CHRISTmas

Peace With God

Sin causes separation from God and we can't overcome sin. We can do our best to be obedient to God, to live in a righteous & honorable manner, but we will still never overcome sin. Apart from our faith in the life, the death & the resurrection of Jesus, nothing that we do on our own can bring us into unity with God. Jesus is the sole conqueror of sin & death. It is by the grace of God the Father, that Jesus came to this world to bring peace between us & God. It is by the love & obedience of Jesus, that he went to the cross on our behalf.

Romans 5:1-11
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation."