“Whom
God set forth as a propitiation
by His blood.” Romans 3:25
What does that big word mean? It
means to “cause to be conciliated or reconciled”. How does that reconciliation
take place? It takes place only through the blood of Jesus Christ. Imagine that
we are on a snake, mosquito, and vermin infested island without any trees, which
is surrounded by hungry sharks. We have been placed there because of our
offenses against righteous authority. We want off. We can’t get off. We need
help. We need to be reconciled to the authority on the other side. How can we
do that if the authority has turned His back on us?
The authority must make the decision
to provide a way. He sends his son into the shark infested water where the son
is torn to bloody pieces. That blood then congeals into a bridge across the
deadly water. Then the authority turns to us and beckons us to come to
him. That’s how we get across. That is
the only way we can be reconciled, propitiated, to God – by Jesus’ blood.
Dear
Father, Thank You for the sacrifice of Your own son that I may be reconciled to
You. Amen.
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