II Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

God is creating anew beginning with Christ, the second Adam. A man in Christ is a new creation, not merely improved or reformed, but remade. Reconciliation is not just politely ignoring hostilities (sin, etc). It is the total removal of hostilities so there can be a relationship, a fellowship, between God and man that will produce sanctification leading to holiness and completely and totally at one with God. We cannot be in union with someone we do not know or who we have no relationship with. Something that is crafted relies upon available materials to produce. Man needs those, God does not. It’s the major defining difference between Christianity and religion.

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