1. The Root of Peace Rodney Sones June 17, 2018
Series: Rooted and Built Up

3. And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your
Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots
grow down into him, and let your lives be built on
him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you
were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.
--Colossians 2:6-7 (NLT)

5. There is nothing we can add to the Gospel that will help save us

7. --Mark 4:38-41 (NASB) 38 Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the
cushion; and they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher,
do you not care that we are perishing?”
39 And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to
the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and
it became perfectly calm.
40 And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you
still have no faith?” 41 They became very much afraid
and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even
the wind and the sea obey Him?”
--Mark 4: (NASB)

9. 15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He
existed before anything was created and is supreme over
all creation, 16 for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see—such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything
was created through him and for him. 17 He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.
--Colossians 1:15-17 (NLT)

11. Jesus holds all power and authority over what we see and what we
cannot see – He has the authority to
speak peace into any situation

13. 18 Christ is also the head of the church, which is his
body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from
the dead. So he is first in everything.
19 For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ,
20 and through him God reconciled everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
--Colossians 1:18-20 (NLT)

15. “We don’t know exactly how it all went down, but we
do know this: Jesus was dead, and then he wasn’t.
A battered corpse was stretched out on a slab, and then
the heart in the ribcage started beating again. Jesus
inhaled and at once the heavy air in the tomb became
more than air; it became breath.”
--Andrew Peterson, His Heart Beats--

17. --1 Thessalonians 4:14, 17 (NLT)
...since we believe that Jesus died and was raised
to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God
will bring back with him the believers who have died... together with them, we who are still alive and remain on
the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.
--1 Thessalonians 4:14, 17 (NLT)

19. --Philippians 2:10 ...every knee will bow & every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord.
--Philippians 2:10

21. …we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us…
--Romans 5:1-2 (NLT)

22. Without the shedding of blood there is no
forgiveness of sins...
--Hebrews 9:22 (ESV)

24. By that power and authority, and through his death for us, Jesus
has made peace between us and God

26. 21 This [reconciliation] includes you who were once far
away from God. You were his enemies, separated from
him by your evil thoughts and actions. 22 Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ
in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into
his own presence, and you are holy and blameless
as you stand before him without a single fault.
--Colossians 1:21-22 (NLT)

28. So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within
you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity,
lust, and evil desires. … You used to do these things
when your life was still part of this world.
But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.
--Colossians 3:5, 7, 8 (NLT)

30. I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached
to you, which you received, in which you stand,
and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to
the word I preached to you.
--I Corinthians 15:1-2

32. The Peace Jesus gives reconciles us who were once enemies of God
We are forgiven and holy – members
of his Body, the Church

34. But you must continue to believe this truth and
stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance
you received when you heard the Good News.
--Colossians 1:23 (NLT)

36. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another?
It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And
he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
--Romans 14:4 (ESV)

37. …we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
--Hebrews 10:39 (ESV)

38. Jesus said “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of
mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.”
--John 14:27 (NLT)

40. --2 Corinthians 5:19-21 (NLT)
…God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave
us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through
us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back
to God!” For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be
the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
--2 Corinthians 5:19-21 (NLT)

42. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is
Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him
from the dead, you will be saved.
--Romans 10:9 (NLT)

44. Experience this peace with God
God’s invitation –
Experience this peace with God

46. The Root of Peace Rodney Sones June 17, 2018
Series: Rooted and Built Up