Uniting Heaven and Earth Christ in Philippians and Colossians Lesson 8 - Thursday To Reconcile All Things Colossians 1:19–20 (NKJV) : For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. Read Colossians 1:19–20. Paul writes that it pleased the Father that “all the fullness” should dwell in Christ, and that through Him “to reconcile all things unto himself… having made peace through the blood of his cross.” That is not small language. That is sweeping, universe-sized language. Reconciliation means bringing back into harmony what has been broken. Sin fractured everything—our relationship with God, with one another, even with creation itself. The Cross is not merely about personal forgiveness (though it gloriously includes that); it is about restoring order to a world thrown into rebellion. Through Ch...
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