Search for Peace

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Isaiah 26:3 NKJV

You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.

Intro

As police officer on the streets of Austin, Tx i have in countered many different problems concern people.

I have dealt with many intoxicated people both men and women alike. In family violence situations i remember a particular situation wear a women called the police and advised the 911 operator that a man was climbing thru her window, I arrived along with my partner to find two small children alone in the apartment. The women who called the police later return to the apartment and advised that she feared for her life wind the known male climbed thru the window so she ran out of the apartment to safety. I spent a lot putting together this case on behave of this women. Anyone that can be so afraid that they would leave the children behind is truly in fear. I spoke with the investigator that was handling this case because she didn’t have a phone and i did not want the investigator to not handle it because she didn’t contact him. About five days later i contacted the investigator to check on the case and he advised me that he went to her apartment to get a statement from the women and when he arrive the suspect that she was in fear of, the one that climbed thru the window was setting at the breakfast table having breakfast with is family.

Drug users will also have a problem that you don’t understand. My partner and I a subject we witness buying crack. when we stopped him and searched him we were unable to find the crack. we began searching the ground around where he was standing and was not able to locate the crack. I noted his fist was tightly clenched. I ordered him to open his hand and when he did, there were two rock cracks in his hand. I stated to him “ you could thrown this away when we were not looking, why didn’t you. He just lowered his head.

The DWI you stop on the street that are so drunk that they fall out of there vehicles, they can’t stand up without leaning on there car.

I’m convinced they are all searching for something, and people want it so bad that we are willing to except anything for it.

Message:

What we are searching for I believe to be peace.

I want to argue for a moment, mans peace v God’s peace. Why are we constantly choosing man peace over God's peace.

Argument:

peace

noun\ ˈpēs \

Definition of peace

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1: a state of tranquility or quiet: such as

a: freedom from civil disturbance Peace and order were finally restored in the town.

b: a state of security or order within a community provided for by law or custom a breach of the peace

2: freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions I have been in perfect peace and contentment— J. H. Newman

3: harmony in personal relations The sisters are at peace with each other.

4 a: a state or period of mutual concord between governments There was a peace of 50 years before war broke out again.

b: a pact or agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war or in a state of enmity offered the possibility of a negotiated peace— New York Times

Discuss the many different problems with man’s peace.

Love

Alcohol

Drugs

Sex

Relationship

Approve of people

Exceptence

God’s peace

Isaiah 26:3 NKJV

You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.

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Brief history of Isaiah

As is true of all other prophetic books in the Old Testament (except Lam.), the Book of Isaiah bears the name of its author (). Many modern scholars divide the book into two or more parts and say that each part had a different author. However, according to strong Jewish and Christian tradition the book had only one author. No doubt was cast on the Isaian authorship until the 18th century when critics began to attack a number of Old Testament books and to question their authorship and internal unity. (See the next section on “Unity.”)

Isaiah prophesied in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, all kings of Judah (1:1). The reigns of these kings (including coregencies) were: Uzziah (790–739), Jotham (750–732), Ahaz (735–715), and Hezekiah (715–686). (See the chart “Kings of Judah and Israel and the Preexilic Prophets,” near .)

These years in Israel’s history were a time of great struggle both politically and spiritually. The Northern Kingdom of Israel was deteriorating politically, spiritually, and militarily and finally fell to the Assyrian Empire in 722 B.C. The Southern Kingdom of Judah looked as though it too would collapse and fall to Assyria, but it withstood the attack. In this political struggle and spiritual decline Isaiah rose to deliver a message to the people in Judah. His message was that they should trust in the God who had promised them a glorious kingdom through Moses and David. Isaiah urged the nation not to rely on Egypt or any other foreign power to protect them for the Lord was the only protection they would need.

Hosea and Micah were Isaiah’s contemporaries. Many have noted several parallels between the messages and vocabularies of Isaiah and Micah (see the Introduction to the Book of Micah).

The Book of Isaiah is the first of the 17 Old Testament prophetic books not because it is the oldest but because it is the most comprehensive in content.

Martin, J. A. (1985). Isaiah. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 1, pp. 1027–1030). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible Peace

Peace. Total well-being, prosperity, and security associated with God’s presence among his people. Linked in the OT with the covenant, the presence of peace, as God’s gift, was conditional upon Israel’s obedience. In prophetic material, true peace is part of the end-time hope of God’s salvation. In the NT, this longed-for peace is understood as having come in Christ and able to be experienced by faith.

In the OT. Shalōm, the most prominent OT term for “peace,” held a wide range of connotations (wholeness, health, security, well-being, and salvation) and could apply to an equally wide range of contexts: the state of the individual (Ps 37:37; Prv 3:2; Is 32:17), the relationship of man to man (Gn 34:21; Jos 9:15) or nation to nation (e.g., absence of conflict—Dt 2:26; Jos 10:21; 1 Kgs 5:12; Ps 122:6, 7), and the relationship of God and man (Ps 85:8; Jer 16:5).

The presence of shalōm in any of these contexts was not considered ultimately as the outcome of human endeavor, but as a gift or blessing of God (Lv 26:6; 1 Kgs 2:33; Jb 25:2; Pss 29:11; 85:8; Is 45:7). It is not surprising, therefore, to find “peace” tied closely to the OT notion of covenant. Shalōm was the desired state of harmony and communion between the two covenant partners (God and man—Nm 6:26; cf. Is 54:10), its presence signifying God’s blessing in the covenant relationship (Mal 2:5; cf. Nm 25:12), and its absence signifying the breakdown of that relationship due to Israel’s disobedience and unrighteousness (Jer 16:5, 10–13; cf. Ps 85:9–11; Is 32:17).

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Philippians 4:7 NKJV

and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 57:19 NKJV

“I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near,” Says the Lord, “And I will heal him.”

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Isaiah 9:6 NKJV

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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Psalm 112:7 NKJV

He will not be afraid of evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

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John 14:27 NKJV

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

We say we want God’s peace but we are constantly searching mans’ peace.

Work this

Know other peace can offer you want God’s peace can offer.

Man peace will destroy you in the end.

God’s peace is a gift, but in order to have God’s peace you must keep you mind stayed on Him.

Mind:

Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Old Testament) 3671 I. יֵצֶר

3671 I. יֵצֶר (yē·ṣěr): n.masc.; ≡ Str 3336; TWOT 898a—1. LN 6.118–6.151 pot (Isa 29:16+); 2. LN 42.29–42.40 creation, i.e., a thing someone fashions or forms (Ps 103:14; Hab 2:18+); 3. LN 30.1–30.38 a thought, inclination, i.e., the content of thinking and reasoning (Ge 6:5; 8:21; Dt 31:21; Isa 26:3+); 4. LN 25.1–25.11 motivation, desire, i.e., what one wants or wishes for (1Ch 28:9; 29:18+)

Mind: ye-ser, an inclination, attitude.

Stayed:

Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Old Testament) 6164 סָמַךְ

6164 סָמַךְ (sā·mǎḵ): v.; ≡ Str 5564; TWOT 1514—1. LN 13.1–13.47 (qal) sustain, uphold, support, i.e., cause a state to continue, with a focus that whatever is necessary to remain in that state is given, including a maintaining power

TO have God’s peace this is what you must do, keep your mind stayed on Him.