"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,"
Romans 5:1 (NKJV)
Have you ever been in the wrong place? Maybe you were looking for a classroom in a school and by mistake you went into the wrong room, or maybe you were driving somewhere, and you turned the wrong way into a one-way street. When you know you are in the wrong place, you do not have any sense of peace, but rather you feel a bit anxious, because you know something is out of place and you want to get out of there. Being in the right place is a good thing, and being in the wrong place makes us uncomfortable.
So many Christians are trying to do the right things in their life to please God. This is a good thing to do, if we do it for the right reason. We need to be in the right place in our life with how we live, to please God, as the Bible talks about, but we also need to realize that we are already spiritually in the right place with God. Through Jesus, and by our accepting His sacrificial death on the cross, we become a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), and the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21), and that means we are right with God.
Romans 5:1 says that we have been justified, made right with God, by faith in Jesus Christ. We are no longer separated from God by sin, we are no longer enemies of God, but we are a part of His family, all because of Jesus, and that is a place of peace. Yet so many Christians are still not certain about their standing with God, they are not at peace, and they are still trying to do things that they think will put them in the right place with God. But through Jesus, we are in the right place, our position with God is secure, and we can be at peace.
Romans 5:1 (NKJV)
Have you ever been in the wrong place? Maybe you were looking for a classroom in a school and by mistake you went into the wrong room, or maybe you were driving somewhere, and you turned the wrong way into a one-way street. When you know you are in the wrong place, you do not have any sense of peace, but rather you feel a bit anxious, because you know something is out of place and you want to get out of there. Being in the right place is a good thing, and being in the wrong place makes us uncomfortable.
So many Christians are trying to do the right things in their life to please God. This is a good thing to do, if we do it for the right reason. We need to be in the right place in our life with how we live, to please God, as the Bible talks about, but we also need to realize that we are already spiritually in the right place with God. Through Jesus, and by our accepting His sacrificial death on the cross, we become a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), and the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21), and that means we are right with God.
Romans 5:1 says that we have been justified, made right with God, by faith in Jesus Christ. We are no longer separated from God by sin, we are no longer enemies of God, but we are a part of His family, all because of Jesus, and that is a place of peace. Yet so many Christians are still not certain about their standing with God, they are not at peace, and they are still trying to do things that they think will put them in the right place with God. But through Jesus, we are in the right place, our position with God is secure, and we can be at peace.
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