“For God in all His fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through Him God reconciled everything to Himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. This includes you who were once far away from God. You were His enemies, separated from Him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now He has reconciled you to Himself through the death of Christ in His physical body. As a result, He has brought you into His own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before Him without a single fault.”
This has so much for us to celebrate, we are given a chance to know Him and be one with Him. Jesus was sent to bridge the gap to the Father and we are blessed and able to accept. Verse 19 is amazing to me, “For God in all His fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through Him God reconciled everything to Himself." See Jesus did nothing without God telling Him so that oneness drove Him to live, and we have that same chance when we believe in Jesus. We can be one with Him and fully connect with the Father. It says, “He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.” What an image of communion, we take it in remembrance of this fact and celebrate our union.
The fact that this is for everyone is exciting, none of us were too bad in our sin, God is waiting to say welcome home. Drop the past and the struggles, (which I believe can only be fully dropped when you build a relationship with Jesus,) He is our strength and helps us say, get behind me satan, when we feel like going back into the world. His blood makes us whole! Easter is coming and it is amazing that we see His three day journey that guides us. His death, burial, and resurrection. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love the last part and I hope everyone does with me, “Yet now He has reconciled you to Himself through the death of Christ in His physical body. As a result, He has brought you into His own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before Him without a single fault.” Without fault, the past is gone and we can be holy because of Jesus. Amen, Happy Easter to everyone. Love you!