Do you desire world peace? Are you sick of all the anger, bickering, resentment and troubles between people – between nations? There is only one way to have world peace. Learn how this is possible from someone who shares the secret:
“The world is disunited. We see groups and classes and divisions. But in the true church, all are one. ‘Singleness of heart’—melted into one in Christ Jesus. This is astounding. Here in Acts [Acts 2:46] we are given a picture of what the world will eventually be like when Christ comes back to reign, having conquered all His enemies, to set up His glorious kingdom. ‘Singleness of heart’! A day is coming when wars shall cease. But this will not be the result of human organizations. They will never come to anything: ‘Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars’ (Matt. 24:6). Politicians and foolish idealists constantly claim they will produce a state in which there will be no war. They never will. But Christ will put an end to war when He returns. He will reign from shore to shore, and there shall be ‘peace … as a river’ and ‘righteousness as the waves of the sea’ (Isa. 48:18) over the whole universe and cosmos….”
“It is a great principle that when men and women believe the Christian Gospel, the main effect it has upon them is to unify their life, to make them ‘single.’ Men and women apart from Christ, outside the life of God, have double vision. They do not see things properly. They do not see them unified. They do not see them steadily and as a whole. What Christianity does is get rid of the complications and produce an essential simplicity.” (D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Authentic Christianity)
There you have the answer! When you receive Christ you develop a “singleness of heart” for the Lord. As you share the Lord with others, they also come to know the Lord and develop that same singleness of heart. And when your heart is joined to the Lord – then you become one with the Lord and with others who have done the same. All division and disunity becomes insignificant in comparison to knowing the Lord Jesus – because hearts are joined to the Lord. This is the only way for “world peace” to occur – when hearts are joined together in the Lord. This is the peace the Lord will bring when He comes again – but it can begin today with you. Receive the peace of the Lord, and let world peace begin with you. Let the peace of God guard your heart and mind through Christ Jesus. (Phil 4:7)
