2. The Peace of God

3. True Peace Our sins separate us from God (Isa. 59:2)
“Prince of Peace” (Isa. 9:6)
Peace with God through Christ’s blood
(Isa. 53:5; Col. 1:20)
Peace with other believers through Christ’s blood
(Eph. 2:13-17)
Peace or a sword? (Matt. 10:34-38)
Rejection of Jesus causes division (John 3:19-20)

4. True Peace Gospel of peace (Eph. 6:15) Godly fear and peace
Loving God’s law (Psa. 119:165)
Practicing God’s law (Philip. 4:9)
Peace from justification by faith (Rom. 5:1)
Godly fear and peace
Levi (Mal. 2:5-6)
The church (Acts 9:31)

5. True Peace Peace of soul, resulting from peace with God
Jesus offers spiritual peace (John 14:25-27)
Peace in spite of difficulty (John 16:33)
Kept in perfect peace (Isa. 26:3)
Equipped by the God of peace (Heb. 13:20-21)
Sanctified by the God of peace (I Thess. 5:23)
Filled with peace to abound in hope (Rom. 15:13)
Peace should rule in our hearts (Col. 3:15)
“May the Lord bless his people with peace!” (Psa. 29:11)

6. False Peace False prophets: “No disaster”
(Micah 3:11-12; Jer. 6:13-14; 23:15-17)
Hananiah: “2-year exile” (Jer. 28)
God: “70-year exile” (Jer. 25:11)
False prophets punished
(Jer. 14:13-16; 28:16-17; Ezek. 13:8-16)
False sense of peace until judgment (I Thess. 5:2-3)
“There is no peace for the wicked” (Isa. 48:22)

7. The Peace of God
Philippians 4:4-9