2. RECONCILIATION’S “STRAIT” PATH

3. Reconciliation requires repentance.
The gospel – good news of peace with God (Rom. 5:1)
“If while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.”
Romans 5:10
2 Corinthians 5:17-21

4. Reconciliation requires repentance.
“Be reconciled to God” – must do something to stop being God’s enemy
The prodigal son had to journey home (Luke 15:18, 20).
Seeking God necessitates repentance (Acts 17:27, 30).
Light doesn’t fellowship darkness
(1 John 1:6).
Repentance does God’s will (2 Cor. 7:9-10)

5. Salvation demands sanctification.
You and I need saving, and Jesus is the Savior.
1 Timothy 4:10; John 4:42; John 1:36
Many do not know they are lost.
Jesus’ gift of salvation is a call to be sanctified in Him.
A determination to live in a manner
that reflects a changed life that is
consecrated to Christ’s way

6. Salvation demands sanctification.
To be set apart in Christ is to accept the calling to be a saint (1 Cor. 1:2).
“…you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.”
1 Corinthians 6:11
Refrain from improper things (Eph. 5:3).
1 Thessalonians 4:1-7

7. No hope without holiness.
A life without hope is sad, miserable.
Christians are saved in hope
(Rom. 8:24, 25)
“… according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you”
1 Peter 1:3-4

8. No hope without holiness.
A steadfast hope perseveres according to the holiness of truth (Eph. 4:24).
Hope anchors because God is unchangeably faithful (Heb. 6:17-20).
Fixing hope on grace to be revealed entails becoming holy in all behavior.
1 Peter 1:13-16