55. Be Reconciled to God

Be Reconciled to God

There are three imperatives that I want to bring before you. The first you will find in2 Corinthians 5:20, “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.” That is the imperative of the cross, “Be ye reconciled to God.” It was sin that made that command imperative. It was sin that brought about the condition of peril in the experience of the human race that compelled God to issue that command. This is the day of grace and this is the hour of opportunity, and therefore if anyone has not yet listened to and bowed before that imperative command of the cross, “I beseech you, be reconciled to God” (2 Corinthians 5:20), and do not let the opportunity slip away, and do not let the day of grace turn into the night of dark judgment. The imperative command of the cross is: “Be ye reconciled to God,” and the way to be reconciled to God is to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, God’s gift to you, through whose death reconciliation has been made possible.