Ephesians 6:16, “In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one.” Verse 16, like the rest of the armor passage, is built around a participle that expounds the manner in which we are to “stand” (v.14). So, “stand…taking up the shield of […]
Ephesians 2:14, “For He Himself is our peace…” Christ as our peace…..He is peace not only between man and man, and man and God, but also—as Colossians 1:20 tells us—between all things in heaven and on earth. In Christ, all things are reconciled, all things are set at peace. In Him all of creation is
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” – John 14:27
John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” As I considered this morning what exactly the “Peace” that Jesus gives is, I noticed a few things: First,
Isaiah 26:3-4, “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.” The thing that stands out in this text is that a PERSON–namely, Yahweh God Himself, is the anchor for our peace….and we
2 Peter 1:2, “May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” The experiential grace and peace that are ours by the Spirit multiply to us as we know more of God’s glory in Christ through the Spirit.
Isaiah 19:25, “Blessed be Egypt, my people, and Assyria, the work of my hands, and Israel, my inheritance.” John 12:32, “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” The shed blood of the Incarnate God has and will swallow the warring bloodlines of this world into
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Colossians 1:19, “For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether in earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross.” The death and resurrection of the God-Man is the note that harmonizes all of reality to the
Philippians 4:19, “And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” God’s glory in Christ satisfies every insufficiency, every lack, every longing, and every loss. There is no human need that does not find its deepest answer in Jesus Christ–crucified and risen.
Ephesians 2:16, “[the death of Jesus rendered the Law inoperative for those who trust in Him, that He] might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.” Jew and Gentile are reconciled to one another and to God in Christ…which means all the ethnicities represented under “Gentile”
John 20:19-20, “Peace be with you.” When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side; His wounds, our peace.
John 14:26-27, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things an bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I love with you…” Short Thoughts: The Spirit illumines and ignites the self-revelatory words of the Son so that, in
