[Pastor Ralph]

Q4. (Romans 5:9-11) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present?

[Sandym]

Q4. (Romans 5:9-11) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present?

Reconciliation means to be on the same side when you previously have been on oposing sides. So it is important to be on the same side as God so we live by his ways not ours. Jesus showed us by his life how to live. We are to live as him now so we can give him the glory. Jesus helps us to be more like him day by day.

[Brad]

Reconciliation means "The exchange of hostility to a friendly relationship".It is necessary for us to be reconciled to God because now there is free access to Gods awesome presence and now there is peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

[sadiejee]

Q4. (Romans 5:9-11) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present?

Reonciliation would mean making amends - making things right, righting the wrong. Reconciliation with God is necessary for our future life with Him. God is without sin, we are sinful creatures. In order for us to be with God in the everafter, we must be reconciled to sin. By Jesus' dying, he overcame sin, by His resurrection he overcame death, death and sin walk hand in hand. So by our belief in Jesus as our Messiah, he has then saved us from death and slowly we evolve into a Christ like being through reading the Bible and learning His ways.

[Letsgohuntting]

Q4. (Romans 5:9-11) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present?

Reconciliation Means to turn around, go in the other direction, change your ways, repent.
Reconciliation with God is necessary so that we can be like God in his ways.
Jesus gives us a way out of sin and to be sinful by washing away our sins with his blood so that we can recieve the Holy Spirit.
Jesus gives us free will to recieve the Holy Ghost and prepairs us to recieve the Holy Father.

[quenboss12]

to be friends with God. Because without Jesus, there won't be a relationship with God. By Jesus' blood that he shed on the cross because he loved us very much. The Holy Ghost is living in us now.

[jason]

Q4. What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present?

1) Reconciliation means to make amends, to restore a friendship.

2) Reconciliation is necessary because if we had not been reconciled we would have to be punished for all our sins, so that we could be reconciled. Now we can rejoice in God through Christ's work.

3) We are being saved in the context that our sins have been paid for there for we are free from condemnation if we belong, we have been reconciled, saved by his blood praise the Lord Jesus Christ!

4) Even today Jesus is setting people free because of what he did years ago, he is hope for all mankind, he send's and fills us with the holy spirit, he free's us from the sin that leads to death.

[charisbarak]

Reconciliation means a bringing together of two parties separated by sin/hostility.
God cannot accept us on our own merit--He is too holy. We want/need peace with God.
Our life is an ongoing growing relationship with God where He works in & through us--bringing us closer to Christlikeness.
Presently He is growing us through various tests & trials.

[pickledilly]

Well, I like Pastor Ralph's definition of reconciliation just fine: the exchange of hostility for a friendly relationship. It's the restoration of harmony and friendship between 2 estranged parties. Human rebellion against the LORD caused a breach between God and man that only God could overcome. Without His intervention to make us holy and acceptable, we would all have been forever doomed to eternity apart from Him in eternal darkness and death.

In humility, Christ's death secured our reconciliation with God. And in glory, Christ's life is securing our transformation to holiness through the presence of his Holy Spirit within the believer - a transformation that saves us from many things in this earthly life. But most importantly, He lives today as our intercessor and advocate before the Father. The work of salvation in us and eternal life for us is being perfected and will be brought to completion because He lives!

[Elwood C O'Dell]

Through Jesus Christ we are restored to a right relationship with God the Father. The sin that separated us is removed and we can now have fellowship with HIM. Without Christ’s act of reconciliation at Calvary this would be impossible. The further good news is that if we continuously stay in Him, abide in Him as the branch does the vine, he continues to cleanse from all unrighteousness, continuously saves us. I heard an old preacher one day put it this way. I was saved, I am being saved, I will be saved.

[turnerjb1]

When I was a child and my father punished me, it took me a while to be able to talk with him again because I was afraid when he saw me, he saw what I did wrong. Once this passed, I was able to resume a normal, loving relationship with my father. (This didn't happen often, I have a great dad!) I think this is what reconcilliation means, being able to resume a normal relationship again and knowing the one we are talking with do not see our falts.

Jesus is showing us when we repent for our sins, we are no longer looked at as a failure, but as someone God wants to have a relationship with.

[JanMary]

Q4. (Romans 5:9-11) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary?

Brought back into harmonious relationship, all hostility having been removed. Without reconcilation with Him, we are lost in our sins and destined for eternity in hell, apart from Him who laid down His life for us.

We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life?

I am being saved and daily delivered from the dominion of sin through His resurrection life.

What is Jesus doing for us in the present?

Where do I start??? He's restoring me to a sound mind from years of violence, parental death threats, sexual, emotional, and physical abuse, He's reparenting me as my loving and tender Father; He's filled my heart with love for Him and for others. He comforts me. He's my daily provision for all things necessary to life, He's my healer. He's delivered me in the past and continues to deliver me from the strongholds and bondages that took root from the abuse and mistrust of those who were my caretakers. He's taught me to be a quick forgiver, even as He forgives me. He's building His character in me through trials and tribulation, and conforming me to the image of His Son.(Rom 8:28,29). He demonstrates His faithfulness every day and is fulfilling promises to me from His Word. He's taking me from glory to glory. He's demonstrating that I am to enjoy Him and to know Him, even as I make Him known to others....that's huge: He gives me opportunites to share His love and the Gospel with others almost daily! And as He has reconciled me to Him, He's reconciling family members who have been estranged from not only Him but from one another....He is the Mighty Warrior on my behalf! I will praise Him every day...oh that's another thing He's doing....He's teaching me to worship and praise Him in freedom and adoration! The only thing He's NOT doing, is condemning or abandoning me.

