THE DIMENSIONS OF PEACE

EXEGESIS OF OUR TEXT

Isaiah 26:1–3 ESV

1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. 2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. 3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

1 Peter 5:10 ESV

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 5:10 ESV

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

PERFECT PEACE

Jeremiah 6:13–14 NKJV

13 “Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely. 14 They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ When there is no peace.

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WHAT IS PEACE?

PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF STRIFE

PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF STRIFE

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PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF STRIFE

PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF TROUBLE

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PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF CONFLICT

PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF CONFLICT

THE ABSENCE OF CONFLICT IS NOT PEACE

PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF TROUBLE

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PEACE IS NOT ABSENCE OF CONFLICT, IT IS THE ABILITY TO HANDLE CONFLICTS BY PEACEFUL MEANS

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PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF WAR, BUT A VIRTUE BASED ON STRENGTH OF CHARACTER

PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF WAR, BUT A VIRTUE BASED ON STRENGTH OF CHARACTER

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PEACE IS ESTABLISHED BY COVENANT

Isaiah 54:10 ESV

10 For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

PEACE IS A PROMISE

PEACE IS A PROMISE

Isaiah 66:12 ESV

12 For thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip, and bounced upon her knees.

PEACE IS A GIFT FROM GOD

John 14:27 ESV

27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

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PEACE IS A CONSEQUENCE OF SOMETHING

Galatians 5:22 ESV

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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THE WORLD IS SEARCHING FOR PEACE

THE PLACES PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR PEACE

IN THEIR CHILDREN

IN THEIR CHILDREN

IN THEIR CHILDREN

Genesis 5:28–29 ESV

When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”

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IN OTHER PEOPLE

IN MATERIAL THINGS

IN MATERIAL THINGS

IN THEIR CHILDREN

Genesis 5:28–29 ESV

28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son 29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”

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IN OTHER PEOPLE

IN OTHER PEOPLE

IN MATERIAL THINGS

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Ecclesiastes 4:8 ESV

8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

IN GOD

PERFECT PEACE

IN GOD

Psalm 4:8 ESV

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

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PEOPLE’S SEARCH FOR PEACE VARIES ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES

THE DESIRE FOR PEACE CAN INCREASE IN TIMES OF SUFFERING AND DIFFICULTY

THE DESIRE FOR PEACE CAN INCREASE IN TIMES OF SUFFERING AND DIFFICULTY

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Exodus 2:23 ESV

23 During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.

THE DESIRE FOR PEACE CAN DECREASE WHEN PEOPLE GETS TOO COMFORTABLE

Jeremiah 14:19 ESV

19 Have you utterly rejected Judah? Does your soul loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.

Exodus 8:12–15 ESV

12 So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the Lord about the frogs, as he had agreed with Pharaoh. 13 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses. The frogs died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields. 14 And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

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THREE DIMENSIONS OF PEACE

PEACE WITH GOD

PEACE OF GOD

THE GOD OF PEACE

PEACE WITH GOD

WHY DO WE NEED TO BE AT PEACE WITH GOD?

WHY DO WE NEED TO BE AT PEACE WITH GOD?

Isaiah 57:21 ESV

21 There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

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Romans 5:1 ESV

1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

PEACE OF GOD

Philippians 4:4–7 ESV

4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6–7 ESV

6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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THE GOD OF PEACE

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Philippians 4:9 ESV

9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

CONCLUSION

PSA

Psalm 119:165 ESV

165 Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.

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1 Peter 5:10 NKJV

10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.