Peace Established—Peace Enjoyed

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: - Romans 5:1

    All that God has purposed for his elect children shall be enjoyed by them. All blessings received by his people comes through and by the justifying peace made by the blood of our Lord. We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ is an old truth, as ancient as God himself, the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (Rv 13:8). At God’s appointed time, God’s anointed Lamb came to the appointed hour and place to willingly pour out his vicarious blood; thereby, finishing the work of reconciliation, justification, atonement, redemption, sanctification, glorification—i.e. salvation for his sheep. God demanded; Christ satisfied; peace was made. We had nothing to do with it. Jehovah-Jireh did it all!

    God the Father was pleased to deliver him up. God the Son was pleased to be delivered. God Almighty in the Trinity of his sacred person is, and always has been, satisfied with the eternal work of the eternal Son executed in time. God was never our enemy. We were his enemy. Christ in his efficacious work made us friends with God. You see, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life (Rom 5:10). Now there is peace.

    However, being dead in sin by nature, we knew nothing of this great and wonderful peace in Christ. Again, in his time, yea, in our time, God sent his Word, his Spirit, revealing Christ and giving life. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father (Gal 4:6). Now, By faith in Christ, we can with understanding say, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God (Rom 5:2).