Reconciliation Reconciliation means to be back together again. I. Reason reconciliation is needed: sin.     A. Sin separates us from God. “But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear” (Isaiah59:2).     B. Sin alienates us from Him. “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by your wicked works” (Colossians 1:21).     C. Sin makes us enemies of God.     D. We need to be reconciled to God. He begged with us to be reconciled (2 Corinthians 5:20). II. Basis for reconciliation: Jesus. “and hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:18).     A. We are reconciled to God by the death of God’s son (Romans 5:10).     B. We are reconciled to (made peace with) God through the blood of the cross (Colossians 1:20).     C. We are reconciled “in the body of His (Jesus’s) flesh through death (Colossians 1:21-22). III. Means of reconciliation: the gospel (I Corinthians 15:11-14). IV. Result of reconciliation     A. We have peace with God.     B. We are in one body – the church. “And that He might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross” (Ephesians 2:16).     C. We were formerly enemies, aliens, and wicked, but now we are holy, blameless, and irreproachable” (Colossians 1:21-22). V. Picture of reconciliation: Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-24). Are you friends with God? Have you been reconciled to God? Copyright, 1998 - 2005. All Rights Reserved. http://www.angelfire.com/al3/thecabin The groovy border, button, and bar are courtesy Windy's Web Designs. The great cabin graphic is courtesy Microsoft's Design Gallery Live.