Crossing the Great Divide
Crossing the Great Divide as Christians, we know that God has reconciled us to Himself through the cross and the shed blood of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul says, "Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now He has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation." (Colossians 1:21, 22 NIV) Once we were enemies - but now God sees us as holy in His sight…free from accusation! This was the awesome act of reconciliation accomplished by Jesus, the Rock of our salvation: that we who were altogether in sin and darkness should be called into God's kingdom of light! (1 Peter 2:9) All of our hope and joy and peace rests on this solid foundation. Is there any greater force of hope in all the universe? For the Christian, there is more to the cross than personal salvation. Christians have an awesome responsibility in a deeply ...