6 August 2017 Perfect Peace Perspectives on peace

6 August, 2017 …Perfect Peace

• • • Perspectives on peace Fallout of not having peace Scripture Illustration Application

• Perspectives on peace

P E A C E

Semaphore N Semaphore D Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Britain 1957

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Britain 1957

P E A C E

Kekchi Indians of Guatemala

Descendant of the Maya

Peace – quiet goodness

HEIWA 1. Calm quietness 2. Absence of anxiety 3. Freedom from war 4. Harmony between people

World Peace Bell – New York Gifted by the people of Japan June, 1954

世界絶対平和萬歳. Long live absolute world peace

Peace is not: • An article • A feeling • An emotion • A destination

Peace is (both dynamic and static): • A state of being • To be complete • To be sound

Peace is (both dynamic and static): • To be in harmony • To be fulfilled • A fruit of the Spirit

• Perspectives on peace • Fallout of not having peace

Fallout of not having peace in one’s life • • • Emotional Anxiety Instability Discontentment Prolonged sorrow Unhealthy relationships Eating disorders • • Mental Torments Lack of focus Absent mindedness Mental illnesses

Emotional Fallout of not having peace in one’s life • • • Physical Sleeplessness Irritation Eating disorders Immorality Drunkenness Strife Weakness Failure Suicide Mental

• Perspectives on peace • Fallout of not having peace • Scripture

Our Responsibility 3 You Isaiah 26 will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You: because he trusts in thee. 4 Trust in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

Exodus 17 12 But Moses’ hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it.

And Aaron and Hur stayed [supported] his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Peace With God - Spiritual

Peace With God - Spiritual Romans 5 1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Peace Of God - Emotional

Peace Of God - Emotional 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 heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Peace Of God - Emotional

Peace Of God - Emotional Philippians 4 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

Peace Of God - Emotional the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 7 and

Peace With/Among Others Relational

Peace With/Among Others Relational Matthew 5 are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God. 9 Blessed

In Christ, we: • Can have peace with our past • Have access to victorious peace in the present • Will live in perfect peace eternally

• • Perspectives on peace Fallout of not having peace Scripture Illustration

Horatio Spafford Anna Spafford

Horatio, Anna and Horatio Spafford II

Maggie Annie Bessie Tanetta

On November 22, 1873, the steamer Ville du Havre was struck by a British iron sailing ship, the Lockhearn

"On Thursday last we passed over the spot where she went down in mid-ocean, the water three miles deep. But I do not think of our dear ones there.

They are safe, folded, the dear lambs, and there, before very long, shall we be too. In the meantime, thanks to God, we have an opportunity to serve and praise Him for His love and mercy to us and ours.

I will praise Him while I have my being. May we each one arise, leave all, and follow Him. “ Horatio Spafford

For me, be it Christ hence to live: If Jordan above me shall roll, No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait, The sky, not the grave, is our goal; Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord! Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!

Horatio, Anna and Horatio Spafford III

Bertha and Grace Spafford

• • • Perspectives on peace Fallout of not having peace Scripture Example Application

What Next? Peace is not: • An article • A feeling • An emotion • A destination

What Next? Peace is (both dynamic and static): • A state of being • To be complete • To be sound • To be in harmony • To be fulfilled • A fruit of the Spirit

What Next? In Christ, we: • Can have peace with our past • Have access to victorious peace in the present • Will live in perfect peace eternally

In Remembrance of Me

It Is Well With My Soul 493

When peace like a river attendeth my way, When sorrow like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, “It is well, it is well with my soul. ”

It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, Let this blest assurance control, That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.

My sin – O, the bliss of the glorious thought, My sin – not in part, but the whole Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, O my soul!

It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.

And, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll, The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend, “Even so, ” it is well with my soul.

It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.

Romans 15 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

…Perfect Peace