This message explores the meaning of the peace announced at Christ’s birth, showing that true peace is reconciliation between God and His people. Scripture reveals that God is pleased with those who live by faith, yet humanity is naturally unfaithful, raising the question of how the unfaithful bride can be accepted by a holy Husband. Isaiah 61 gives the answer — the Bridegroom, Christ, comes to proclaim good news, bind the brokenhearted, free the captives, and comfort the mourners. He accomplishes this through His obedient life, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection. The righteousness that God requires is the righteousness that Christ provides, imputed to His people by grace through faith. The incarnation is, therefore, the grounds of the bride’s belonging and acceptance before God.
Brad Jordan Brad is the Pastor of Christ Reformed Baptist Church, an RBC church plant in the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina (Hartsville, Darlington, Florence, Sumter and surrounding areas). He has a wife, Lisa, and three kids, Kaylee, Anna and Jonathan. Born and raised in South Carolina, Brad has been a pastor for over 15 years and has a great passion and desire for shepherding the flock of CRBC and "teaching them to keep all that [Christ] commanded".
