Jehovah Shalom

Q: What does the Bible say about peace in Christ?

The Bible teaches that true peace is found in Christ, who is our peace through His incarnation, obedience, and sacrifice. The concept of peace in the Bible is deeply rooted in the identity of Christ. As declared in Ephesians 2:14, 'For He is our peace,' this signifies that true peace cannot be found in any other source. Christ, through His incarnation, became our peace by reconciling us to God. He is described as the Prince of Peace in Isaiah 9:6, highlighting His divine role in restoring harmony between God and humanity. Furthermore, Colossians 1:19-20 explains how He made peace through the blood of His cross, showing that it is only through Christ's redemptive work that believers can experience true peace.

Q: How do we know Christ is our peace?

We know Christ is our peace because He fulfills the role of our mediator and reconciler, as outlined in Scripture. Christ serves as our peace through multiple roles outlined in Scripture. In Luke 2:14, the angels proclaimed peace on earth at His birth, indicating the profound significance of His coming. Other scriptures, such as Hebrews 10:14, reveal that through His one sacrifice, He has perfected forever those who are sanctified—indicating that our relationship with God is secured through His work alone. Furthermore, as our high priest, Christ intercedes for us, as seen in Romans 8:34, affirming that we can only approach God with assurance and confidence because of His peace extending to us.

Q: Why is maintaining peace with God important for Christians?

Maintaining peace with God is crucial because it allows for a relationship of communion, confidence, and commitment to His will. For Christians, maintaining peace with God is foundational to their spiritual life and growth. Hebrews 10:19-22 emphasizes that through Christ's blood, we can boldly approach the throne of grace and enter the Holy of Holies, which gives believers the assurance of communion with God. This relationship fosters confidence, as seen in Philippians 4:6-7, where the peace of God guards our hearts and minds. Furthermore, maintaining this peace enhances our commitment to God's purposes, allowing us to navigate the challenges of life while trusting in His sovereignty and care over our lives.

Q: How can Christians experience true contentment?

Christians experience true contentment by trusting in God, committing to His ways, and relying on Christ for strength. Contentment for Christians stems from understanding and trusting in Christ's provision. Philippians 4:11-13 illustrates Paul's journey of learning to be content in all circumstances through Christ who strengthens him. This contentment is not dependent on external conditions but on a deep-seated trust in God's goodness and sovereignty. By delighting in the Lord, as instructed in Psalm 37:4, believers can find fulfillment and peace beyond worldly circumstances. The promise that God will care for our needs when we commit our way to Him reassures us that true contentment is available to those who rest in Him.

