Ephesians 2:14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Christ is peace between Jew and Gentile - peace between both of them and their God. I have heard of a poor bricklayer, who, when at work on a scaffold, fell from a great height and was taken up and was dying. They sent for a minister of the gospel, who began addressing him in such terms as this, "My dear man, you are evidently near to die, and therefore, I exhort you to make your peace with God." He knew but very little of it, compared with what the poor bricklayer knew, for, opening his eyes, he said, "Make my peace with God, sir? That I could not do, but, I thank God, it was made for me in the everlasting covenant of grace in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ eighteen hundred years ago, and I have no peace to make." It is peace already made, and we have but to accept it, for he is our peace who hath made both one and broken down the middle wall of partition between us.
Ephesians 2:14. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Christ is peace between Jew and Gentile - peace between both of them and their God. I have heard of a poor bricklayer, who, when at work on a scaffold, fell from a great height and was taken up and was dying. They sent for a minister of the gospel, who began addressing him in such terms as this, "My dear man, you are evidently near to die, and therefore, I exhort you to make your peace with God." He knew but very little of it, compared with what the poor bricklayer knew, for, opening his eyes, he said, "Make my peace with God, sir? That I could not do, but, I thank God, it was made for me in the everlasting covenant of grace in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ eighteen hundred years ago, and I have no peace to make." It is peace already made, and we have but to accept it, for he is our peace who hath made both one and broken down the middle wall of partition between us.