Romans Chapter 1Paul's Gospel, Paul's Testimony Part 7

Peace with God (v. 7)

Romans 1:7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

When Paul says , “Grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,” he is speaking specifically to “all God’s beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints”. Peace with God is for the saints, not for the world. The wrath of God abides on the world of unbelievers. Those who have not believed are already under condemnation. {John 3:17-18, Ro 1:18-19}

For those in Christ there is love, joy and peace…this is the order that the fruit appears – for we love when we realize He loves us and we abide in His love; we enter into joy as we begin to understand that our eternal disposition in Christ was decided by God alone before the world began; and we have peace in our hearts as we begin to comprehend that God is not against us, but for us in all things, on account of His predetermined purpose from eternity.

This sort of peace the world cannot give. The world’s peace is fragile, temporary and dependent upon human fickleness. God’s peace depends only upon the eternal unchanging Almighty Himself, and upon the active faith in His ultimate expression of love that He gives to all those who are effectually called.

It is through believing in this faithfulness of God, believing that He loves us, that He will bring to completion in us the good work He started unto the day of Jesus Christ {Phil 1:6} – through absolute trust in the God of these facts and promises – that we work out our salvation.