Colossians 1:15-23 (NRSV)
God reconciles all things through Christ
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers -all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him -provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a servant of this gospel.
In this text Paul tells us that we are all reconciled to God through Christ. Do you believe this?
You have done things which draw you from God. You have done things which van never be forgiven. At least that is how I feel…
Last night at the 2012 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Youth Gathering Nadia Bolz-Weber spoke about being a drunk and using drugs. She spoke about how she usually dated criminals those who did things that would lend them in jail. She was a person who did not believe in what the Christian church believed. And yet today she is a pastor in the ELCA. Because God does redeem all things. And God will redeem you.
Let God use the gifts He has given you and the failures you think keeps you from Him.
God loves you! And will use you. All of you that which you think is good and the things you think keep you from Him.
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