Peace with God

Peace of God

Philippians 4:7 ESV

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

Varieties of Peace

Absence of Armed Conflict

Harmony in Our Home

Texts Covered

Isaiah 26:3 “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.”

Isaiah 26:20 “Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.”

2 Sam 3:30 “So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.”

1 Thess 5 3 “While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.”

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Numbers 6:24–26 ESV

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Peace with God

Peace in Prophecy

Isaiah 32:15–18 ESV

until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest. Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field. And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

Peace with God

Romans 5:1 ESV

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

Peace Brings Joy

Romans 15:13 ESV

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

Sharing Peace Brings Blessings

Matthew 5:9 ESV

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.