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