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*Peace in Christ (Sermon)*
 
/Preached in Worcester on 11-18-07/
 
*Intro*:
            If you took a poll and asked people what they would like to see in the world one of the top answers is peace.
There are celebrities who protest for peace and websites that talk about world peace.
People are always looking for peace.
We want peace in the Middle East, peace in our schools and peace in our homes.
*In our homes *
                        How many homes in our society are broken or in some kind of disorder.
Single parents, fighting, abuse.
All kinds of things going on, we want peace in our homes.
*In our nation *
                        In our society in our nation we want peace.
We have violence all around us and people hurting and abusing others.
We have people in government taking advantage of others.
Most people would like peace in our nation.
*In our worlds*
                        And of course there have always been people who have thought about this issue on a global scale and want peace on earth.
We have a war on terrorism, war on drugs, war, war, war.
People have no hope or peace in this world but we want it and are trying to find it.
And different people look for peace in different ways.
*1)    **The world can't find peace*
*a.    **In politics*
                                          i.
Some people work and hope that politics can bring about peace.
Some people think that if we just get the right people into office they will be able to make this world peaceful.
Set up laws and enforce them.
But the problem is politicians are human and that means their sinful.
If you could take out the human element in politics you might have a chance but that's not going to happen.
You see politicians are liars and they forget things and change their minds on things they can become greedy or just stop caring.
We have had politics and politicians around for thousands of years and it hasn't brought about peace.
They're sinners like the rest of us so there is no hope for peace in politics.
ii.
Does that mean we should give up on voting and caring about political issues and such?
No, we are given those rights and privileges in this country and we should vote with our hearts and minds focused on Christ but we don't look to politics or politicians for peace.
Don't put your hope for peace in politics.
*b.
**In money*
                                          i.
Some people think that money can buy us peace.
I stand behind some of them in line at the convenient store.
As they stand there and look intently over the numbers there going to pick out or look at the different colored scratch tickets to buy and they hope that one of these tickets will bring them peace by winning millions of dollars.
Or we think if I only work 80 hours a week and make the big bucks as I climb the ladder of success then I will have peace because of my wealth.
The problem is that money doesn’t solve our hurts and problems.
You end up with new problems and in fact many people who are rich have lives that are far more chaotic and worrisome then the average person.
Lotto winners tend to have even more problems.
Lie awake at night wondering what new long lost relative will show up tomorrow to ask for some money or if their bank is ripping them off or if their financial advisor is a crook.
They often end up broke or in jail or in divorce court.
No there is no peace to be found in money, no real peace.
1.    /"It's been said that money is a purchaser of anything except happiness (/and Peace/)."
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*c.    **In education*
                                          i.
Some think that all we really need is education.
Education is the answer to everything.
If your old or young, tall or skinny.
What we all really need is more education.
If we educate our selves and the people around us and our nation things will be happier and more peaceful.
And it sometimes sounds like a good idea but did you know that it was one of the most educated nations on earth that gave rise to the Nazi's?
Was there an increase in peace in that nation?
ii.
Is education a bad thing?
No, but it's not the answer for peace.
*2)    **There is peace only found in Christ*
True peace is only found in Christ.
True, lasting peace is only found in Christ.
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*Peace with God*
/                                          i.
/The first thing we need to realize is that this world is in chaos and unrest because of sin.
Because of our sin.
Sin entered the world when Adam and Eve sinned in the garden and from that time on we have continued to sin and infect this world with sin.
That sin has not only caused our world to be at war and in a state of unrest but it has caused us to be alienated from our God.
Our sin makes us enemies of God; we were enemies of God by our own choosing and doing.
/1.    //ESV /*/Romans 5:6/*/ ¶ For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly./
2.    */Colossians 1:21 /*/  21 ¶ Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior./
/                                        ii.
/But all that changed when Christ came to this earth to die for our sins and set us back in that relationship that was lost because of our sins.
We read in
/1.    //ESV /*/Romans 5:1/*/ ¶ Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God./
2.    You see we owed a debt that we couldn't pay.
We sing a song that uses those words.
It's true; we owed a debt to God that we could never pay.
Christ died to pay that and make us right and righteous in God's eyes.
We enjoy the peace that comes from being made right with God through Jesus Christ.
3.    We have an inner peace with ourselves as we realize that yes we sin, and in fact we couldn't count all our sins and the payment for sin is death but those in Christ, who have given their lives to him, are at peace within because we know that Christ took our sins upon himself and set us free.
That knowledge gives us peace with in because we have peace with God.
 
*b.
**Peace with others*
/                                          i.
/Not only do we have peace with God but we have peace with others.
/1.    /*/Ephesians 2:13-18 /*/  13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
14 For he himself is our *peace*, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility  15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making *peace*,  16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
17 And he came and preached *peace* to you who were far off and *peace* to those who were near.
18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father./
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This section talks a lot about peace in 6 verses the word peace is found 4 times expressly mentioned.
But more than just finding the word the concept of peace is found throughout this passage.
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Now Paul is talking about the Jew and Gentile hostility that was between them.
The Jew thought of the Gentiles as unfit and pagan idolaters, they were not permitted to eat with them, in fact we find this problem being addressed by Paul as he has a talk with Peter who started to draw back from eating with the Gentile Christians due to some Jewish Christians coming around.
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