Their error was in missing the spirit of the laws. Today when Christians talk about someone being like a Pharisee, they are talking about a person who is rigidly applying the Scripture to their lives and missing the spirit of love that Jesus wants us to have. Reconcile To reconcile is to restore a relationship. We are separated from God by our sin. When we accept the sacrifice that Jesus made for our sins on the cross, we are reconciled with God.
Reconciliation is an important part of Christian doctrine.
Redemption Redemption refers to the work that Jesus did to redeem our souls. To redeem is to purchase for a price. The price paid for our redemption was Jesus life. Jesus did it for us. He is called the Redeemer for this reason.