Your Two-Fold Peace!

 

"Therefore, having been justified by faith, 

we have peace with God through our 

Lord Jesus Christ."

Romans 5:1

 

Since 1992, The Innocence Project has seen more than 350

 wrongfully convicted people exonerated and freed from prison

 (and more than 150 actual perpetrators convicted). When one

 is released from prison after years, they experience profound 

peace of heart and mind. But peace of mind comes only after 

they have experienced peace with the criminal justice system.

 

There is a two-fold peace in the Christian’s experience as well. 

We're promised the peace of God when we commit our troubles

 and requests to Him, peace that will guard our heart and mind as 

we abide in Christ (Philippians 4:6-7). We can only experience 

the peace of God because we have peace with God. “Having 

been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our 

Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). Both are important, but 

there's an order: first, peace with God; then, the peace 

of God. Both are gifts of grace, worthy of praise to Him.

 

If you are seeking God’s peace in your life, make sure 

you have peace with God first. Both are ours through 

faith in Christ.

 

"When we lack the peace of God, we

 should turn to our peace with God."

Robert M. Horn