In Scripture, the term peace refers to a personal sense of well-being, wholeness, harmony, and security through a proper relationship with God and fellow men. The term may also refer to a restful and harmonious state of affairs among people or things or within a particular environment. Believers have (1) "peace with God" as a result of justification by faith in Christ, who has "made peace through the blood of His cross" (Colossians 1:20; cf. Romans 5:1, 10; Colossians 1:21-22); (2) "peace from God" (e.g., Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3); and (3) "the peace of God" by committing all anxiety to Him in prayer (Philippians 4:6-7; cf. Isaiah 26:3; John 14:27). Christ is properly called "our peace" (Ephesians 2:14) since He has broken down the barrier of legal commandments between Jews and Gentiles so that believers from both groups are reconciled "in one Body to God through the cross" (Ephesians 2:16; cf. vv. 14-18). Christians are to live as peaceably as possible with all people but not at the expense of compromising loyalty to Christ and His truth (Romans 12:18; cf. Matthew 10:34-37). World-wide peace will not occur until Christ establishes His earthly kingdom at His second advent (Psalms 72:7; Isaiah 2:4; 9:6-7; 11:6-9; cf. Matthew 10:34; 24:6-7).

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