Why do people toss and turn at night because of guilt?
People toss and turn at night because their guilt complex runs roughshod over them; they know they are not at peace with God, and perhaps not with fellow men, government, or authority. Believers, however, can lay their head on the pillow in perfect peace with their maker, knowing the work of the cross has settled everything.
Les explains that many people lay their head on the pillow at night and toss and turn because their guilt complex runs roughshod over them. They know they are not at peace with fellow men, government, or authority, but certainly not with God. In contrast, the believer can put his head on the pillow and be at perfect peace with his maker, knowing that the work of the cross has settled everything. This peace is not according to our works but according to God's own purpose and grace, given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. We have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and we rest on these promises if we believe them.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: