“Therefore being justified by faith, 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.” - Romans 5:1-2

    Marvel, beloved of God, at the scripture before us! The born-again, blood washed believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is justified before God and accepted by God in and through Christ alone! It is He who is the object of the God given faith spoken of in these wonderful verses.

    Beloved of God, the blessings brought forth in these verses continue to spring forth, as we who were in our natural state, enemies with God in our minds, now have peace with God! “How could this be so?” one may ask. These wonderful verses bring forth that this blessed peace comes to the born-again, blood washed believer in and through Christ alone! There is no mention of man’s so-called righteousness which is nothing but putrid rags in the eyes of the Lord! No, we have no merit in ourselves to have peace with God. We are enemies in our minds in our natural state with no ability to change that state by anything we do, say or think.

    Marvel at the wonders of divine mercy and grace brought here before us, beloved of God. The scriptures declare that we are justified before God in and through the Lord Jesus Christ alone, who is the object of God given faith. We have peace with God, and verse two brings forth that it is only through Christ alone that we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand!

    Truly this is a miracle of grace, wonder of wonders; we are chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world by the Father. We are redeemed, reconciled and have peace with God in and through the perfect spotless Lamb of God, the God man, the Lord Jesus Christ! We are born again by the Holy Spirit of God and granted faith to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ in whom we are accepted by our great God! Salvation is of the Lord, and we are mere receivers of this wondrous mercy and grace!

    What a hope we have! We stand and are kept by the power of God, and we have a wonderful hope in and through the Lord Jesus Christ. Truly each believer in Christ can say, “I am above all men and woman and child on this earth the most blessed person on the planet!”

    Glory be to our great Savior and God the Lord Jesus Christ!