THE PRINCE OF PEACE: ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS JESUS LEFT US WAS HIS PEACE. PEACE IS SOMETHING EVERYONE WANTS BUT SO MANY RARELY FIND IT. IT CAN BE YOURS ALL YOU HAVE TO ALLOW JESUS TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE AND SAVE YOU. PEACE CAN’T BE BOUGHT OR BORROWED, IT HAS TO BE ACCEPTED. JESUS IS OUR PEACE!
INTRODUCTION: THIS MONTH WE WILL START SEASON SIX. THE PRINCE OF OUR PEACE- HIS PEACE, OUR PEACE!
ISAIAH 53:5 –But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us PEACE was on Him and by His wounds, we are healed.
Before I get started with the message on want you to meditate and think about this scripture:
Luke 2:14- “Glory to God in highest heaven, and PEACE on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”
John 14:27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid (NLT) or in the NIV version (Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give peace to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.”) One of the greatest gift Jesus gave us when He was saved, was the gift of peace.
Isaiah, it says that this PEACE came through His crucifixion. I want you to sit and let that saturate your minds and heart. It says that it was the piercing in His side, His humiliation, the lies, the betrayal, the denial, the rejection, the thrones on His head, the flogging on His body, the mocking, the nails in His hands and feet, His body buried in a buried tomb, and the hardest part of this was the separation from His Father for three long days. He took the PUNISHMENT for our transgressions, for our iniquities so we could have PEACE and be HEALED.
Psalm 34:14 tells us what to do, it says “Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it”. This peace is not the absence of any kind of conflict, trials, and tribulations, it is the fact that no matter what storm is going on in your life. Y’all don’t you know that if we don’t have peace with God and with ourselves, we can have peace with others?
This peace this so powerful that it affects and overrules all our circumstances. We don’t have the power to create PEACE, you have to get it from JESUS.
TRUE PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF PAIN OR SORROW, IT’S THE PRESENCE OF GOD!
Philippians 4:6-7-6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the PEACE of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
P-PRAYER
E-EVERLASTING
A-ACCEPTING
C-COMFORTING
E-EMPOWERMENT
2 Peter 1:2-4 (NEW LIFE VERSION) NLV says - 2 May you have more and more of His loving-favor and peace as you come to know God and our Lord Jesus Christ better.3 He gives us everything we need for life and for holy living. He gives it through His great power. As we come to know Him better, we learn that He called us to share His own shining-greatness and perfect life. 4 Through His shining-greatness and perfect life, He has given us promises. These promises are of great worth and no amount of money can buy them. Through these promises you can have God’s own life in you now that you have gotten away from the sinful things of the world which came from wrong desires of the flesh.
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Remember my sisters and brothers, IT TAKES GRACE TO MAKE IT!
Remember my sisters and brothers, it takes GRACE TO MAKE IT!