“BEING justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Rom. V. 1.) We are justified by God upon our believing Himself. Here is a divine action, which is everlasting. True, we may not realize that we are justified, neither could we know that such was the case unless God told us so in His word; but if we take simply, and believe it, that we are justified by God, the consequence in our souls will be peace with God. We look through a telescope, and see a star which our unaided vision could not discern, but the telescope enables us to say without doubt that a star shines yonder! So as we fix our gaze on these words, “Being justified,” we can say with certainty, “we have peace with God.”