This peace is the possession of such quiet as to be undisturbed about other things. It is peace with God in sight of His righteousness and His holiness. And it is an absorbing thing.
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The soul, so satisfied with its own peace, desires nothing else. It knows God and finds nothing to disturb it in God or out of God.
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Mark the extent of the peace, “My peace,” and how thoroughly well He knew what He had that He could give it them.
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Even if you have found peace of conscience about your sins, through the blood of the cross, it will destroy your communion and peace of heart, if you like anything God does not like.
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If there is anything not given up in the will there cannot be peace, if you have peace, then if God came in your peace would stay.
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Peace is never imperfect, there can be no flaw in it, if anything comes in and produces an uncertainty it cannot be peace.
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Is it a thought of mine about getting this “peace”? No. He says, “My peace I leave with you.”
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Have I earned it? No; He has earned it.
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Christ would rather give up His life than God’s favor for us.
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