“But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy’” (1 Peter 1:15-16).
So often, the problem I have with peace is that I really want peace with God, but I kinda like some of the stuff I struggle with. Let’s call it the problem of “AND.”
- Of course I want peace with God – AND I don’t want to change my ways
- I want peace with God – AND there are some sin things I kinda enjoy relishing in that I don’t want to give up
- I want peace with God – AND I don’t want to work at it
Basically, I want peace with God AND I want to stay the way I am.
That’s the problem. I am the problem. You see, God is at war with sin and what it does in God’s creation. There is no room for compromise with sin for God. Sin is serious enough that God would die on the cross and descend into hell to rid our world of sin.
As long as there is any inclination of peace with sin, there can be no peace with God.
Charles Spurgeon wrote: Until you have humbled yourself before God and sought and found mercy, God is at war with you and you are at war with God. There can be no peace where there is no purity. God has no peace with sin, and never can.
You want peace? You want peace with God? Holiness matters.
Praxis: Faith in Action 