Peace With God
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
When our Lord was born at Bethlehem, the angels proclaimed:
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14).
Today
we see anything but peace on earth, for He, “the Prince of Peace,” has
been rejected, and this world will never know peace until He is in
control. This is why the Father said to the Son: “Sit Thou on My right
hand, till I make Thine enemies Thy footstool” (Matt. 22:41-45). It is
possible, however, for each individual to enjoy peace with God and to
know that all is well as far as his eternal destiny is concerned.
Job
22:21 rightly says: “Acquaint now thyself with Him and be at peace,”
and Psa. 25:12,13: “What man is he that feareth the Lord? …His soul
shall dwell at ease.” Even when the multitudes were about to crucify
Christ, He said to His own:
“Peace
I leave with you; My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth,
give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be
afraid” (John 14:27).
Every
one of Paul’s epistles opens with an important official declaration
which God sent him to proclaim to all men: “Grace be to you and peace.”
And he explains how we may have this peace.
By
nature all of us have sinned against God, but in Paul’s epistles we are
told that “He [Christ] is our peace” (Eph. 2:14), “having made peace
through the blood of His cross” (Col. 1:20). In other words, we have
sinned against God but Christ died for our sins so that we might be
reconciled. And those who trust Christ and His finished work at Calvary
are thus reconciled.
Surely this great truth could not have been more plainly stated than it is in Rom. 4:25; 5:1:
“[Christ]
was delivered for our offences and was raised again for our
justification. THEREFORE, BEING JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WE HAVE PEACE WITH
GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.”
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