CHRIST JESUS OFFERS A LIFE FULL OF PEACE

 

DAILY DEVOTIONAL – JANUARY 01, 2021 A Life Full of Peace By David Wilkerson (1931-2011) Jesus died on the cross to purchase peace with God for me—and he’s in heaven now to maintain that peace, for me and in me.  The peace we have with God through Christ distinguishes our faith from all other religions. In every other religion besides Christianity, the sin question is never settled. Sin’s dominion simply hasn’t been broken. Therefore there can be no peace:  “There is no peace, says the Lord, for the wicked.” (Isaiah 48:22).  But we have a God who provides peace by pardoning sin. This is the very reason Jesus came to earth: to bring peace to troubled, fearful humankind. How does Jesus maintain God’s peace for me?  He does it in three ways: First, Christ’s blood removed the guilt of my sin. In this sense, Paul says,  “He is our peace” (Ephesians 2:14).  Jesus made peace for me through his blood. Second, Christ maintains my peace and joy in believing:  “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans15:13). Third, Jesus causes me to rejoice at the hope of entering glory:  “We…rejoice in the hope of the glory of God” (Romans 5:2). Simply put, peace is the absence of fear.  And a life without fear is a life full of peace. When Jesus ascended to heaven, he didn’t just bask in the glory that God bestowed on him.  No, he went to the Father to maintain the hard-won peace he achieved for us at Calvary. Our Savior is alive in glory right now.  And he’s both fully God and fully human, with hands, feet, eyes, hair.  He also has the nail scars on his hands and feet, the wound in his side.  He has never discarded his humanity; he is still a man in glory.  And right now, our man in eternity is working to make sure we’re never robbed of the peace he gave us when he left.  He’s ministering as our high priest, actively involved in keeping his body on earth full of his peace.  And when he comes again he wants us to “be found of him in peace” (2 Peter 3:14).  Read OnlineDownload PDFForward to a Friend

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