The hymn, “I know whom I have believed”, states in the second verse, "I know not how the saving Faith to me He did apart nor how believing in His Word wrought peace within my heart."
An old saint, Robert hawker, stated this "Our High Priest's work is to ever be before the Father as our propitiation, our Mercy Seat, that we might be incorporated into the Eternal Fellowship of the Father and Son by the Spirit, being brought into that continual dependence of rest required of God's people, putting away our own works and basking in the perfection of His Finished Work in His Son." Such rest requires His Word bringing His Peace into our hearts. Consider these verses.
1. Our God is a God of Peace, it is His very Divine Nature: Romans 15:33, Romans 16:20, 2nd Corinthians 13:11, Philippians 4:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 13:20.
2. His Kingdom, the kingdom He has brought us into (Col. 1:12-13) is not in physical things, meat or drink, or any such thing, but is in Righteousness, Peace, and Joy in the Holy Ghost. We need to take our spiritual temperature and see if we are flirting with the wrong Kingdom in our times of unrest. Consider 1 Corinthians 14:33. Romans 8:6
3. Colossians 3:15, "Let the Peace of God rule in your heart to which you are called". This Peace is not some higher life aspiration down the road in our walk, but it's an actual part of our initial calling.
4. It is the God of Peace that brings us to justification by faith and gives us peace with God and therefore brings about our sanctification. Romans 5:1, 1st Thessalonians 5:23
5. God's Peace exceeds human understanding. It is never limited by circumstance for it is rooted in our God and His Glorious Person. Philippians 4:7, Romans 15:13
6. This Peace is the very fruit of God's Spirit within us. Galatians 5:22 and 23.
7. Galatians 6:14-16 This Peace requires a faith focus upon Our sufficient savior and the belief that we are New Creations in Him, walking only in the value of His Precious Blood and Righteousness as He sits at the Right Hand of the Father making intercession for us.
8. And lastly, consider the weight of the introductions of the New testament books. Romans 1:7, 1st Corinthians 1:3, 2nd Corinthians 1:2, Galatians 13, Ephesians 1:2, Philippians 1:2 Colossians 1:2, 1st Thessalonians 1:1, 2nd Thessalonians 1:1. In 1st and second Timothy and in Titus, Paul adds Mercy to his salutation. Perhaps considering the people they had to deal with. And finally, we find Grace and Peace, also in1 Peter 1 to 2 Peter 1:2. In 2 John 3, we have grace mercy and peace, and in Jude 2 Mercy unto you and peace and love.
It appears that if the grace of God is at work in our hearts, there will be some measure of peace in our hearts, some more and some less. But it is not optional.
An old saint, Robert hawker, stated this "Our High Priest's work is to ever be before the Father as our propitiation, our Mercy Seat, that we might be incorporated into the Eternal Fellowship of the Father and Son by the Spirit, being brought into that continual dependence of rest required of God's people, putting away our own works and basking in the perfection of His Finished Work in His Son." Such rest requires His Word bringing His Peace into our hearts. Consider these verses.
1. Our God is a God of Peace, it is His very Divine Nature: Romans 15:33, Romans 16:20, 2nd Corinthians 13:11, Philippians 4:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 13:20.
2. His Kingdom, the kingdom He has brought us into (Col. 1:12-13) is not in physical things, meat or drink, or any such thing, but is in Righteousness, Peace, and Joy in the Holy Ghost. We need to take our spiritual temperature and see if we are flirting with the wrong Kingdom in our times of unrest. Consider 1 Corinthians 14:33. Romans 8:6
3. Colossians 3:15, "Let the Peace of God rule in your heart to which you are called". This Peace is not some higher life aspiration down the road in our walk, but it's an actual part of our initial calling.
4. It is the God of Peace that brings us to justification by faith and gives us peace with God and therefore brings about our sanctification. Romans 5:1, 1st Thessalonians 5:23
5. God's Peace exceeds human understanding. It is never limited by circumstance for it is rooted in our God and His Glorious Person. Philippians 4:7, Romans 15:13
6. This Peace is the very fruit of God's Spirit within us. Galatians 5:22 and 23.
7. Galatians 6:14-16 This Peace requires a faith focus upon Our sufficient savior and the belief that we are New Creations in Him, walking only in the value of His Precious Blood and Righteousness as He sits at the Right Hand of the Father making intercession for us.
8. And lastly, consider the weight of the introductions of the New testament books. Romans 1:7, 1st Corinthians 1:3, 2nd Corinthians 1:2, Galatians 13, Ephesians 1:2, Philippians 1:2 Colossians 1:2, 1st Thessalonians 1:1, 2nd Thessalonians 1:1. In 1st and second Timothy and in Titus, Paul adds Mercy to his salutation. Perhaps considering the people they had to deal with. And finally, we find Grace and Peace, also in1 Peter 1 to 2 Peter 1:2. In 2 John 3, we have grace mercy and peace, and in Jude 2 Mercy unto you and peace and love.
It appears that if the grace of God is at work in our hearts, there will be some measure of peace in our hearts, some more and some less. But it is not optional.
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