THINGS I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS: PEACE
2 THESSALONIANS 3:16; AND VARIOUS SCRIPTURES
WHAT IS PEACE?
SHALOM – TO BE COMPLETE OR SOUND, TO LIVE WELL …
WHERE DOES PEACE COME FROM?
THE TRINITY:
GOD OF PEACE – I THES.5:23
JESUS – EPH.2:14, “… CHRIST WHO IS OUR PEACE.”
THE HOLY SPIRIT – ROMANS 14:17
WHO RECEIVES PEACE?
THOSE WHO HAVE:
PEACE WITH GOD, ROMANS 5:1; PS.85:10
PEACE OF GOD, PHIL.4:6-7
REAL PEACE CAN PASS THE TEST OF LIFE …
REAL PEACE IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE …
REAL PEACE RECOGNIZES THE CORRECTING HAND OF GOD …
PEACE WITH OTHERS,
WE SHARE THE SAME HEART TO OBEY, HEBREWS 2:14
WE SHARE THE SAME SOURCE, EPH.2:18
APPLICATION:
LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE YOUR HEARTS, COL.3:15
RELEASE YOUR ANXIETIES, PHIL.4:6
LIVE UNDER THE LORDSHIP OF CHRIST, 2 THES.3:16