Being Justified by Faith, we Enjoy the Love of God, Stand in Grace, and Walk in Peace

We are justified by faith in Christ, and the love of God has been poured out into our hearts, we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we have peace toward God; we need to enjoy God’s love and be reminded of it, and we need to stand in grace and walk in peace.

Praise the Lord for His redemptive work for us on the cross! By faith in the Lord and in His redemption, we are justified by God; we pass through the gate of justification, and now we enjoy the love of God, we stand in grace, and we walk in peace.

The entire Bible is about two lines – the line of life and the line of death, and Romans 8 in particular is a chapter speaking of this kernel of the Bible, life and death.

What line are we on? In our daily living, what line do we live on: do we live on the line of death or on the line of life?

Through repentance and faith in Christ, we have entered on the line of life, and we departed from the line of death. However, it is not easy to walk in this way, the way of life.

So many times we discover that we are no longer on the line of life but on the line of death. For us to remain on the line of life, we need to take the way of enjoying Christ as the tree of life. We need to repent before the Lord, for we spend many years not on the line of life but rather, on the line of death.

We lack life. We may have lots of activities and outward practices, but inwardly we may not be on the line of life. When the Lord has mercy on us and shines on us to show us our lack of life and how much we still live on the line of death, we will repent and confess before the Lord.

We may pursue Christ personally and we may be involved in the service in the church life, but do we remain on the line of life? In our service with the saints, do we eat the tree of life or do we partake of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

Do we consider things in the light of right and wrong, or in the light of the tree of life? When we coordinate with someone, do we have a better way than they do, do we want to correct them, and are we ready to point out the things which are wrong, or do we minister life to them? Oh Lord!

When we see a weakness in others, do we want to correct it, or do we minister life to them? Do we realise that our need today is more life, not more teachings, corrections, doctrines, or practices?

How much we need to repent before the Lord and come to Him as the tree of life, taking the way of eating Christ as the tree of life in our Christian life and church life today!

God Justified us and Reconciled us to Himself, and the Love of God has been Poured out in our Hearts

The Bible tells us that, through the redeeming death of Christ, God has justified us sinners and reconciled us, His enemies, to Himself (Rom. 5:1, 10-11).

We were sinners, so God justified us. We were God’s enemies; in our hearts and attitude, we were in rebellion against God. But God reconciled us, His enemies, to Himself.

Furthermore, the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us (v. 5).

God didn’t just give us His love; He didn’t give us a little bit of love but He poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is in our spirit, for He came into us through regeneration; with the Holy Spirit, we have the love of God.

Since the Holy Spirit is eternally with us, within us, so the love of God is with us eternally. Even when we don’t feel it or we feel frustrated, having ups and downs, the unchanging fact is His love.

The love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, and His love in us is abundant and sufficient; this love causes us to be lost in Him and to more than conquer in all things.

The Holy Spirit daily confirms us, reveals to us, and assures us with the love of God. Although we may be afflicted, poor, and depressed, we cannot deny the presence of God’s love within us.

Sometimes we go through certain things that we don’t understand or like, and we suffer and are oppressed. We may not understand why we must suffer now, but the Spirit within us confirms us that God loves us and He does not intend to cause us harm or hurt us.

In order to stay on the line of life, which is Christ Himself (John 14:6a), we need to keep ourselves in the love of God (Jude 20-21), which is God Himself (1 John 4:8, 16).

When we exercise our spirit, the Spirit with our spirit assures us of the love of God, confirming that God loves us and wants to transform us, so no matter what we suffer now, it is for our good, for we love God and God loves us.

Oh, how wonderful it is that the love of God has been poured out in our hearts! Because of His love poured in our hearts, we know that He loves us, and no matter what happens to us or around us, we cannot deny the presence of God’s love within us.

We cannot deny that Christ died for us; He died for us, ungodly sinners, and He shed His blood on the cross to reconcile us to God. What love is this!

When we see His love and sense how much He loves us, we simply love Him back! We realise that, since God has given us His own Son, surely He will not do anything to hurt us or cause us harm!

Rather, in His love toward us, He is sovereign in arranging all things, situations, matters, and persons to work out all things for our good (Rom. 8:28-29).

He knows what is best for us; the choice is His, not ours. He plans and prepares things for us, and regardless of our preference, what He plans for us is our portion.

He loves us so much and does so many things for us so that we may be transformed into the image of Christ and conformed to His glorious image.

We may have affliction and poverty, and we may have depressing situations, but we truly have the feeling that we cannot deny, that is, that the love of God is within us and is with us.

Few would die for the righteous man, but Christ died for us even while we were sinners; here we see the love of God. We need to keep ourselves in the love of God, not doubting the love of God, for God loves us to the end.

May we ask the Lord to preserve us in His love and never deny or doubt His love toward us.

May we fan our God-given spirit of love into flame so that we can have a burning spirit of love to overcome the degradation of today’s church (2 Tim. 1:6-7; 4:22).

How can we fan into flame our God-given spirit of love? It is by remaining in contact with Him by exercising our spirit day by day.

To fan our spirit into flame is to build up a habit of exercising our spirit continually so that we may stay in contact with the Lord as the Spirit in our spirit.

He is in our spirit, and He always loves us and cares for us; we can contact Him by exercising our spirit of love and having a burning spirit of love today.

If we are not careful, the environment around us and the people and matters related to us may cause us to cool down and become cold.

May we heed Paul’s exhortation that we would stir up and fan our spirit into flame.

May we encourage one another to stir up our spirit of love to be more burning, so that we don’t depart from the first love toward the Lord. Our Lord loves us to the end, and we also need to be willing to love Him to the end.

