GOD’S PEACE, MAN’S NEED

Rm. 1:7, 15:13, 33, 16:20

- For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

- Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

-Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE DESIRE OF GOD – God wants us to have peace [John 14:27]

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

 

1. A Peaceful Heart Glorifies God [Rm. 3:17-18, 5:1,  John 14:27]

- And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes

- THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

 

2. A Peaceful Heart Helps Others [Romans 10:15, 14:17-19]

- And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

- For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

 

3. A Peaceful Heart Helps Us [Romans 2:10, 8:6, 14:17]

- But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

- For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

- For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

 

II. THE DISTURBANCES OF LIFE

 

1.  Disturbances may be caused by Others [1 Peter 4:4, 12-14]

Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

-Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

 

2. Disturbances may be Caused by Our Own Mistakes [James 1:14, 1 Peter 4:15]

- But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

- But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

 

3.  Disturbances may be Caused by God’s Pruning [1 Peter 4:16-19]

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

 

III. THE DIRECTIONS FOR PEACE

 

1. We Must Know the Giver of Peace [Jeremiah 29:11, John 14:27]

- For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

- Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

 

2. We Must Come to Him with Every Problem [Isaiah 26:3, Philippians 4:7-9]

- Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

-And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

 

3. We Must Rest upon His Word [Colossians 3:15-17]

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.