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Peace with God
The Result
“Therefore...”
Therefore — the word directs our attention back — specifically back to the issue Paul has been dealing with — justification by faith.
But he’s not attempting to focus on the issue of justification by faith — but the Results.
So, this could be Consequently.
What has Resulted from being justified by faith?
The Result is absolutely incredible!
The result of being justified by faith is that we then have “Peace with God.”
What does that mean to “have peace with God?”
The Negative
It’s war with God.
Well, we could ask, “What is the opposite of Peace?” War, right!
The opposite of Peace with God is “War with God.”
Many would immediately object and say, “I’m not at war with God!
I have no feeling of conscious hatred for Him.
I don’t actively oppose His work or contradict His Word.
At worst, I’m just — Neutral about God.
Romans 8:
But there’s another aspect to this.
Not only are all unbelievers enemies of God — but God is the enemy of all unbelievers.
He is their enemy to the degree that He is angry with them every day.
God is the enemy of the sinner and that enmity cannot cease until the sinner places his trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Just when you think it’s bad enough.
Not only are sinners enemies to God and God enemies to sinners — but Christ told us something else.
It’s not like they are fighting a personal war against God, but they have joined sides with Satan, the archenemy of God.
Well, that’s the negative inference we understand from the term “Peace with God.”
What is the Positive aspect of the term “Peace with God?”
Well, this is what we want to consider.
The Positive
The positive is Peace with God.
“Peace with God” — results from justification by faith, from two sides — God-ward and man-ward; or we can say in an objective sense and a subjective sense.
“Peace with God” — results from justification by faith, from two sides — God-ward and man-ward; or we can say in an objective sense and a subjective sense.
Peace of necessity would involve two parties — and in this case God and man.
To even have the issue brought up — this “peace with God” indicates that the was not peace with God.
But the question is:
But the question is:
What was the level of non-peace, or we might say the intensity of the non-peace?
He has been telling us about the intensity of this non-peace — and he began laying that out as far back as 1:18, remember?
And he said that he is “not ashamed of the gospel” because it delivers us from that wrath — and not just “wrath” by itself as if it were absent of a person — the gospel delivers us from God’s wrath!
This is why it’s so important to see that this is not just peace — BUT “peace with God.”
This is fundamental to salvation, which is being justified before God.
And this gets to the answer of our question: What is the level or intensity of non-peace with God?
The level is the highest level, the intensity to the nth degree.
It cannot be any greater!
Do you see how he keeps bringing this up?
Well, why does he bring this up?
It’s because he wants us to see the level or intensity, not only of the non-peace with God — but the level or intensity of the Peace with God!
There can be nothing higher or greater than this Peace with God.
So, let’s first consider the level and intensity of the Wrath of God.
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The Wrath of God
When Isaiah saw “the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple,” he saw the Lord in His glory and power and honor.
Look at with me.
There is a level and intensity of God’s Wrath that helps us to understand this Peace with God.
Isaiah 6:2-4
Isaiah 6:2-
God is high and lifted up.
There is nothing equal.
There is no one at His level.
But look at His intensity of His person.
He is “Holy, holy, holy.”
This means He is set apart from all else.
He is set apart in His power, in His wisdom, in His love, in His faithfulness — He is set apart in His justice, His righteousness, in His Holiness.
The level and intensity of God’s holiness helps us understand His wrath.
But notice
God is not merely holy.
He is not even Holy, holy.
God is Holy, holy, holy!
He’s not even Holy, holy.
He is Holy, holy, holy!
This is the superlative of holiness.
There are no other levels, no greater intensity of holiness.
But then notice the contrast between God and man in the next verse.
2. The level and intensity of man’s sin helps us understand His wrath.
Isaiah 6:5
Isaiah 6:5
This reaction of Isaiah after he had seen the Lord, describes the level and intensity of man.
It’s not that man is less than animals and plants.
Man was made in the image of God.
But he sinned against God, against the holiness of God.
And so Isaiah sees God enthroned and his response is — “Woe is me for I am ruined.”
Paul shows the level and intensity, not only of the holiness of God and the sin of man, but the wrath of God gives the level and intensity of the non-peace with God.
There is no merely an issue like some people have an issue with someone and just can’t get past it.
There is a complete absence of peace.
There is enmity.
We have declared ourselves enemies of God.
We linked ourselves with Satan.
We were, — “enemies” with God.
And because we were enemies, we were then at one time, according to Paul in , “by nature — children of wrath.”
Another aspect of the level and intensity of the Wrath of God is found in the way in which God dealt with our sin.
3. The level and intensity of God’s redemptive plan helps us to understand God’s wrath.
He sent His own Son, Jesus Christ, who died under the wrath of God for our sin.
Look at
In other words, the perfect, holy, righteous, sinless, Son of God, had to suffer under God’s wrath in order to propitiate God’s wrath for our sin.
Simply state — Jesus took the wrath of God for us.
That’s the level and intensity of the whole thing concerning God’s wrath.
2. Peace with God
As high a level and intensity is the wrath of God, so is the peace of God.
Most of a believer’s blessings must await his resurrection and glorification.
But this Peace with God is immediately established the moment we put our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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