Hark the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the newborn King;
peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!”
Jesus came that we might be
reconciled to God, and Paul states explicitly that God has called us to share
in this ministry of reconciliation. However, there is a word of warning to all
would-be reconcilers. True reconciliation is hard work. It takes commitment. It
takes unswerving tenacity. The cost to God’s only Son was high. We should
refuse to settle for cheap imitations. As Curtiss Paul DeYoung puts it, “Cheap
reconciliation is unity without responsibility, forgiveness without repentance,
equal treatment without restitution, harmony without liberation, conflict
resolution without relational healing, peace without God.”
-- Kevin Baker in Hail the Heaven Born
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