God’s Peacemaking Vehicle

Ecclesiastes 4-6; Psalms. 18; Ephesians 3 

“His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,”

Ephesians 3:10

In Christ, both Jews and Gentiles have access and relationship with God and with each other. Together, we are being built into a temple, or body, in which God dwells through his Spirit. Together, we are the Church, the ‘called-out’ ones. The Church is God’s peace-making, reconciling vehicle on earth. Our collective witness of reconciliation is a statement to the spiritual rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms of God’s amazing wisdom. In his wisdom, God sent his Son to offer his life as an atoning sacrifice for sin to reconcile all things to God and to each other. The wall of partition between Jew and Gentile and between cultures has been broken down by Christ’s sacrifice. As Christ’s ambassadors, we willingly enter the culture of another and offer our lives that they might know Christ.

Are we living this reality?

“Jesus, you are our peace, for your glory.”