Postal Jottings-No 4 by Henry Veysey

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Nov 1, 1883

Postal Jottings—No 4.

By Henry Veysey

JEHOVAH-SHALOM. "Peace be unto thee," said the Lord to Gideon, and so says he to many a fearful one. Christ has died for thee. Heb. 2 : 14. He has been delivered for thy offences, He has been raised again for thy justification. Rom. 4 : 25. He was wounded for thy transgressions, bruised for thy iniquities. Isa. 53 : 5, 6, 8. Gideon showed his faith in God's word by calling his altar, "The Lord is (my) peace," or, "Let the Lord send the peace." He has promised, which means the Lord will send it. Judg. 6 : 24. Some, being justified by faith and by blood (Rom. 4 : 24, 25; 5 : 1, 9), have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. He is our peace. Eph. 2 : 14. The sacrifice is accepted. God has reconciled us to himself through Christ. 2 Cor. 5 : 18 (R. V.).

2. As children of God, peace of mind is our portion and happy experience, under all circumstances, if we are not anxious about our family, pecuniary and temporal affairs, but in every detail, small as well as great, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving for past and present mercies, let our requests be made known unto God. Then the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall, without any question, keep our hearts and minds, as with a garrison (Greek, as in 2 Cor. 11 : 32), in Christ Jesus. Phil. 4 : 6, 7.

3. The God of peace himself, by his sweet Spirit, will be with us, our companion and joy, if we do the true, honest, just, pure, lovely, gracious things (R. V.) done by Paul, aye, by Christ. Phil. 4 : 8, 9; 1 Cor. 13 : 1; 1 Pet. 2 : 21; Phil. 2 : 5. May Jehovah-Shalom be known by each of us a hundredfold more than in the past. HENRY VEYSEY. Battle Creek College, Mich.