How Can I Have Peace With God?
December 7, 2020

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6

Prince
“Sar” (sar); the one in charge, lord, chief, general.

Peace
“Shalom” (shaw-lome’); rest, tranquility, wholeness, completeness.

• His peace is a gift the

cannot give you.

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

How Can We Find This Peace?

Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ. 14 For Christ himself has brought peace to us.
Ephesians 2:13b,14a

• Our

separates us from the presence of God.

Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
Genesis 2:25

7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:7,8

It was through what his Son did that God cleared a path for everything to come to him—all things in heaven and on earth—for Christ’s death on the cross has made peace with God for all by his blood.
Colossians 1:20

• Jesus cleared a

for us to have with God.

The Path to Peace With God

“The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
Mark 1:15b

• We

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For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
Romans 3:23

  • Confess your sin
    3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. 4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight.
    Psalm 51:3,4

  • Ask for Forgiveness
    Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow… Create in me a clean heart, O God.
    Psalm 51:7,10a

  • Turn Away from your Sin
    Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me—now let me rejoice.
    Psalm 51:8

  • Be Restored
    Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
    Psalm 51:12

• We

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9 If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.
Romans 10:9,10

Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.
Romans 5:1

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
John 1:12

For God caused Christ, who himself knew nothing of sin, actually to be sin for our sakes, so that in Christ we might be made good with the goodness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21