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The result of justification (1): Enjoy peace with God       “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1)                      According to Romans 5:1, the Bible says “…   we have peace with God ….”   The first result of justification is to have peace with God (v. 1).   We have been reconciled to God (v. 10) only through our Lord Jesus Christ (v. 1) (past tense).   While we were “still helpless” (v. 6), while we were “yet sinners” (v. 8), and while “we were enemies” (v. 10), Christ died for us (v. 8).   Because we have been justified by His blood (v. 9), we are reconciled to God (v. 10) [Method/Means of justification: Faith (“Therefore, …   by faith   …”) (5:1)].    God has reconciled us to Himself through Christ (2 Cor. 5:18).   Therefore, we must have peace...

The desired result? Shalom. "People want 'peace' in the full sense of the term,  the absence of harm and  the presence of tranquility with prosperity.    When people strive for this good end without faith in God  and in ways contrary to his principles, God is not "in it,'  and they do not experience the shalom (peace)  they are looking for.    When people work with total dependence on self without faith in God, their activities are 'useless' - t hey do not produce the desired result.    The desired result is shalom,  but the actual experience is the opposite."   (Mark D. Futato, "The Book of Psalms")

  The Lord who gives peace to the afflicted heart     "He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth" (Isaiah 53:7).     I was afflicted.  My heart was painful and heavy.  Whenever I think of her whom I love in the Lord, I was very stressed and I had a sour stomach.  It was painful for me to see her suffering so much.  I didn’t know what to do and how to help her so I prayed for her.  But even while I was praying for her, my heart continued to be heavy and painful.  Sometimes it was so hard to see her going through painful moments of her life.  And I had the urge to avoid her.  Although I knew in my head that she was the one who was suffering the most, but my heart was so painful that I even had a selfish idea of avoiding her.  I even thought ...