THE PEACE FACTOR
Simply Peace – Part 1
Paul Westbrook
December 5 & 6, 2020
Philippians 4:7
Romans 4:25 - 5:1, 2
“He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.”
Romans 4:25 (NIV)
2 Corinthians 5:21
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.”
Romans 5:1-2 (NIV)
“For he himself is our peace,…”
Ephesians 2:14a (NIV)
Galatians 5:22-23
We need to:
1. Release
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“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)
“Resist him, standing firm in the faith,…”
1 Peter 5:9a (NIV)
2.
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Jesus – “…And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:20b (NIV)
“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
Ephesians 4:22-24 (NIV)
3. Leverage
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“Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,”
1 Chronicles 16:12 (NIV)
1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Romans 8:28
Jesus – “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”
John 14:27 (NIV)
4. BE
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Jesus – “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
Matthew 11:28-29 (NIV)