Proclamation of Peace

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Proclamation of Peace

• Luke 214

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Proclamation of Peace

• I. What Is Peace?

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Proclamation of Peace

• ??????? (shalom) healthy, unharmed, whole,
  intact, restored, replaced, repaid, complete,
  successful, prosperous, peaceful

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Proclamation of Peace

• I shall also grant peace in the land, so that
  you may lie down with no one making you tremble.
  I shall also eliminate harmful beasts from the
  land, and no sword will pass through your land.
• Lev 266

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Proclamation of Peace

• The Lord bless you, and keep you The Lord make
  His face shine on you, And be gracious to you
  The Lord lift up His countenance on you, And give
  you peace.
• Numbers 624-26

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Proclamation of Peace

• If only you had paid attention to My
  commandments! Then your well-being shalom would
  have been like a river, And your righteousness
  like the waves of the sea.
• Isaiah 4818

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Proclamation of Peace

• What Is Peace?
• Jesus Restores Our Peace.

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Proclamation of Peace

• Peace with God (Romans 51)

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Proclamation of Peace

• Therefore, having been justified by faith, we
  have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
  Christ.
• Romans 51

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Proclamation of Peace

• Peace with God (Romans 51)
• Peace with one another (Ephesians 211-22)

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Proclamation of Peace

• But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were
  far off have been brought near by the blood of
  Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who made
  both groups into one and broke down the barrier
  of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh
  the enmity, which is the Law of commandments
  contained in ordinances,

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Proclamation of Peace

• so that in Himself He might make the two into
  one new man, thus establishing peace, and might
  reconcile them both in one body to God through
  the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.
  And He came and preached peace to you who were
  far away, and peace to those who were near.
• Ephesians 213-17

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Proclamation of Peace

• Peace with God (Romans 51)
• Peace with one another (Ephesians 211-22)
• Peace on earth (Romans 818-23)

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Proclamation of Peace

• Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the
  first heaven and the first earth passed away, and
  there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy
  city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
  from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her
  husband.

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Proclamation of Peace

• And I heard a loud voice from the throne,
  saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is among
  men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall
  be His people, and God Himself will be among
  them, and He will wipe away every tear from their
  eyes and there will no longer be any death
  there will no longer be any mourning, or crying,
  or pain the first things have passed away. And
  He who sits on the throne said, Behold, I am
  making all things new.
• Rev 211-5

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Proclamation of Peace

• What Is Peace?
• Jesus Restores Our Peace.
• We Are Ambassadors of Peace.

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Proclamation of Peace

• Now all these things are from God, who
  reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave
  us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that
  God was in Christ reconciling the world to
  Himself, not counting their trespasses against
  them, and He has committed to us the word of
  reconciliation.

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Proclamation of Peace

• Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as
  though God were making an appeal through us we
  beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to
  God.
• 2 Cor 518-20

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Proclamation of Peace

• How can you and I be ambassadors for Christs
  peace this Christmas?

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