And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. (Romans 5:11)

The Joy Of Reconciliation

Hope is the mainspring of the Christian’s life, helping the heart endure tribulations to find peace in Jesus Christ. The joy of salvation is knowing how the Father has taken His child from the weakness and crippling impact of sin to the heights of glory found in the blood of Christ. There was a time when all men were enemies of God, without strength, ungodly, underserving, and facing the wrath of God. Through the blood of Jesus, God has offered pardon through the death of His Son, all who would accept His love to be justified by grace.

There was a time when all men were enemies. Reconciliation was made possible by Jesus Christ to bring together the Creator and His creation. Adam and Eve were created for the glory of God, but Satan destroyed that union as the forbidden fruit was taken. Sin reigned over the world until Jesus came to complete the grace of God in reuniting the Divine with humanity. Reconciliation takes away the sting of death and the victory of Hades.

When a man obeys the gospel of Christ in the burial through baptism into death, God joins His love, mercy, and grace with the individual’s faith, works, and obedience. As a man is raised from the spiritual grave of baptism, he walks in the newness of life as a man reconciled to the Father. The joy of reconciliation is knowing one is saved. There is no doubting or facing the fear of God’s wrath. The blood of Jesus has cleansed all sins away, and the Holy Spirit testifies with the spirit of the man that he is a child of God. There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ. They are reconciled. Saved. Free from the fear of God’s wrath.

The joy of reconciliation is seeing where a man once was and where he finds himself by God’s grace. There should be greater joy in the hearts of God’s children to know they are saved. Hope does not come from chances, maybe, possibilities, or uncertainty. Reconciliation is the divine joining of a man’s heart to the heart of God. The Lord makes reconciliation possible as He embraces the saved as His children cry, “Abba, Father.” There is no bondage again to fear. To be led by the Spirit of God emboldens the heart to embrace reconciliation.

There is great joy in being a child of God. Salvation comes in the hope of the promises of God, who cannot lie. The child of God is more than conquerors through Him who loved and gave His only begotten Son to reconcile sinful man to Himself. Nothing can separate those reconciled to the love of Christ. Joy fills the heartstrings of salvation for the child of God as he praises the Lord for the joy of eternal life. There is much to sing about. We are saved. Reconciled. Brought near. Forgiven. Lifted up. Loved. The joy of reconciliation – what joy.