Romans 5:1 tells me that "Therefore having been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." What a deep verse. Through the price that Christ paid on the Cross (the "satisfaction" or propitiation of my sin), I can be justified (receive the righteousness of Christ) by faith and have peace (YES, PEACE!) with God. C.S. Lewis writes that in his opinion faith is more of ensuring stability in your reasoning -- your emotions and mind will wander to and fro, but it is faith that provides the firm rock on which to remind oneself of what is true. Perhaps that is really what faith is -- how can I have peace with God, receive Christ's righteousness, and have my sin covered? It certainly looks terribly improbable, but praise be to God that it is true. "And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, in order that we might know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son, Jesus Christ." (1 John 5:20)
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ." (Eph 1:3) It is truly a good day.
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