[Delivered]

Q4. (Romans 5:9-10) What does "reconciliation" mean?
Reconcilliation means a change has occured, God doesn't look at us as His enemy, there is harmony in its place.

Why is reconciliation with God necessary?
Death is God's justice for sin, the wages of sin is death.
God's love for mankind was given, God sent His Son Yeshua, to pay sins price, Yeshua gave His life.
Life is found in the blood, Yeshua's blood shed for us reconciling us to God Almighty.

We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense).In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life?
We are being saved from the power of sin. Now that we have been reconciled to God Almighty, by the blood of His Son,
we must strive daily to present ourselves to God as a vessel of righteousness; it is the least we can do for the reconciliation price paid for us.

What is Jesus doing for us in the present?
He is at the Father's right hand speaking on our behalf. He knows the trials we face here on earth
because of the evil forces that rule; Jesus faced the same trials, and yet He was victorious.

Before Jesus left earth, He prayed to the Father for us, that we would be made perfect, complete.
This is a process of growing in Him, with the purpose being, the world would know, would understand fully,
in their hearts, how great a love the Father has for us; God's love for the Son is beyond words and yet He sent Him
to pay the debt we owed, so we could have fellowship with Him:

And Christ's love for His Father was seen, for He came to do the Father's will. Yeshua set the example for us to follow = LOVE,
for the Son loves us as the the Father does, He paid the price.

[masika]

Q4. (Romans 5:9-10) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present?
The need for reconciliation implies that there is a problem in the world. That problem stems from the time of Adam and Eve when they took of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in an attempt to become like God. And of course we know what happened don’t we. The image of God in which they were created from then on was marred, it was corrupted. Their sin was not just that they ate of a tree that they shouldn’t have eaten from, it wasn’t just that they broke some strange rule, their sin was that they rejected God and attempted to dethrone Him. Its not just that they disobeyed but that they thought that by doing the very thing that God told them not to do, they could become like Him. But we know what happened, in their attempt to dethrone God, they were cast out of the garden and faced the stark reality of living life in separation from God. From then on death entered the world and sin began to reign on earth, because as Romans 5 tells us, from then on everyone after Adam lived in sin.

Sin is a big deal because God is a big deal. Sin has disastrous results because the one we are sinning against is massively big and massively holy and infinitely deserving of all praise ( 1 Sam. 2:2). Sin is a massive problem—it is our biggest problem. And because it is such a big problem it requires a big solution—and Jesus has provided that solution on the cross for all who would believe.
The Love that caused Christ to die is the same Love that sends the Holy Spirit to live in us and guide us every day.
The power that raised Christ from the dead is the same power that saved us and is available to us in our daily life.

[VictoryN]

Reconciliation is to reunion and being together. Reconciliation with God will save us from judgement. We are being save from this world sinful nature because of the shedding of Jesus blood at calvery. Jesus is continuelly guide us through the Holy Spirit and the word of God

[June]

Reconciliation means we have given up being ugly, hostile, and hating God and that we have become a friend, developing a friendship with our Lord. Our salvation was made when He was nailed to that Cross, and The Holy Spirit was released into our lives to sanctify us in the character of Christ.
Jesus is interceding on our behalf on a daily basis with Our Father. He hears our every cry.

[JustJeff]

We were enemies to God when we lived in sin. By is death on the cross, Jesus paid the price for our sin and thus ended our hosility with the Father. We wre reconciled.
As we live daily in His word we are being sanctified and gliding toward our blessed hope. In reality, we are dieing each day as we are being molded after the Lord's image. The Father tenderly works His children moment by moment so, we are being saved as we journey on.

[nes]

Q4. (Romans 5:9-11) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present?

Reconciliation means coming back to God, to have a good relation, forgetting the past.

it is God's will to reconcile to sinner, By the death of Christ is the only means that we sinners can reconcile to God.

[studybug52]

Q4. (Romans 5:9-11) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present?

reconcilation means we exchange a hostile ugly relationship for a friendly peacefull relationship.

We needed to be reconciled with God because of the sin of Eve and all our sin . god hates sin
and if he saw us as sinners our relationship would be hostile and angry. But Jesus reconciled us
to God. He died and his blood covers us and justifies us and makes us presentablein gods' presence
Now our relationship with God can be friendly and peacefull. Jesus's blood sacrifice changed our
relationship with God when we accepted his gift of Salvation.

God is now thru Christ's power in the Holy spirit works salvation in us now. the sanctification that
works into us the character of christ in us . God is bringing us closer to the person he wishes us
to be in Christ thru the working of the Holy spirit in our minds and hearts each day.

In the present Jesus is up in heaven he intercedes for us constantly. intercede going to god in our behalf.

[RickJW]

Q4. (Romans 5:9-11) What does "reconciliation" mean? Why is reconciliation with God necessary? We understand our having been saved by Jesus' death (5:10a, past tense). In what sense are we being saved (5:10b, present tense) by his life? What is Jesus doing for us in the present?

From the lesson text, reconciliation is the "exchange of hostility for a friendly relationship". This means, that while once the reconciled parties had been adversaries, they are now living in a peaceful relationship. It was necessary for man to be reconciled with God to escape the wrath of God and eternal torment for man. As man still has a sinful nature, it is necessary for Jesus to continue His work. Jesus continues to serve us by being there for us as intercessor in our prayers. He is the mediator between us and God.