Ephesians 21418 Peace Perfect Peace We do NOT live in a peaceful world There is constant strife bickering fighting and killing So how can the Bible speak of peace when it doesnt seem as though peace can ever ID: 585210
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Peace, Perfect Peace
Ephesians 2:14-18Slide2
Peace, Perfect Peace
We do
NOT
live in a peaceful world
There is constant strife, bickering, fighting, and killing
So how can the
Bible
speak of peace when it doesn’t seem as though peace can ever
exist
in this world?Slide3
Peace, Perfect Peace
1. God is a God of
Peace
The Bible speaks over and over about the peace that God offers
God is the
author
of peace – I Cor. 14:33
“The Lord will
bless
His people with peace” – Psalm 29:11Slide4
Peace, Perfect Peace
1. God is a God of Peace
God is described as the God and Lord of peace – II Cor. 13:11; II Thess. 3:16
Jesus was described in the Old Testament as the “
Prince
of
Peace
” – Is. 9:6
No
God
, No
Peace
Know
God,
Know
PeaceSlide5
Peace, Perfect Peace
2. The world is a world of
strife
So we serve the God of peace, and yet we live in a world of strife
Why is there so much
discord
if God is the
ruler
and a God of peace?
The answer is…
SINSlide6
Peace, Perfect Peace
2. The world is a world of strife
Christ said He did not come to bring peace on
earth
but a
sword
– Matt. 10:34
So we live in a contentious world, yet we seek peace from the God of peace
So how do we
reconcile
the two things together?Slide7
Peace, Perfect Peace
3.
Evil
and
good
cannot be at peace
God cannot and will not
tolerate
sin
Matt. 13:41; I Cor. 6:9-11; Gal. 5:19-21
“Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?” – Js. 4:4
Why does the world hate God?Slide8
Peace, Perfect Peace
3. Evil and good cannot be at peace
“The world…hates Me, because I
testify
of it that its works are
evil
” – Jn. 7:7
I John 2:15-17
That’s why the message of Christ creates strife, because it is a message that speaks out against the evil of the worldSlide9
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3. Evil and good cannot be at peace
“Can two walk
together
, unless they are
agreed
?” – Amos 3:3
There will always be strife as long as evil and good exist
together
in the same
place
So is there any peace that God can offer to us?Slide10
Peace, Perfect Peace
4. We can have
peace
with
God
God does not desire for us to be at peace with
evil
God desires us to be at peace with
Himself
This is why Christ was referred to as the Prince of PeaceSlide11
Peace, Perfect Peace
4. We can have peace with God
“The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ” (Acts 10:36)
“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God
through
our Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom. 5:1)Slide12
Peace, Perfect Peace
4. We can have peace with God
Ephesians 2:14-18
Called the
gospel
of peace – Rom. 10:15; Eph. 6:15
Jesus speaks of the difference of having peace with God but
trouble
with the
world
– Jn. 16:33