Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Saturday, May 03, 2008 12:28:05 AM
One of the most glorious definitions of the being and character of God in the Bible is contained in the words, ‘the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus’ [Hebrews 13:20].
Why did the Son of God ever come into this world? Though God is holy and just and righteous and absolute in all His qualities, He is a God of peace. That is why He sent His Son.
Where did war come from if not from man, from sin and from Satan? Discord was brought into the world in that way. But this blessed God of peace has come and done something He was under no obligation to do. God has made peace. He has humbled Himself in His Son to produce it.
How has He made peace? He gave Himself that men might be at peace with God, at peace within and at peace with one another. He ‘made peace through the blood of His cross’ [Colossians 1:20].
For the believer, Christ is our peace. He has broken down the wall of separation between men whether they are Jew or Gentile, slave or free, black or white. They are all one who know the grace of God because Christ is their Redeemer and Prince of Peace. We share in the abundant mercy of God freely given to those who deserve nothing but wrath.
[credits to Lloyd-Jones Sermon on the Mount]