Peace of God

2 Corinthians 1:2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul greats the Corinthian church with the grace of God and also the peace of God. We tend to think of peace as the absence of conflict in our lives. But that isn’t all he is talking about here. In fact later in this chapter he talks about suffering and affliction which comes from being a follower of Jesus Christ. So he must be talking about something else besides what we consider peaceful lives. I think first of all he reminds us that we are at peace with God through the grace of God. We are no longer enemies of God. We are no longer in conflict with God. We receive God’s comfort. As I said last time we have committed high treason against God by our sin. Yet through God’s grace we are forgiven and are at peace with him. His peace surpasses our understanding and helps us to understand the next portion of this chapter which we will get into next time.