Having made peace by the blood of His cross - Colossians 1:20
Peace with God is the proper portion of all believers.Many re looking within their hearts for peace; but the true ground of peace must be looked for in God's Word.Peace with God is a very different thing from a peaceful state of soul;the former is the result of the Christ 's work in atonement ; the latter of a work in the believer .The basis of the one is outside self , and is the work accomplished by Christ ; the other is the is effect of a work within the believer wrought by the Holy spirit .The first great fact for us to lay hold of is , that peace has been made.This God Himself tells us in His word.
What had to be done in order that peace could be made ?
God Himself had to be satisfied .His wrath against sin had to be met .His righteousness had to be magnified .His heart had to find its rest .How could poor worms of the earth have peace with God until God could say that the offending thing was put out of the way ?It is vain to ask our consciences whether they are at peace until we know that upon God's side it is a peace.
What is the burden that bows down your head and bears so heavily upon your troubled heart ? It is your sense of your sins, your sense of your own unworthiness, or perhaps it may be the conscious want of a due sense of sin ! But the cup which the Lord drank was God's wrath and indignation against sin.Therefore s we think of peace with God,let our hearts fully heed that God Himself had been magnified ;that His righteousness and holiness have been glorified by the work of His son.And the measure of God's righteousness is nothing less than Himself __ the standard of His holiness ,Himself.
What had to be done in order that peace could be made ?
God Himself had to be satisfied .His wrath against sin had to be met .His righteousness had to be magnified .His heart had to find its rest .How could poor worms of the earth have peace with God until God could say that the offending thing was put out of the way ?It is vain to ask our consciences whether they are at peace until we know that upon God's side it is a peace.
What is the burden that bows down your head and bears so heavily upon your troubled heart ? It is your sense of your sins, your sense of your own unworthiness, or perhaps it may be the conscious want of a due sense of sin ! But the cup which the Lord drank was God's wrath and indignation against sin.Therefore s we think of peace with God,let our hearts fully heed that God Himself had been magnified ;that His righteousness and holiness have been glorified by the work of His son.And the measure of God's righteousness is nothing less than Himself __ the standard of His holiness ,Himself.
---H.F.WITHERBY
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