Lord Jesus, we love You! Thank You, God, for pouring out Your love in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us! Oh, the love of God has been poured into our hearts! Thank You, Lord, for loving us and for pouring out Your love in our heart. No matter how afflicted, poor, or depressed we may be, we still have the presence of God’s love within us! Oh Lord, thank You for dying for us, the ungodly sinners, so that You may justify us. Thank You for reconciling us with God through Your death on the cross. We love You, Lord! We don’t understand why sufferings, afflictions, and pain comes our way, but we trust in Your love. You will love us to the end. Your love is prevailing, and in Your love You are sovereign to arrange all things to work out for good. Oh Lord, have Your way in us. We put aside our preferences and desires and we allow You to do what You want to do in us. We leave all things entirely in Your hands, for You love us and You know what is best for us! Amen, Lord, we exercise our spirit of love to love You and to love others with You as our love!

Having Been Justified by God, we need to Stand in Grace and Walk on the way of Peace

When we believe into the Lord Jesus and in His redemptive work, we are justified by God. We have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand (Rom. 5:2).

By faith in Christ, we’re justified by God, and now we are in grace; grace is the realm in which we are, and we stand in grace.

May we remain where grace is. May we stand in grace. When we sense we’re outside of the realm of grace, may we return to grace immediately.

For example, we sense we’re about to quarrel with our spouse; at this time, we can simply turn to our spirit and stand in grace.

When we’re about to do something or say something, if we sense we’re about to step out of the realm of grace, we need to stop what we are doing, return to the realm of grace, and stand there.

May we realise that, by faith in Christ, we have been brought into the realm of grace where we enjoy God in Christ as our everything.

We have access into this grace in which we stand; if we do something that brings us out of this realm of grace, we need to stop that thing and return to the grace.

If we do something sinful, we are cut off from the grace. And even if we don’t do something sinful, if we just stay in a place for too long, we will sense that we have moved from the realm of grace into another sphere.

When we sense this, may we ask for the Lord’s forgiveness and open to Him so that He may bring us back to the realm of grace.

How do we return to the realm of grace so that we may stand in grace? It is the same way we entered into grace initially, through justification by faith.

We need to just confess our sins to God, confess our passivity and lack of exercise to love the Lord, and open to Him.

As we confess our sins and repent, the blood of Christ cleanses us from every sin (1 John 1:9), and we are brought back into grace to stand in grace.

This is an experience we all have daily, for so many times during the day we step out of the realm of grace; therefore, we need to repent and confess, and we will be brought back into the realm of grace. Hallelujah!

Since we have been justified out of faith and we stand in grace, living in the realm of grace, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:1).

Paul doesn’t say that we have peace with God but that we have peace toward God.

To have peace toward God means that we are on a journey into God through our being justified out of faith; this journey is not yet completed, for we’re still on the way into God. Amen!

In our spiritual journey, we start by entering through the gate of justification, and now we walk along the way toward God and into God. We have peace toward God, and we need to walk in peace.

According to Luke 7, the Lord Jesus told the sinful woman, who “loved much” because she had been forgiven much (vv. 47-48) in order to be saved, to “go into peace” (v. 50, lit).

We need to go in peace, for we have been forgiven much, so we love the Lord much. We were lowly, despised sinners, but the Lord gave Himself for us, died for us, redeemed us, reconciled us to Himself, and justified us.

He poured out His love in our hearts, and because He loved us so much, we love Him back; now we walk in peace.

We are justified by God, and now we are on the way into God; we walk on the way of peace (Rom. 3:17).

When we set our mind on the spirit, our mind becomes peace to give us an inner feeling of rest, release, brightness, and comfort (Rom. 8:6).

How do we set our mind on the spirit? It is by caring for our spirit, using our spirit, paying attention to our spirit, contacting God by our spirit in communion with the Spirit of God, and walking in and living in our spirit. In this way, we walk in peace, walking on the way of peace.

If we do something or go in a certain direction and do not sense peace within, we should stop. Wherever we go, we should take the way of peace.

If we don’t sense life and peace within us, we should stop what we are doing. If we don’t have the Lord as our peace within, we shouldn’t say anything or do anything.

We stand in grace, and we walk in peace, taking the way of peace.

This is so practical for our daily life; if we don’t have the grace to stay in a certain place, we shouldn’t stay there, and if we don’t have the peace to take a certain direction, we should not walk that way.

May we be those who take the way of peace to walk in peace, and may we stand in grace!

Hallelujah, we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand! Praise the Lord, since we have been justified by faith, we now stand in grace! Amen, Lord, we want to stand in grace today and keep ourselves in the grace of God. We do not want to get out of the realm of grace but remain here, enjoying God in Christ as our life and as our everything. Hallelujah, we are justified by faith, we stand in grace, and we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ! Wow, Lord, we have peace toward God, for we’re on a journey into God, and we have peace as we walk on the way into God! May we walk in peace today. May we take the way of peace in all the things that we do and say. We set our mind on our spirit to enjoy life and remain in peace. Amen, Lord, we want to care for our spirit, use our spirit, and pay attention to our spirit! We want to live and walk in our spirit so that we may have the inner feeling of rest, release, brightness, and comfort! Praise the Lord!

References and Hymns on this Topic

• Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by the brothers in the message for this week, and portions from, Life-study of Romans, msg. 9, by Witness Lee, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Chapters 5 through 8 of Romans – the Kernel of the Bible (2025 ICSC), week 2, The Result of Our Justification— the Full Enjoyment of God in Christ as Our Life.
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