"THE PEACE OF CHRIST"

Would you like to have the Peace of Christ?
Of course! I would love to have it!
Why do you think you would like to have it?
Well, because it is tranquility, it is harmony, happiness, you know what I mean right?
Yes! I know what you mean! But, tell me:
Would you like to have the peace of the world also?
Well, I don’t have enemies! I am in peace with the world!
Yeah! Right!
Why do you say that?
Because in order to have peace with somebody, first, they need to be your enemy!
Friends do not need to look for peace because they are friends! Understand?
When we talk about the world we are referring to the sin of the world!
And because we are sinners, the world is in peace with us!
The world loves us, because we are sinners!
God is Holy! He hates sin, and, we are his enemies because of sin!
That is why Christ came to this world, to end with the enmity between God and us!
Sin broke the chain of love between God and people becoming enemies!
Christ is the chain, “Link” that unites us again with God Almighty!
When we decide ourselves to accept Christ, and walk away from the sin of the world,
the world you say it loves you, begins hating you!
But we cannot be friends of both.. .. It is: The world or God! We have to choose!
We cannot continue sinning and still thinking God is our friend! Do you understand?
Yes! Yes! I did not realize that before! Now I do understand!
Yes! Look: Christ Peace is not only a nice salutation or good wishings to our friends,
Christ Peace is the blessing He conquered with His blood for all that sincerely wish to
end once and for all, with the enmity within God and us, because He loves us!
By following Christ we may be facing troubles like anguish, sufferings, persecutions, that the world uses to persuade us to return to him, like I told you the world that used to love us, now he hates us because when we received Christ we stopped being like him!
And if we want to receive the blessings God has in store for us, we have to follow our
Lord and Savior because you well know that Jesus Christ being the Son of the living God
He was hated, persecuted, insulted and they did not rest until they saw Him hanging on a cross! But.. .. We don’t have to be afraid! He is always with us!
If we say we are God sons, and we want to obtain all the goodness that corresponds to
them, we have to suffer along with Jesus Christ and together with Him, we will obtain the Glory He promised, when we obey Him! Love, Courage and Patience is ours with Him!
Christ loves us! And He said that He will be with us until the end of the world.
Christ Peace is the renovation of our friendship with His Father!
Christ Peace is Christ Himself!
Receive Him in your heart and .. .. ..
PRAISE THE LORD!

Jose Salazar

S. de C