A wounded soldier was being carried from the battlefield.
“Put me down,” he said.
“Can I do anything for you?” an officer asked him.
“Read the verse in John 14 which begins with ‘Peace,’ " he replied.
Turning to John 14:27 the officer read: “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
“Thank you,” said the dying soldier. “I have that peace; I am going to be with that Saviour; God is with me; I WANT NO MORE.”
These were his last words; and thus he departed to be with Christ, “which is far better” (Phil. 1:23).
What a reality peace is! Peace made by the blood of His cross (Col. 1:20). It is not something of our own making—it is what Christ Himself has made; and then He leaves His peace with us: “Peace I leave with you.” Nothing can alter it—nothing can end it. It cannot be touched nor taken from the one who has it.
And He who made that peace with His own blood lives, and lives forever. “He is our peace” (Eph. 2:14). Then it is ours by faith. “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Rom. 5:1.)
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