Peace With God Through Christ…

Because of the Gospel message and Jesus’ propitious sacrifice on Calvary’s Cross, we now can have Peace and Hope for our future…

“God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.”

(C. S. Lewis)

Having proven that justification before God comes ONLY through faith, Paul now reveals the result of justification: peace with God.

What the first Adam lost in the Garden of Eden, the second Adam (Jesus) has restored.

Now any who seek peace with God may have it.

Read Romans 5:1-21

In Isaiah 53:5, we read,

“But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed.”

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom 5:1).

The Bible tells us that when we confess our sins God takes our sins and puts it as far as the East is from the West (read Ps 103:1-12)

Jesus is the ONLY reason for our Hope!

Looking at the world from a human standpoint, it’s hard to have much hope about the future, but believers can rest in the hope we have in God, through Jesus Christ!


But the Apostle Paul goes on to tell us:

“If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied” (1 Cor 15:19).

Putting it bluntly, unless the unbeliever repents and believes before death, or if they trust in Christ before His return, they have no chance to enter the New Jerusalem (Rev 21:27).

Unless they trust in the King of the Kingdom, they cannot enter that Kingdom, but rather, they will enter the outer darkness, where the fire is not quenched, and the weeping and gnashing of teeth will be all they know…and for all time!

That will be a time of utter despair and separation from all those they loved and who believed.

It will be goodbye forever!

Right now, if you haven’t trusted in Christ, you have zero hope in this life or the life to come, “having no hope and without God in the world”

Acts 4:12 says,

“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

His name is Jesus!

For the Christian, our hope in God the Son’s propitious sacrifice on Calvary cross is our ONLY salvation!

SELAH (let us pause and calmly think about these things)
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Tuesday, July 2
The Spirit Filled Believers
by Dick Mills

A CONSTANT HOPE

“Hope does not disappoint”
— Romans 5:5)

You have always known that God was going to answer your prayers.

When you were unmarried, you knew that one day the Lord would bless you with a spouse and children.

When your family members were still unsaved, you knew that someday they would all come to know the Lord.

When your church was in need of revival, you knew that if you prayed with faith and patience, sooner or later that revival would break forth.

You even knew that you would eventually get that much needed and deserved promotion and raise at work.

You waited patiently to see these things (and other prayer requests) come to pass, because you had hope as an anchor for your soul (Heb. 6:19).

Hope is a good ingredient to have in our Christian character because it motivates us to keep going.

When my wife and I accidentally drove our car off a hill and landed at the bottom of a ravine, it was the walk back up the side of that hill that told me how strong hope really is.

I kept telling my wife while we were climbing, “Cars are only metal, glass, and rubber.

We can always get another car, or even do without one if we have to. But there is one thing we have that no one can take from us, and that is our hope and desire to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.”

Hope keeps spiritual desire alive. It motivates us every day to get up and give life another try.

It keeps us going when circumstances are screaming at us: “Give up! You’ll never make it, why try any longer?”

Source: The Spirit-Filled Believer’s Daily Devotional by Dick Mills
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