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“But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ” (Ephesians 2:13).
Today’s verse is very simple, yet it carries a depth of meaning that perhaps we do not always appreciate. Do we realize that because of our sins, we were “far off” from God? How far off were we? The Bible does not describe any specific distance, but when God uses the term “far off,” it must mean a long way! How could we get back to God? There is only one way, and that is through the blood of Christ.
That simply means that our sins that took us far away from God are completely put away by the blood of Christ, and now we are brought back to Him. However, all this does not happen automatically; we must repent of our sins, and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior. Sadly, some people in this world do not want to be brought back to God; they prefer to carry on living in their sins. If they do not come to Christ, some day they will have to endure the awful judgment of God for their sins. How encouraging it is to know that we have been brought nigh (near) to God through the blood of Christ!
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