"Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ . . . "
What a sweet verse this is. Those who are justified by faith have *peace* with *God*. To be at peace with God is to be in harmony with everything else: self, the church, non-Christians, and the whole universe. The wrath of God is removed from the soul that is "justified by faith."
Those who seek justification in any other way will never possess, nor experience the peace of God. To have God pacified, in relation to us, is a great and glorious thing. The Lord is right to grant this peace to those who believe, since Jesus bore the punishment for the sins of the faithful church.
[Puritan quote of the day: "What is the glory of the times we live in, but God's face revealed in Christ?" --Richard Sibbes, in "Glorious Freedom"]
