Good morning and welcome in everyone. Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture, but before we do that, I wanted to tell you a little story.
In 1869 at Promontory Summit in the Utah territory, a well-known event in history took place. As two locomotives were drawn up face to face, Leland Stanford, using a silver spike maul, drove a 17.6 Karat gold spike to join the rails of the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento, and the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha, creating the first transcontinental railroad across the United States. The spike is now displayed In the arts center at Stanford University. One of the engravings says, ” May God continue the unity of our country as this railroad unites the two great oceans of the world.
This reminds me of the Christian life.
As they drove in that final spike, uniting two oceans by rail, Jesus took the spikes at the cross so that man could be united with God. Jesus is the binding tie that came to join and reconcile the world to God the Father. Taking the nails at the cross, the access point to God was now complete, finishing the passage way from Earth to God through Himself. Jesus truly is our golden spike.
Because of our sinful condition, this world has been estranged from God. It began in the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve were separated from Him in paradise. God is in heaven, and we are here upon the Earth. We have been disconnected from Him, like a railroad that is disconnected, separating two parts of the country. This is why Jesus came to this world, to reconnect us back to God the Father. This is what is known as reconciliation. Jesus is the binding tie between our world and the heavenly, completing our pathway to God. Just as those on the west coast, were isolated from those on the east coast until the railway was finally completed, Jesus connects humanity with God. The spikes that Jesus took on the cross reconciles us and rejoins us in a relationship with the heavenly Father, through His forbearance and grace.
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
Estrangement from God means to be alienated, isolated or excluded from having a close relationship with Him. Estrangement happens because of our sin, or sinful living. Like people who lived on the west coast were separated from people who lived on the east coast, it was that final spike, that brought these two distant parts of the country back together. The spikes that Jesus took on the cross, and the grace that He provided, is what joins man and God together once again. Forgiveness is now available through Christ, who has paved the way to heaven through His mercy. Now it’s up to you, if you’re going to take that ride of faith, all the way from coast to coast, but what you must do, is make sure that you stay on the train of faith, until that day that you arrive to see Him.
Colossians 1:20-23 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Reconciliation is to restore to a friendly relationship once again, as taught through the relationships found in the parable of the prodigal son. Spiritually, reconciliation is the end of estrangement between a human and God, through the atonement of our precious Lord. It is to rejoin and return to the relationship that you had with Him In the past. Reconciliation is a huge part of the Christian life, because this is the reason why Jesus came to the Earth. He came to reconcile us to God. Reconciliation is so important in the Christian life, that God doesn’t even want a gift from you, unless you first reconcile with a brother you having knowingly wronged.
Matthew 5:23-24 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
A wife who departs her husband is in open daily rebellion against the command of Christ. If she truly believes in Jesus, she will repent, return, reconcile, and obey her spouse in everything, otherwise she is rejecting God’s ordained head of the house.
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
By God’s grace, Jesus can present us holy and unreproveable in his sight, but we must continue in the faith. This requires turning from sin, and doing His will. If you choose to continue to live in sin, and won’t bother to repent, then you will only appear at judgment day, as a sinner who wouldn’t bother to repent. God is watching, and He is not mocked. What you sow you will also reap. This is why we need to continue riding the train of faith, all the way to our final destination. As a bridge, Jesus has connected both railways, and has provided us a way to get all the way to heaven.
Continuing in our faith means to do the will of God from the heart. Continuing in our faith means to obey the teachings of Christ. Continuing in our faith means to submit and to serve God’s purpose for us. Those who choose to live a life of disobedience to God’s will, are only proving themselves to be disobedient. It is what it is. Our obedience to the will of God proves our love for Him. It pleases Him completely, just as Jesus pleases the heavenly Father perfectly. A woman who departs her husband, is not pleasing to her husband. She only proves by her actions that obedience to the will of Christ, is not the guiding factor in her life. We must prove our love in our obedience to Christ whose nails opened up the door of salvation to us all. Be reconciled unto God and others.
Like this spike joined two Earthly oceans together, the spikes that Jesus Christ took at the cross brings two worlds together, heaven and Earth. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ truly is, Gods……..
……..Golden Spike
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