Tuesday, July 21, 2015



Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who were once far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.




Reflection
Yesterday we considered how hopeless our situation is when we are alienated from God, isolated in our sin.  The very next verse takes us from despair to the heights of joy.  This verse assures us that in our relationship with Christ our alienation with God has been overcome and that we are brought into the very presence of God.  This has not been accomplished out of our own effort but through the sacrificial shedding of the blood of Christ.

Psalm 100 says this:
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.