Together

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, (II Corinthians 5:18,19 ESV)

 

Together

 

Oil and Water do not mix.  Neither do plaids and stripes.  Neither do outlaws and law enforcement.  Neither do inlaws and inlaws. 

 

Neither does sin and God.

 

God’s holiness does not tolerate sin, sinfulness, Sins, or sinning.

 

But because of God’s amazing love, He made a way to reconcile the two.

 

It is impossible for God and sin to mix.  But He reconciled us to Him. 

 

And the incarnation is both an example of God’s mixing power, AND the very way that the mixing takes place.

 

First, the mixing of Divine and human is an impossible thing, it would seem.  But God became man, without ceasing to be divine.  He mixed the unmixable, without either part changing.  It showed He can do it.

 

And through that Incarnate One, God also reconciled us to Himself.  Through the life, and death, and life of the Christ, we are justified, sanctified, and will be glorified.  Through the Christ was are adopted, re-united, and unified with God.

 

The Incarnation mixes things more unmixable than oil and water.  And gives us peace with God.