1. Have Peace With One Another
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2. “Be at peace” (eireneuo)
BAGD: “1. trans...reconcile intr....a. live in peace, be at peace....b. keep the peace abs....” (p. 227)
Thayer: “1. to make peace to cultivate or keep peace, i.e. harmony; to be at peace, live in peace....” (#1514, p. 182)
Vine: “to bring to peace, reconcile, denotes in the N.T., to keep peace or to be at peace....” (p. 842)
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3. REASONS WE SHOULD BE AT PEACE
GOD COMMANDS IT
PEACE REFLECTS THE NATURE OF GOD AND HIS KINGDOM
JESUS IS THE “PRINCE OF PEACE” AND THE “LORD OF PEACE”
JESUS CAME TO MAKE PEACE
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4. JESUS MADE PEACE JESUS MADE PEACE WITH GOD AND MAN. (ROM. 5:1-11)
JESUS MADE PEACE BETWEEN MAN AND HIS FELLOW MAN. (EPH. 2:14-18; GAL. 3:28)
CHRIST GIVES PEACE WITHIN MAN’S HEART. (JN. 14:27; PHIL. 4:6-7)
THE GOSPEL IS THE “GOSPEL OF PEACE” (EPH. 6:14)
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS A KINGDOM OF PEACE (ROM. 14:17)
PEACE IS A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT (GAL. 5:22-23)
PEACE IS ONE ASPECT OF ETERNAL LIFE (ROM. 2:10)
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5. REASONS WE SHOULD BE AT PEACE
GOD COMMANDS IT
PEACE REFLECTS THE NATURE OF GOD AND HIS KINGDOM
JESUS IS THE “PRINCE OF PEACE” AND THE “LORD OF PEACE”
JESUS CAME TO MAKE PEACE
GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE AT PEACE
ENVY AND STRIFE DESTROY
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6. Peace Does NOT Mean: Just the absence of strife and turmoil.
Just the absence of problems.
Peace at any price.
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7. PEACE DOES MEAN:
William Barclay: “In Greek the word is eirene, and in Hebrew it is shalom. In Hebrew peace is never only a negative state; it never means only the absence of trouble; in Hebrew peace always means everything which makes for a man’s highest good. In the east when one man says to another, Salaam -- which is the same word -- he does not mean that he wishes for the other man only the absence of evil things; he wishes for him the presence of all good things. In the Bible peace means not only freedom from all trouble; it means enjoyment of all good.” (The Gospel of Matthew Vol. 1, p. 108)
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8. What Hinders Peace? False teaching and error A party spirit Carnality
An argumentative spirit
Lust for power
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9. How Can We Be At Peace? We must make peace
We must seek and pursue peace by:
Loving God’s Law
Un-contentious spirit
Controlled speech
Tact
Wisdom
Avoiding foolish disputes
Prayer
Godly living
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