Am I living in the peace of Christ?

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be found out. - 2 Peter 3:10 (LSB)

The "Day of the Lord" is a technical term pointing to the special interventions of God in human history for judgement. It ultimately refers to the future time of judgement whereby God judges the wicked on earth and ends this world system in its present form. The Old Testament prophets saw the final Day of the Lord as unequaled darkness and damnation, a day when the Lord would act in a climactic way to vindicate His name, destroy His enemies, reveal His glory, establish His kingdom, and destroy the world. - John MacArthur

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens burning will be destroyed, and the elements will melt with intense heat! But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.-2 Peter 3:11-13 (LSB)

The "day of God" is not the same as the "Day of the Lord." The "day of God" refers to the eternal state, in preparation of which the heavens and earth are burned up and the new creation is made. When the day of God comes, man's "day" will be over. The corrupting of the universe by man and Satan will have been terminated and judged, finally and forever. The new world in which righteousness dwells requires the Lord to first destroy the old, sin-cursed universe. - John MacArthur

Therefore, beloved, since you are looking for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest you, having been carried away by the error of unprincipled men, fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. - 2 Peter 3:14-18 (LSB)

When Christ returns, each Christian should be found enjoying the peace of Christ which knows no worry or fear about the Day of the Lord or the judgement of Christ. To have this peace means that the Christian has a strong sense of assurance of his salvation and a life of obedience to Christ. Christians should have a spotless character and a blameless reputation. - John MacArthur

Am I executing each day in the peace of Christ that comes from assurance of salvation and a life lived in obedience to His will for my life?

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
And see if there be any hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way. - Psalm 139:23-24 (LSB)

Be Encouraged to live each day in the peace of Jesus Christ.




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