In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The World War II-era German pastor
Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in his book, Life
Together,
Without
Christ we should not know God, we could not call upon Him, nor come
to Him. But without Christ we also would not know our brother, nor
could we come to him. The way is blocked by our own ego. Christ
opened up the way to God and to our brother. Now Christians can live
with one another in peace; they can love and serve one another; they
can become one. But they can continue to do so only by way of Jesus
Christ. Only in Jesus Christ are we one, only through Him are we
bound together. To eternity He remains the one Mediator.1
In this way, Bonhoeffer summarizes the two basic
dimensions of Jesus' work for you. He died and rose to reconcile you
to God in heaven. And He also died and rose to reconcile you to your
brother here on earth. Jesus is, and ever shall remain, the one
Mediator between God and man, and between man and his brother.
