Emphasis Preaching Journal

If Christ came to reconcile the world to God, then there must be a state of separation, alienation, estrangement. One would not speak of reconciling two loyal and trusting friends; one would not speak of reconciling two casual acquaintances; one would not speak of reconciling a man in New York or a man in San Francisco who had never seen each other. But one does speak of reconciling a father and a son who have become estranged, a mother and daughter who have become alienated, a husband and wife who have become separated.