HIS GOSPEL IS PEACE DAY 17

 

December 17, 2024



Romans 5:1

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.



So often, we are experience anxiety over the quality or quantity of our faith. Our peace is compromised when we begin to think that faith is something we provide or contribute to our salvation.  God takes peace seriously and has not attached it to something in us or something that we created. Our peace flows from the unchangeable, unshakable, completed work of Jesus Christ for us.

"It is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this not of yourself it is the gift of God", the Apostle Paul wrote.  Salvation then is from start to finish is an extravagant gift of grace. Any questions about deserving God’s love and acceptance are swept away in the flood of that grace. Any fear that we haven’t done enough or that we have doubted too much is laid to rest because of the grace of God in Jesus. We are forgiven, justified, and declared righteous, all by grace through faith. This is our hope. This is where peace is found.

What do faith, peace, grace, and hope have to do with the glory of God? Everything. Paul says that we have been justified by faith, and because of that, we have peace with God. The object of that faith is Jesus Christ. He is not only the object of it but also the creator of it.
All faith comes through hearing the good news of what Jesus has done to reconcile all people to God (Rom. 10:17).

This peace declares to the world that the love of God in Christ has the final say. This is why Jesus came. This is why he was born. Christmas is about peace, and peace is about the glory of God.