How does reconciliation bring you closer to God?

According to 2 Corinthians 5: 18,19 which reads. " But all things are from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of the reconciliation, namely, that God was by means of Christ reconciling a world to himself, not counting their offences against them, and he entrusted to us the message of the reconciliation.

Which means that all humans need to be reconciled to God because the first man, Adam, was disobedient, and he passed sin and imperfection on to all his descendants. Read Romans 5: 12. As a result, they are in a state of alienation from God.

Reconciliation basically convey the meaning " change; exchange," and in this context they refer to changing from hostile relationship to a friendly, harmonious relationship with God.

So to answer your question which is : How does reconciliation bring us closer to God?

Being reconciled with God starts by getting to know what He has in stock for mankind, what are His requirements, because God's purpose has always been that we live forever on earth in perfect conditions. Genesis 2: 15-17 shows that is what was offered to Adam and Eve.

Psalm 37: 29 reads " The righteous will posses the earth , and they will live forever on it"

2 Corinthian 5: 20 shows that the reconciliation is possible through Christ. And Christ came on earth to show us the way. John 3: 36 reads. " The one who exercises faith in the Son has everlasting life; the one who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.

However 1 Timothy 2: 4,5 reads. "Whose will ( God's will ) is that all sorts of people should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus.