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What is peace?

Before we begin today I want to ask this question what does society think peace is?
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What is peace from a Christian perspective?
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The peace of God denotes “the peace that God himself has.

The peace of God denotes “the peace that God himself has.

The peace of God is the opposite of anxiety

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The peace of God is the opposite of anxiety

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The peace of God is opposite of anxiety.
peace in Paul’s letters means two things 1st peace with God Therefore ,  since we have been justified by faith ,  we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ . secondly it means peace with one another. shows us that we are to be eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
t ; [] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), .
.and Peace with others.
In the context of the promise of the peace of God flows from what is found in which is to be like-minded, have the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. How do we have this peace and unity?
By means of corporate prayer with thanksgiving (4:6), God will give peace in the troubled relationships (4:7).Ultimately, the command to be of the same mind will be fulfilled by the gift of God’s peace when the church turns to God.
71 Lightfoot, 161, comments that the promise of the peace of God is “again an indirect allusion to their dissensions.”
How has prayer and thanksgiving given you peace with God?
72 Fee, 410: “In contrast to other letters, he does not express ‘peace’ as an imperative but as an indicative, closely related to their trusting God in prayer.” See the imperatives to live in peace in ; ; .
How has prayer and thanksgiving given you peace with God?
G. Walter Hansen, The Letter to the Philippians, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Nottingham, England: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2009), 293.
I really love these next few words. Which surpasses all understanding. I don’t know about you, but that statement gives me a lot of hope. I dont know what everyone in here is going through, but God gives us a peace that surpasses all understanding. says, “ you keep him in perfect peace whose mind is strayed on you, because he trusts you. Trust in the Lord forever for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. Our peace must come from trusting him alone. Another example is found in it says, “now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think according to the power at work within us.” I love that reminder, Gods power can do far more than we could ever understand. He has shown us again, and again. God can do anything which should give us peace that lasts all of our days.
I love how this verse ends. Will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
What does guard mean? means to keep watch over. The God who created the heavens, and earth watches over us. I know we have mentioned this verse in our study, but is so powerful, and should give us so much peace. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Now what is God guarding our hearts and our minds? God
Our hearts are fragile. We know that our natural heart is sinful, and selfish, but a heart that has been changed by God is a heart that has peace. Charles Spurgeon said they about the heart in this text. The way to keep the heart, according to the text, is to let it be filled with the peace of God that surpasses all understanding. A quiet spirit, calm, restful, happy, is one that will neither sink nor wander.
HoPaul mentioned this in which says, “ Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit ,  but in humility count others more significant than yourselves .  4  Let each of you n look not only to his own interests ,  but also to the interests of others
Paul mentions another thing our mind or our thoughts. Gods peace guards our minds and thoughts. How does our heart and our mind differ?
but a heart that has been changed by God is a heart that has peace. Charles Spurgeon said they about the heart in this text. The way to keep the heart, according to the text, is to let it be filled with the peace of God that surpasses all understanding. A quiet spirit, calm, restful, happy, is one that will neither sink nor wander.
The way to keep the heart, according to the text, is to let it be filled with the peace of God that surpasses all understanding. A quiet spirit, calm, restful, happy, is one that will neither sink nor wander.
The heart is feelings, and the mind is our thoughts. So God peace guards our feelings and our minds.
Together these words refer to the entire inner being of the Christian—emotions, affections, thoughts, and moral choices
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This protection is only guaranteed to those who are in Christ Jesus.
82 BDAG, 675.
In Christ Jesus..
This is the 6th time in Christ Jesus appears in the text. eight times in this letter (1:1, 26; 2:5; 3:3, 14; 4:7, 19, 21) as the unifying thread of the entire discourse. I want to close this verse our by looking at .
G. Walter Hansen, The Letter to the Philippians, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Nottingham, England: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2009), 294.
2 Corinthians 1:3-11
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3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. 10 qHe delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. rOn him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again. 11 You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
who comforts us? God
What does that comfort let us do? comfort others
who will ultimately deliver us? God
who is our hope? Christ
Does this give you peace? Yes
whatever you may be going through there is peace in knowing not only will God guard our heart and mind, but he will provide comfort for us.
Verse 8, and 9 closes out with 2 ideas the virtues of a good life and putting those things into practice.
read verse 8.....
In this verse paul gives us 6 adjectives and two nouns to describe this life.
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This list of eight virtues presented in the six adjectives and two nouns leads up to the imperative and its direct object: think about these things.

Whatever is true

Whatever noble

Whatever right

Whatever pure

Whatever lovely

Whatever admirable

If any excellence

If any praiseworthy

Think about such things.

These kinds of sayings were really popular in the greek culture. For examples, In The Republic, Plato presents four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. So this is what Paul could have been doing here in verse 8. He could be giving Christian virtues, because it was something that the audience would have known.
In The Republic, Plato presents four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.
What is interesting about these words is that excellence, lovely, and commendable are not found anywhere else in New Testament. The term noble occurs only in the pastoral epistles , . Im not going to spend alot time today of each of these words, but i want to give us a short breakdown of these statements.
Lets go back to the first statement whatever is true. what do you think that means?
Isn't the bible all truth, so case closed?
Thinking about whatever is true requires discernment to see the difference between what is true and what is false. Paul distinguishes between true and false motives earlier in Phil (1:18). Paul’s command to think about whatever is true endorses the claim that “all truth is God’s truth.”99 In obedience to this command, Christians work out whatever is true with “the truth of the gospel” in all areas of life. When thinking about the closing statement think about these things I feel truth has put first in our own lives.
whatever is noble.
leads to a life of respectful admiration of people who are noble, serious, dignified, honorable, and above reproach.In the Pastorals this these people includes, deacons (), women (3:11), and older men () they are, worthy of respect
G. Walter Hansen, The Letter to the Philippians, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Nottingham, England: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2009), 297.
whatever is just some of your bibles might say right. really means fulling the law. upholding the truth. like i mentioned earlier our fallen state causes us to be unjust. If we are going to live just upright lives we must do so in faith.
Whatever is pure requires focusing on things that are morally blameless. As we know know purity starts first with our thought. Then it ultimately manifests itself physically. 1 john 3:3 calls us to purify ourselves.
whatever is lovely means to cause pleasure or delight. a mentioned early that this term is not found anywhere else in the New Testament. The best example i found in scripture was in the book of Esther when the king saw her face. To understand for us it would be like looking at our spouse and delighting in the beauty of them. Even more so delighting in the beauty of Christ.
whatever is commendable means dissevering praise.
The next two terms are excellent, and praiseworthy.
The next two terms are excellent, and praiseworthy.
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whatever is right means fulfilling all that is “obligatory in view of certain requirements of justice.

The next term excellence means, excellence of character and exceptional civic virtue.

To think about whatever is pure requires focusing on those things that are morally blameless.

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G. Walter Hansen, The Letter to the Philippians, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Nottingham, England: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2009), 297.
whate
Praiseworthy usually refers to human beings who are worthy of praise, approval, and recognition.
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For Paul, purity in all of life begins in the thought life: think about whatever is pure.

why did Paul want the people to think about these things?

translated lovely, appearing only here in the NT, means “causing pleasure or delight, pleasing, agreeable, and lovely.

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A commentary i read said this…
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The command to think requires his readers “to give careful thought to a matter, consider, ponder, and let one’s mind dwell on something.”118 Paul is calling for followers of Christ to be attentive, reflective, meditative thinkers. Developing a Christian mind and character requires a lifetime of discerning and disciplined thought about all the things that are excellent and praiseworthy.

admirable occurs only here in the NT and does not appear in the LXX. The word denotes whatever is “praiseworthy, commendable.

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Think about in your own life how you can think about these things. Do you need to incorporate these truths in your own life? Do you have some Christian virtues that you live by now that help you with walk?
The next two terms are excellent, and praiseworthy.
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Paul is now asking the church to put into practice what they have learned.
Think about all we have learned in our study and how that should look in our lives. I want to say a few to close out today.
A Christian knows that God will finish the work he started in them. We studied it for weeks and repeated it many times, but the truth it brings in our lives is so impactful. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Christ Jesus. Is this truth working out in our own lives? If not ask yourself why not?
Are you more bold in your faith? Think about Paul and his circumstances, he did not let it stop him from preaching and teaching Gods word. Have you become more bold in your faith?
Do you have the mindset to live is Christ and to die is gain? This great truth should encourage us. Because if we stay we will build up the church, and if we die we will be with Christ.
Is the life you are living worthy of the Gospel? This includes being a light in the world. Today we talked about these virtues that help us in our life. How can we better live out the gospel?
Do we count others more significant then ourselves? Remember Christ how he humbly died for us when he did not too.
Are we basing our salvation on anything other than the work of Christ?
Finally do we have our eyes on the prize. Are we living life with an eternal perspective.
These are just a few points that we have learned. Paul is a great example to us how we should see Christ, and live. Lets no leave here today and forget the truths that we studied for hours. Lets those truths dig deep down in our souls. I want to close with something I read yesterday.
The promise of the presence of the God of peace (4:9) explains the promise of the peace of God (4:7): when the God of peace will be with you, then the peace of God … will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.Only God’s presence brings his peace. When the God of peace is present, the peace of God rules in the hearts and minds of his people. In the larger context of Paul’s teaching, God’s peace comes with the presence of God’s Spirit: the fruit of the Spirit is peace ().
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G. Walter Hansen, The Letter to the Philippians, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Nottingham, England: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2009), 304.
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