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In our crazy world today, there sure doesn't seem to be much peace.
We are living in times of political, social, religious and global unrest.
There are crisis it seems around every corner.
Crisis at the boarder, crisis with Covid related issues, from vaccine mandates being pushed on free Americans to people leaving their jobs due to those mandates.
So you tell me, where is the peace.
Can one even have peace in these trying and uncertain times in which we live?
So we go to the Bible and ask what does the Bible have to say about peace?
Well actually it say a lot about it.
In the Old Testament it is that beautiful and complex word shalom—all-round well-being, freedom from fear and want, and contentment in relationship with God, others, and creation.
Peace in the storm is God’s gift to his people (Ps 29:11).
There are two aspects about Peace that I want us to explore this morning.
The first is The Peace that God Made and second The Peace that God Gives.
But first let us read the text from Gal. 5:22-23
THE PEACE THAT GOD MADE
At times Paul talks about peace as something that God, and only God, has accomplished.
That means the peace that is the result of the great work of atonement that God accomplished through Jesus Christ in his cross and resurrection.
One of the clearest explanations of this is in Ephesians 2.
Turn with me to Eph 2:11-18
Notice how Paul uses peace three times.
First, Christ “is our peace”—that is, whatever peace we have as reconciled enemies, we have in Christ.
And that can only be true because, second, he “made peace” by abolishing, through the cross, the barrier of enmity that divided Gentiles and Jews.
And then, third, through the preaching of the apostles, Christ came and “preached peace” to those who had once been far away.
So in this context, Paul is talking about the “once-for-all” peace achieved by God’s work though Christ at the cross.
It’s something that God did for us.
It’s not the peace that is the fruit of the Spirit in our lives.
Peace as the fruit of the Spirit has to do with our character here and now, rather than God’s action back then.
So, although this aspect of peace—the peace that God made—is absolutely fundamental to the gospel, it is probably not what Paul means by peace as the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5.
THE PEACE THAT GOD GIVES
In Galatians 5:22 where Paul is speaking of the Fruit of the Spirit and mentions Peace as being one of those fruits, he had in mind the peace that God Gives.
And that comes in TWO dimensions.
There is Peace with God and there is Peace of God.
Peace with God
Peace of God
Peace with God.
This is the much-loved statement of Paul at the start of Romans 5:1-2
When we put our trust in Jesus, who died for our sins, then we know that we come into a right relationship with God, which gives us peace.
Peace with God means peace of heart and conscience, the absence of guilt and fear.
We no longer need to be anxious about God’s verdict on the last day.
In Christ we are declared to be among the righteous, those who belong to God’s family.
And it is all because of God’s grace.
That is a wonderful thing and is perhaps a bit closer to the meaning of peace as the fruit of the Spirit.
For unless we are at peace with God through faith, the Spirit of God is not at work in our lives.
But once our relationship with God is settled, then the Spirit of God pours his new life into our lives and that life of God begins to bear fruit.
But the peace that God gives is not only peace with God, but also the peace of God.
That means peace of mind, freedom from anxiety and panic.
Jesus told us not to be worried but to trust our Heavenly Father.
His words describe a quality of peace that reflects the presence of God’s Spirit:
Paul echoes Jesus’ teaching, and explicitly links it to the peace that God gives:
This kind of peace has nothing to do with what this outside world can give or offer.
Circumstances change, troubles come and go, gains and loses are always moments away, BUT the peace God gives has nothing to do with in the direction this world is going.
The question goes back to where we started, can we have peace in this world?
Can we have peace in the midst of all the stresses of life here and now, in the workplace or home?
The answer is YES.
God made peace available to all through His Son.
It is only through His Son that peace can be experienced.
Jesus said, in John 14:27
If you are without peace, Christ is the answer.
When your heart and life is filled with Christ, His Love, Joy and Peace....Are the fruits of His spirit being produced in your life.
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