God's Perfect Peace (2)

Preached at ACOG on January 9, 2021

Isaiah 26:3

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on thee: Because he trusteth in thee.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

John 16:33

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Where does a man or woman find the kind of peace that is not just the absence of trouble, but the kind of peace that cannot be affected by trouble, danger, or sorrow?

It is only God’s kind of Peace

Outside of God “there is No Perfect Peace”

English Definition of Peace:

Freedom from disturbance; quiet and tranquility.

• But the biblical concept of peace does not focus on the absence of trouble.

• Biblical peace is unrelated to circumstances; it is not touched by what happens on the outside.

You may be in the midst of great trials and still have biblical peace

Acts 7:59–60

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Paul said he could be content in any circumstances that he finds himself in

Acts 16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

He demonstrated that he had peace even in jailat Philippi, where I believe that Paul felt that God was being gracious to him and Silas.

Then when the opportunity arose, he communicated God's goodness to the Philippian jailer, and brought him and his family to salvation.

Psalm 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: For the end of that man is peace. James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;