The Law of Faith, Part 6 - Assurance

Romans 5:1

Preached March 22, 2009, Grace Family Church of Americus

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What is the peace that is spoken of here in the Scriptures?

This is peace with God, in whom there is no falsehood. When God declares peace, it is certain peace. It is a peace in which there is no hidden resentment, nor any measure, however minute, of unforgiveness. This is peace with God….in whom is all power. One who has peace with the One who is all powerful can never come to fear another, for there is none greater who can come against Him! Ah, Lord God, cries the Psalmist, thou hast made the heavens and the earth, by Thy great power! And those hands in which lie so great a power….how sweet is it that they be at peace with me! This is peace with God….in whom lies all the treasures of the earth. If our God owns the cattle on a thousand hills, if the world and everything in it are His, and if this God looked upon all of these things as pocket change…of the vast ores of silver and gold, of precious stones and all things of beauty…..if this God looked upon these things, and yet chose nothing of the sort of this world, but chose that which was infinitely more valuable than these….even the One who stood at His right hand…His precious Son, and gave Him up for us all……how can there be any man or angel which can demand a higher price for our souls?

This is peace with God….who is love. To have peace with someone who claims to you love is one thing, but to have peace with the One who loves the world so much that He not only claimed it, but God demonstrated His love for us in this…..in that while we were yet without strength….CHRIST DIED FOR US! Oh! this is peace indeed!

This is peace with God….in whom is perfect justice. When our sins deserve infinite punishment, only infinite punishment will do. And the perfectly just God will do no less. So God, in His wisdom and justice, has reserved infinite wrath for all who have sinned and fallen short of His glory. And that wrath will be poured out….but who, says the Scripture, shall bring any charge against God's elect?
For it is God who justifies….pouring out the measure of wrath deserved by His elect on His perfect Son….so that no one may condemn….for it is CHRIST who died, and more than that, was raised from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God indeed interceding for us! And if Christ be interceding for us, then no request of the devil can be granted that can take us from Him, for it is He who interceded which said, "And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day." Oh! What sweet immeasurable peace this is!

Great is Thy Faithfulness! Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not.

As Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be!