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“Your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace.”
Feet Shod
Shod – Past tense verb meaning having already done this.
Shoes are necessary for standing.
They speak of the foundation.
We need a good, solid foundation, and preparation is foundational.
I remember in hand-to-hand combat we were taught to make sure our feet were anchored.
Listen to this parable that Jesus tells while giving the Sermon on the Mount ().
This story falls in right after Jesus’ warning about false prophets and false professions.
Are your feet anchored on the rock?
Christ is your foundation in this world.
No other foundation can any man lay but the one that is laid, Jesus Christ (see ).
We are to put on Christ.
Oh how we need Him today as we face a world disputing truth and also the spiritual wickedness in the darkness of this world!
Roman Soldiers wore boots with nails in them to grip the ground in combat.
Preparation
Defined – the action or process of making something ready for use for a particular purpose or service or of getting ready for some occasion, test, or duty.
“Readiness”
The Greek word rendered “preparation” or “readiness” found here in can also be translated “prepared foundation” – in other words, a firm basis for a soldier’s feet.
Gospel – Good News
– Good News
Peace
– a concept in the bible that most commonly relates to a relationship of Love and loyalty with God and one another.
The Gospel of Peace
– is the verse that caused me to get of my rump and return to ministry and preaching.
Peace
What is peace?
Peace is defined as a concept in the bible that most commonly relates to a relationship of Love and loyalty with God and one another.
The word Peace has several other uses –
Absence of conflict among Christians.
The Lord wants believers to live in peace and unity with one another.
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Absence of worry.
This peace is the confidence that God has everything under control.
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Peace is not the absence of trouble.
It is being in the presence of Christ while in the midst of that trouble.
The gospel of peace pertains to the good news that, through Christ, believers are at peace with God and he is on their side (rom 5:6-10).
It is that confidence of Devine support which allows the believer to stand firm, knowing that since he is at peace with God, God is his strength (see rom 8:31, 37-39).
The gospel of peace pertains to the good news that, through Christ, believers are at peace with God and he is on their side ().
It is that confidence of divine support which allows the believer to stand firm, knowing that since he is at peace with God, God is his strength (see , ).
The gospel of peace is the good news that we can have peace with God.
Before we turned to Jesus we wanted to live for ourselves.
We did not care about God’s plans.
We were in conflict.
But God loves us and made a way of being reconciled with him and living in peace.
Absence of conflict among Christians.
The Lord wants believers to live in peace and unity with one another.
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Absence of worry.
This peace is the confidence that God has everything under control.
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Satan would like for us to think that sharing the gospel of good news is a worthless an hopeless task.
He will even try to discourage us by saying the task is to big or the rejections and looks are just to much to handle.
For me; he used man and had convinced me that because I was divorced that I wasn’t worthy of sharing the gospel or proclaiming the good news.
Satan would like for us to think that sharing the gospel of good news is a worthless an hopeless task.
He will even try to discourage us by saying the task is to big or the rejections and looks are just to much to handle.
For me; he used man and had convinced me that because I was divorced that I wasn’t worthy of sharing the gospel or proclaiming the good news.
If I had stayed in the truth, I would have realized this is nothing more than a lie.
The shoes God gives us are the motivation to continue proclaiming the gospel.
Through the grace we have received we want to share it with everyone no matter how the gospel is received.
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