War and Peace
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Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength.
Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil, spiritual forces in the heavens.
For this reason take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.
Stand, therefore, with truth like a belt around your waist, righteousness like armor on your chest,
and your feet sandaled with readiness for the gospel of peace.
In every situation take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit—which is the word of God.
Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.
and your feet sandaled with readiness for the gospel of peace.
Connection btwn OT and NT
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace, who brings news of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Look to the mountains— the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace. Celebrate your festivals, Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked one will never again march through you; he will be entirely wiped out.
Opposite of peace is chaos and disorder.
For you can all prophesy one by one, so that everyone may learn and everyone may be encouraged.
And the prophets’ spirits are subject to the prophets,
since God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
The word translated disorder here is translated as riots in 2 Cor 6:5
For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and you may not find me to be what you want. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, angry outbursts, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice.
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Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, Good will toward men.
Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people he favors!
Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
“I came to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already set ablaze!
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how it consumes me until it is finished!
Do you think that I came here to bring peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
The Gospel brings conflict.
Peace is not the avoidance of conflict
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.
The same word for peace is translated as secure in this passage. Literally “in peace are his possessions”
Peace is a secure contentment that comes from God
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.
There is value in “absence of conflict” peace but God’s peace is different. It goes beyond the surface.
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
So, then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands.
At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.
But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
For he is our peace, who made both groups one and tore down the dividing wall of hostility. In his flesh,
he made of no effect the law consisting of commands and expressed in regulations, so that he might create in himself one new man from the two, resulting in peace.
He did this so that he might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross by which he put the hostility to death.
He came and proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
This peace is between sinful man and a Holy God.
It is not a peace without suffering.
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”
Peace that promotes unity in the church
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son, growing into maturity with a stature measured by Christ’s fullness.
So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.
Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, according to Christ Jesus,
Gospel of peace
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus—the great Shepherd of the sheep—through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.