The Lord Jesus Christ is our Reconciler, but what does that really mean? If Jesus is the reconciler, who did He reconcile? And finally what does this mean to you and I?

Before we get too far into our study lets look at this word “reconcile.” It is only pertinent that if Christ is reconciling us then we should know what it means. Reconcile can be defined as, restoring a relationship of peace. What does it mean to be restored? At any given time when we flip through the channels on television, we can find someone restoring something. We find auto mechanics restoring old beat-up cars into beautiful vehicles. We can find houses that have not been maintained and carpenters rework the exterior finishes to make the house appear to be brand new. We even see people getting makeovers and restoring their bodies to their old figures. Which ever the circumstance, we see something that is ugly and unpleasing to the eye undergo procedures that were necessary to bring luster and beauty to the object.

The same is true with the restoration or reconciling of our lives to God. Jesus is taking that which is unpleasing in God’s eyes and making it beautiful. We are unpleasing in the sight of God because of the sin nature that we have inherited from the fall of man.

Romans 5:12, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.”

Did you know that God is so perfect and holy that He can not bear to look at sin?

Habakkuk 1:13, “Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity…”

It is necessary therefore that if we are to have a relationship with God we must be reconciled. This is where Jesus the Reconciler comes into the picture.

If we look at what it means to be reconciled then we would understand that there was some type of work that was done to make us acceptable to God. What was the work that was done? The work was done on the cross. Christ came to this world in order to save sinners by dying on the cross.

Colossians 1:21-22, “And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight”.

Paul, through Colossians 1:21-22, paints a picture for us to help us understand the work that was done by Christ.

This work of reconciliation gives us peace beyond all understanding. Through the previous verse look at some of the descriptive words used by Paul to explain the position of both the Colossians and to us. He says at one point we were alienated and enemies in our minds by wicked works. This, no doubt, was because of the sin nature but we no longer need to be concerned, for God has taken care of the problem of sin by Jesus’ flesh. Look at the words that Paul uses to explain our position with God to the Colossians. We are holy or set apart. We are unblameable which means without blame. And finally, we are unreproveable which is to be uncorrectable. Uncorrectable because He (Jesus) who is perfect has reconciled us to God.

Reconciling is an act that only Jesus can do for us. This is not anything that can be done by any other. Reconciliation can not be achieved by the works that we do or the nice things that we attempt to do. There is only one Reconciler, His name is Jesus!