come together in Christ: “Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18-19).”

Through the death of God’s Son, we may be reconciled to God. Because Christ was raised again, we can be saved by His life (Romans 5:10-11). Christ made the perfect sacrifice, doing what we could not to bridge the gap. God came down to us, and we must go up to Him.

Salvation requires God’s grace

Man cannot be saved without, or apart from, the grace of God; this grace is “through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24).” This redemption gives us the promise of an eternal inheritance (Hebrews 9:12-15).

Sharing The Word is offering reconcilliation with God

Don’t you want to share with others the good news? Don’t you want to tell them of an eternal inheritance they too can have? God commands us to do just that! Remember, He has “given us the ministry of reconciliation” and “committed to us the word of reconciliation.” By sharing the word, others too can believe and obey it. Thus, we can all be together in Christ, one in Christ; and He will be one in us (John 17:20-23).