Dear Editor,
Most people are looking for peace, unfortunately only few will find peace. The reason is you can only have peace if righteousness is established. This may be a shock to you, but Jesus is the Prince of Peace, but He did not come to make peace in this world.
Righteousness is the quality of being morally right or justifiable. Matthew 10:34. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. The peace of God surpasses all understanding. Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons of God. Peace is not the absence of strife, fear of something or someone. It can seem peaceful, but it is a false peace. Peace is not total security or lack of responsibility or tranquillity.
Christianity is living in peace with God and solving the challenges in life through God. You can be in the storm of life and have peace with God, living happily. Peace is to let God control your life and let God’s will be done. You will never have peace living in adultery, fornication, homosexuality, stealing, murder, paedophilia, abortion and lying. You can never have world peace if you endorse a government that makes sin legal. (abortion and homosexuality and promote wickedness). You can never have peace accepting sin and promoting sin in life.
Peace is only established when you surrender to God. Only God can approve peace, peace is made only for people who let Christ live in them and allow God to rule their life. The truth is that I just learned this, because I have not totally surrendered my life to Christ yet. Having hatred and racism in your heart for people will never give you peace. But the most difficult thing for most people is to forgive. If we do not forgive and it is difficult, we will never find peace.
Peace is the consequence of something. Peace is established through righteousness when your conscience is clean. You can never get peace by continually living in sin and justifying sin. Until you turn away from sin and repent of your sin and confess it and reconcile with Christ that is when peace is established. Only righteousness will establish peace. In fact, only the righteous people shall be saved, because it is those who endure until the end. The good Book says put on the whole armour of God and fight the good fight.
The conclusion is peace will never become reality or possible without living and accepting Christ as your Lord and saviour.
The Patriot Miguel Arrindell
