13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
We have talked before about how peace is something we all need and long for, and are to pursue, yet cannot generate or create on our own. It must come from God His way, and His way is through Christ. His payment for our sin was the price of peace, which took care of the separation and alienation. His righteousness - perfectly carrying out God's law to God's pleasing, replaces our hostile disobedience. What Christ has done has not only brought peace between us and God, but is powerful enough to bring peace between us and others with whom we are alienated, separated, and even hostile. That is the truth about Church. May we live in peace with God and one another.
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