Silencing The Voice of Opposition

 by Tom Wacaster

For slightly more than one year the Handley church of Christ has placed an article in the Meadowbrook News advertizing our services, location, and focusing on a wide variety of subject matter.   Attempting to develop a lengthy discussion on any particular subject is futile in what limited space we were allotted.   So, I would occasionally write two or more articles on one particular topic and run these in a series.   The Meadowbrook News is not the only paper in which I have used the opportunity to place a weekly or bi-weekly article.   Almost every place I have done local work we have used the power of the printed page to encourage the community to think and reason with us.   Such articles, though short in nature, provide an opportunity to keep the church out before the public while teaching the truth on a wide variety of topics that are important to society in general, and to individuals in particular.

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“Reconciliation”

by Tom Wacaster

There are certain words in the Bible that astound the mind and thrill the heart.  Words like “redemption,” “forgiveness,” “grace,” and “salvation” are among those words.  The worldly minded can never appreciate the magnitude nor the depth of those words as they relate to matters eternal.   But those who have been rescued from the bondage of sin have an appreciation that cannot be expressed in words.   The word “reconciliation” is another word that falls into that category.   It is not a difficult word, nor is it hard to understand.   Webster defines the word “reconciliation” as meaning “to restore to friendship or harmony, to settle or resolve.” When applied to people it means to get two separated people back together again.  It may refer to a husband who wants to be reconciled to his wife, or a father who wants to be reconciled to a wayward son.  But when we use the word to refer to a sinner who wants to be reconciled to God we have come upon the richest use of the word in all of human language.   Reconciliation occurs when sinners are brought into a state of favor with God.   You may speak of material blessings, abundance of riches, or great and abundant possession in this life.  But when you talk about reconciliation with God you have exhausted the meaning of what it means to be blessed.   

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