"And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen." - Romans 16:20 KJV

God is the “God of peace” because He made peace between humanity and Himself by putting on a body of flesh and blood so He could pay the price of our sins against Him. God made peace between us and Him, where before there was division from sin.

"And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works [This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions], yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight [As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault]:

Notice – the next verses begin with “IF”.

“If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled [but you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it], and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature [all over the world] which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;" - Colossians 1:20-23 KJV [brackets contain NLT translation]

God can only present us “holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight” - no longer separated from Him by our sins and without a single fault “IF” – yes, the Bible says “IF” we “continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it,” not moving away from the hope that is in the gospel, which Paul preached all over the world. We must first of all REPENT of our sins, we must be BAPTIZED IN JESUS NAME for the remission of our sins, and we must be FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST. This is how God can “present us holy and blameless” standing before him “without a single fault.” (Romans 6:1-13, Acts 19:1-7, Romans 8:1-9).

To be continued…