March 12 - Peace: Its Ultimate Source and Manifestation - Evangelical Caucus/Devotional

“‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God’” (Matthew 5:9). The apostle Paul wrote to the Ephesians, “But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace” (2:13-14). He also told the Colossians, “It was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross” (1:19–20). How did the cross bring peace? At the cross all of man’s hatred and...