Our Peace Treaty
“For He Himself
is our peace, who has made the two one…”Eph. 2:14
When God established a New Covenant with His people
through Jesus Christ, one aspect of that Covenant was peace. We can look at the Covenant, or contract, as
God’s peace treaty with us. This verse
declares the firm and foundational truth that Jesus is our peace and that He
has made Jew and Gentile into the one new man.
This section in Ephesians presents the case that those
who were once far off have been brought near to God by the blood of Christ shed
at the cross. This powerful statement
clues us in that those who once had no access now have access, because of
Christ. It also states that Christ
destroyed the barriers and dividing walls between Jew and Gentile. He abolished the law in His flesh – what a
strong statement! He removed the old
regulations that were limiting and restrictive in order to create the one new
man out of two, thus making peace.
In times of struggle with another person, difficulties
in the church, or turmoil within a family, stop and remember that Jesus is our
peace. God sent His only Son to put into
effect an eternal peace treaty with His people.
Friends that is good news!
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