Reconciliation – Colossians 1:15-23
Reconciliation – Colossians 1:15-23 By Pastor Lee Hemen March 30, 2008 AM A ceasefire can only occur between two warring factions if there is an understanding and a settlement that resolves outstanding issues that led to the conflict in the first place. I found this out when as a third grader I began to like a little blonde girl with pigtails. Of course I could not let her know that I actually liked her, that would have been gross. Instead, I had to publicly tease her and pull her pigtails so that my guy posse would never find out my true intentions. There is only one problem with this scenario: The female you like, whom you are teasing, will not understand and will want to take revenge on you. It is at this point you have to begin to make appeasement. Which can include a lot of humiliation on your part. Needless to say, we were not soon reconciled. Spiritual reconciliation while being similar in some ways, is handled differently because of God’s mercy through Jesus Christ. Following h...