Our Peace With God!
"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 5: 1
When a break in relations happens at a personal level or a national
level, the goal is always the same: the restoration of peace. For that
to happen, one side must take an initiative and reach out. Both sides
could be willing to restore relations, but normally one takes the lead.
The Bible is clear that man’s relationship with God was broken due
to sin in the Garden of Eden (Romans 5:12). That break could have
resulted in an eternal stalemate were it not for the loving character
of God.
It was God who reached out to humanity offering a path of
reconciliation. That path, foreshadowed in the Old Testament,
was fulfilled when God sent Jesus Christ into the world to be
judged for mankind’s sin.
As a result of the death and resurrection of Christ, “we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).
God who, “reconciled us to Himself through Jesus
Christ”
(2 Corinthians 5:18). It was God who took the initiative
toward peace.
Have you responded by faith to God’s initiative?
Can you take the first step in restoring peace
wherever it has been lost?
"What peace can they have
who are not at peace with God?"
Matthew Henry
