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As you know, our Bible Studies are focusing on the Fruit of the Spirit.
So far, we have looked at love and joy.
For this month, we are going to be looking at peace.
To me, that feels like a tall order.
As much as it is within your power, live at peace with everyone.
Sometimes, it is within our power to live peaceably.
Sometimes, it is not within our power to live peaceably.
The concept of biblical peace is more than just the absence of conflict.
The Hebrew word for peace is
Salom - שָׁלוֹם - peace, prosperity, welfare, state of health, friendliness, deliverance, and salvation
The Greek word for peace is
εἰρήνη - eirene - peace, tranquility, the sense that all is well
It describes an international calm and a relationship of goodwill between God and humans.
Most frequently it describes a social reality, a state of reconciliation and wholeness among a group of people.
Peace is a key characteristic of a godly person.
Peace is an evidence that God is working in our lives.
It is a trait that God possess in his character.
God is called the God of peace.
Several times in the New Testament God is called the God of peace.
God is called the God of peace.
The basis of our peace with God is our justification by faith in Jesus Christ.
You cannot have lasting peace within yourself or lasting peace with other peace unless you first have peace with God.
God has said that there is no peace for the wicked.
When you enter into a relationship with God, he gives you peace.
Peace with God is key to having peace within yourself and peace with other people.
This peace transcends the circumstances and events going on around you.
You can have peace in the middle of the storms of life.
Jesus promised us that we would have problems.
The problems and challenges of life can rob you of peace, but they do not have to do so.
We lose peace when we feel uncertain about what is happening.
What are some things that try to rob us of peace?
But these things don’t have to rob us of peace.
Why?
Because of the second part of the verse.
Perhaps we worry and lose peace because we do not really believe.
Maybe we think, I know God can deliver me and guide me through these troubles, but I doubt if he will.
There are two passages of Scripture that can help us through these time when our peace is shaken.
The antidote to worry is prayer.
We go to God in prayer.
We go to God with a thankful heart.
“The result promised to us when we come to God in prayer with thanksgiving is not deliverance but the peace of God.
One of the reasons we don’t find this peace is because all too often we will not settle for anything other than deliverance from the trouble.
But God, through Paul, promises us peace, a peace that is unexplainable.
It transcends all understanding.
And, says, Paul it will guard our hearts and minds against the anxiety to which you and I are so prone.”
(The Fruitful Life, p. 77)
Here is the second passage,
We take our worries to God in thankful prayer.
Paul, most likely, when he wrote about the Fruit of the Spirit, he was thinking about our relationships with other people.
He was likely thinking about the peace we need to have with other people.
The Bible speaks much about having peace with other people.
These are just a few of the examples.
Peace is not about passivity.
Peace is not an easygoing “can’t we all just get along” type of attitude.
It doesn’t mean that we compromise our doctrine or tolerate injustice.
It does not mean that we avoid controversial subjects.
Biblical peace is about unity, humility, and restoration.
Unity because we are all one in the Spirit of God.
Humility because conflict takes two people.
Restoration because if we get it wrong we have to work to restore our relationship.
We are to be people of peace and do whatever is in our power to take practical step to attain and maintain peace within and with other people.
Introduce Bible Study Teachers.
If you do not have a Bible Study that you attend, fill out one of the cards or go and meet one of the teachers; they will be standing in the back as you exit.
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