The Kiss of Reconciliation
THE kiss is a token of enmity removed, of strife ended, and of peace established.
You will remember that when Jacob met Esau, although the hearts of the brothers
had been long estranged, fear had dwelt in the breast of one, and revenge had
kindled its fires in the heart of the other; when they met they were pacified towards
each other, and they fell upon each other's neck, and they kissed: it was the kiss of
reconciliation. Now, the very first work of grace in the heart is, for Christ to give the
sinner the kiss of His affection, to prove His reconciliation to the sinner. Thus the
father kissed his prodigal son when he returned. Before the feast was spread, before
the music and the dance began, the father fell upon his son's neck and kissed him.
On our part, however, it is our business to return that kiss; and as Jesus gives the
reconciling kiss on God's behalf, it is ours to kiss the lip of Jesus, and to prove by that
deed that we are "reconciled to God by the death of His Son." Sinner, you have
hitherto been an enemy of Christ's Gospel.
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