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! Introduction:
* I was reading about the screech owl, which unlike our spotted owl, resides in cities and towns on the East Coast.
They’re very productive, but little bugs and maggots can infect and devastate their entire population.
To counteract the maggots and bugs, the screech owl ingeniously gathers little snakes called blind snakes and takes them to his nest.
The blind snake just so happens to love maggots, larvae, and little bugs, so he lives inside the nest along with the screech owl.
They dwell together—mutually beneficial to each other.
Who taught the screech owl to go after that particular snake and drop it in the tree trunk in which he is building his nest?
I know owls are wise, but they’re not /that /smart!
Such understanding was programmed into the owl by an ingenious Master Maker, a Creator.
/Consider also the Alaskan blackfish./
The Alaskan blackfish, which lives in ponds and streams that freeze over every winter, has the amazing ability to freeze right along with the pond or stream for up to forty-five minutes.
Then he thaws out and continues with his life.
These fish have been given the ability to go with the flow in a remarkable way!
/Finally, consider the spider./
The spider spins a web made of a sticky substance that traps insects and bugs for his dinner.
Why isn’t the spider caught in his own web? Ingeniously built into his little spider feet are tiny oil glands that secrete a minuscule amount of oil, allowing him to move over his own web without being caught.
What is my point?
God has built in each one of these creatures its own way of making it through some sticky situations.
!! A. The source of peace (v.27).
/Peace/ is a beautiful word, isn’t it?
Jesus said,/ “//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” /(John 14:27).
Jesus gave us His peace.
First Corinthians 7:15 says that /“God has called us to peace.”/
Philippians 4:7 says to /“let the peace of God rule y//our heart.”/
Second Corinthians 13:11 says to /“//live in peace.”/
First Thessalonians 5:13 says to /“be at peace among yourselves.”/
Whereas joy is an outward excitement, peace is an inward contentment that senses everything is under control.
*However, if there is sin in your life, you won’t experience peace*.
But when your life is cleansed of sin and you’re walking in the Spirit, you’ll have peace.
Never allow anyone or anything to take away your peace.
!!! 1. “Not as the world gives, do I give to you…” (v.27a).
!!!! a) The peace of the world (v.27a).
!!!!! (1) This is a peace of /escapism/, of /avoiding trouble/, of /refusing to face things/, of /unreality/ as well as /the absence of trouble /or the denial of problems.
!!!!! (2) It’s a peace that is */sought /*/through pleasure/, /satisfaction/, and /contentment/.
According to the Scriptures, who is the one that is influencing the way the world is going?
*John says in his first epistle that *"the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.”
(1 John 5:19, NKJV)
*Jesus called him *“the ruler of this world” (Jn12:31)
*But before Jesus was arrested He said that *"the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing *in *Me.” (John 14:30, NKJV).
*We will talk a little more about this later, however…*
!!!!! (3) There was nothing in Jesus that the devil could use to draw Him into sin.
However, when a believer is tempted to seek peace through /pleasure/, /satisfaction/ and /contentment /in the here and now, that is when we fall.
*Remember when* *the devil took Jesus up on a* “high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan!
For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’
”" (Matthew 4:8-10, NKJV)
!!!!! (4) Many will think that getting things here and now will give them peace.
!!!!!! (a) Example of /“buy now,/ /pay nothing till 2007” /
!!!!!! (b) Example, /“How much is enough, a little more”/
*This is why Jesus said *"I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst."
(John 6:35, NASB95)
!!!!!! (c) Jacob (Genesis 25)
!!! 2. “Peace */I /*leave with you, */My /*peace */I /*give to you…” (v.27b).
!!!! a) The peace of Christ and of God (v.27b /cf.
/2 Thessalonians 3:16).
!!!!! (1) *1st/, It is Divine – /*“May the Lord of peace */Himself /*continually grant you peace” *(2Thess3:16)*
!!!!!! (a) The Lord of peace is the One who gives it.
Christian peace comes personally from Him and is the very essence of His nature.
!!!!!! (b) To put it simply, peace is an attribute of God.
(i) If I asked you to list the attributes of God, you would probably list these ones: His love, grace, mercy, justice, holiness, wisdom, truth, omnipotence, immutability, and immortality.
(ii) But do you ever think of God as being characterized by peace?
In fact, He /is /peace.
Whatever it is that He gives us He has and He is.
There is no lack of perfect peace in His being.
!!!!!! (c) God lives in perfect calm and contentment.
Why?
(i) Because He’s in charge of everything and can operate everything perfectly according to His own will.
(ii) Since He is omniscient, He is never surprised.
There are no threats to His omnipotence.
There is no possible sin that can stain His holiness.
Even His wrath is clear, controlled, and confident.
!!!!! (2) *2nd/, It is a Gift/* – “May the Lord of peace /Himself /continually */grant /*you peace” *(2Thess3:16)*
!!!!!! (a) The word translated /“grant”/ is the verb meaning /“to give.”/
God’s peace is a sovereign, gracious gift bestowed on those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
*According to Psalm 85:8, a verse you may have never noticed before, the psalmist stated,* “I will hear what God the Lord will say; for He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones.”
*God grants peace to those who belong to Him. Jesus said,* “My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you.
Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid” (John 14:27).
*There’s no greater gift for the anxious than God’s peace*.
!!!!!! (b) Some, however, will seek relief from their anxieties through a false peace:
*Isaiah wrote,* "Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near,” Says the Lord, “And I will heal him.”
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
“There is no peace,” Says my God, “for the wicked.”
(Isaiah 57:19-21)
*Thomas Watson Wrote: *This is the devil’s peace; he rocks men in the cradle of security; he cries, Peace, peace, when men are on the cliff of hell.
The seeming peace a sinner has, is not from the knowledge of his happiness, but the ignorance of his danger (A Body of Divinity [Carlisle, Pa.: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1986 reprint], p. 262).
!!!!! (3) *3rd, /Its Always Available – /*“May the Lord of peace...*/continually /*grant you peace” (2Thes.
3:16).
It is constantly available; the implication is, however, that it can be interrupted.
!!!!!! (a) It isn’t God who interrupts our spiritual peace, but us.
(i) We can suspend the flow of peace in our lives by giving in to our flesh, and unless we “walk by the Spirit,” our means of controlling the flesh (Gal.
5:16), we are open season to all kinds of anxieties: the dread of the unknown, the fear of disease and death—and the list can go on.
!!!!!! (b) /How does this unfortunate process begin?/
(i) When we stop focusing on our permanent condition in Christ and start basing our happiness on the passing things of the world.
Those things by definition will change.
*Therefore*, if we get upset when they do, we will spend our lives in distress.
\\ !!!!!! (c) But what if were feeling troubled or anxious?
How can we restore this peace?
How can this peace remain uninterrupted?
(i) /Remind yourself that God is there to help you:/
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