Let's turn to Judges, the book
of Judges. The sixth chapter of the book
of Judges. I'm going to read beginning with
verse 21. Judges 6, 21 through 24. The title of the
message is Jehovah Shalem. the Lord our peace. Judges 6.21,
Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that
was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened
cakes. And there rose up fire out of
the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then
the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight. And when Gideon
perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas,
alas, O Lord God, for because I have seen an angel of the Lord
face to face. Now the reference there is to
Exodus 33, 20, when God said to Moses, Thou shalt not see my face, for
no man shall see my face and live." And Gideon knew those
words, but that's why he said when he saw as Manoah and his
wife saw the angel of the Lord, who was Christ, go up in the
sacrifice, he said, Alas, O Lord God, I'm going to die. because I've seen an angel of
the Lord face to face, and the Lord said unto him, Peace. Peace be unto thee. Fear not,
thou shalt not die. And then Gideon built an altar
there unto the Lord and called it Jehovah Shalem. which is, The Lord Our Peace. Now this is one of the seven
names of Jehovah. You've heard them here many times. I've given them in different
messages through the years, but I'll briefly give them to you
again. You can jot them down and read them later. Jehovah
Jireh, The Lord Will Provide. That is what Abraham said to
Isaac going up the mountain to sacrifice and worship. The Lord
will provide. Jehovah-Java. Jehovah-Rapha. I am the Lord that healeth thee.
That is in Exodus 15. The first one is in Genesis 22,
Exodus 15. And then we have Jehovah-Nisa. The Lord our banner. The Lord
is our ensign. The Lord is the king and ruler
over us. It's under Christ that we rally.
He's our banner. The Christian does not have a
flag. The Lord's our banner. Jehovah-Raya, the Lord is my
shepherd, Psalm 23, my shepherd. One you're familiar with, I'm
sure, Jehovah Sidkenu, the Lord is my righteousness. And Jehovah Shema, S-H-A-M-M-A-H,
the Lord is present. Ezekiel 48, the Lord is present. Now we talk often, there's one
more, we talk often about these other names and ministries of
our Master. I am the Lord, I will provide,
I will heal, I will rule, I will, as your shepherd, lead you in
paths of righteousness by still waters. The Lord is my righteousness,
the Lord is present. Where is the Lord our peace? We don't talk a lot about that,
do we? In fact, I'm troubled. and surprised that so many who
profess to know the Lord, and I believe many do, yet do not
demonstrate that peace which is promised. And the Bible has
a lot to say about it. Isaiah 26, don't turn, just listen. Isaiah said, Thou wilt keep him
in perfect peace, whose bind is stayed on thee, because He
trusteth in thee. You keep him in peace because
he trusts thee. Like a child who trusts a father. The child doesn't worry nor is
he concerned because he knows his father's love and he trusts
his father. He'll cross the busiest street
in the world as long as his father's holding his hand. He trusteth. In Philippians 4, Paul said,
And the peace of God, the peace of God, which passeth understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. And Colossians
3.15, he says, Let the peace of God rule in your heart. Let the peace of God rule. Not the disturbance and disturbing
factors. Don't let them rule. Don't let
them control. Let the peace of God control
your heart and rule in your heart. Then I told you this morning, in twelve different epistles,
Paul begins with these words, Grace be unto you and peace. Well, there's a lot said about
grace from the pulpit. But where's the peace? Grace be unto you and peace from
God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Now I have three
questions tonight with regard to my subject. Gideon erected
the altar there and he called it Jehovah Shalem, the Lord our
peace. And here are the three questions.
The first one is where? Where? is true peace to be found. True peace. Where is it to be
found? Secondly, what is the result
of this peace? And thirdly, how is it maintained? Now those are the three questions,
and here's the way I'm going to deal with them. The first
question is this, where is this true peace to be found? Well,
the Scripture says here, Jehovah Shalem, the Lord, is
our peace. The Lord is our peace. And that
Scripture Paul uses so frequently with which to begin these various
epistles says grace and peace from God the Father. from God
the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ. He's called...
I wish you could, like I did yesterday, use a concordance
and see how many times He's called the God of peace. The God of
peace. Now, God is love, and God is
mercy, and God is grace, but God is peace. And in Him, dwelleth
all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, so in him we have peace."
It's in Christ. He's the fountain. We sing that
song, come thy fount of every blessing. Fount of every blessing. Fountain of every grace. It flows
from him. He is our peace. He is our peace. Christ is our peace. Well, still,
preacher, How is the Lord our peace? He's not the Lord our
peace to all of Adam's race. We can't just say the Lord is
our peace because He's not the peace. He's not peace to all
of Adam's race. We can't say peace, peace, where
there is no peace. Well, then how is He? We know
where peace is found. It's in Christ. Christ is our
peace. That's what Jim read a moment
ago. Well, how is he our peace? Well, I do want you to use your
Bible now. Turn, first of all, to Luke,
chapter 2. Luke, the second chapter, verse
11 through 14. Now, first of all, the Lord is
our peace as our incarnate Redeemer. God sent his Son into the world
to be our peace. The living God robed himself
in human flesh and became identified with us, and thereby became our
peace. He is the king of peace. He is
the prince of peace. And his coming into this world
for his elect brought peace. He came to bring peace. Peace
with whom? Between nations and neighbors? No, sir. Peace with God. I know that present-day preachers
do not believe God's angry, but He is. I know that most preachers
preach God is love, and they say nothing about the wrath of
God, but God is angry with the wicked. And he that believeth
not on the Son, the wrath of God abideth on him. That's just
so. I know that most preachers wouldn't
dare back several Many months ago, my son Paul, when they were
still here, he was putting the Scripture verses on the bulletin
board out front. You read those verses? Brother
Tom puts them out there now, does a great job. I like what
he puts out there, Scripture. But I came driving up to the
church one Saturday afternoon after Paul had been over here,
and he'd put some Scripture out there on the bulletin board,
And it said, God hates the workers of iniquity. And I wheeled in
here. I said, son, do you know this is the only church in the
whole state of Kentucky that put that on the bulletin board?
He said, Dad, it's Scripture. I said, I'm glad it's out there.
I think. God's angry. The wrath of God,
the canons of heaven are aimed at this world. It's earmarked
for condemnation and flames and fire and wrath. That's right. And us with it, till the Prince
of Peace came to bring peace, not to everybody, not to the
whole world, but to his kingdom. It's a kingdom of righteousness
and peace. His righteousness and His peace
might. Listen to it, Luke 2, verse 11. For unto you, you recognize these
are the angels talking to the shepherds, unto you is born this
day in the city of David a Savior which is Christ the Lord. And
this shall be a sign unto you, you will find the babe wrapped
in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there
was with the angel a multitude of heavenly hosts praising God
and saying, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace. It didn't come till he came. Goodwill toward men. Now if God has always loved everybody
and been at peace with everybody goody-goody granddaddy that wants
to do everything for everybody, how come he needed peace? How
come Christ needed to come? I don't understand. But I'll
tell you, when you can stand and say peace, when you can stand
and say good will from God to this earth, is when you're standing
in Christ. If you're standing outside of
Christ, there's no peace. He came as our incarnate Savior
and brought peace. Turn now again to Colossians
1. Of course, He is our peace in
that He is our obedient representative. He obeyed the law. He put away
the curse and condemnation. Do you know that we were under
the curse of the law? Under the curse of the law and
Christ was made a curse for us? And thereby He made peace before
the law? And then look at this in Colossians
1.19, Colossians 1.19, For it pleased the Father that in him
should all fullness, peace, joy, sanctification, life, grace,
mercy, dwell, and having made peace. With whom? With God. How? Through the blood of His
cross. By Him to reconcile. Who needed
reconciling? I thought God loved everybody. By Him to reconcile all things
pertaining to His kingdom to Himself. By Him, I say, whether
they be things in the earth or things Moses and Abraham and
Isaac and Jacob who were already in heaven. Christ came to reconcile
God to this bunch of sinners. And you, and you that were sometimes
alienated, and what? Enemies? Enemies? In your mind? By your wicked
works? Yet now hath he reconciled in
the body of his flesh through death to himself through his
blood to present you to God, holy, unblameable, unreprovable
in God's sight. There is our peace. There's our
peace. How is He our peace? Where is
peace found? You tell me. Evidently in Christ. He is our... Back to Ephesians. Ephesians. Chapter 2. That which Brother Jim read a
moment ago. Verse 14. Where is peace found? Ephesians 2.14, for He is our
peace. There it is then. How is our
peace? Our incarnate Savior, He came
and brought peace. He's the Prince of Peace. How
did He bring peace? He went to the cross and died
and shed His blood and made peace through the blood of His cross.
And God's anger is turned away. You are children of wrath, even
as others. But God's anger is turned away
in Christ, and there are sins and iniquities I remember no
more. And then as our high priest, he is our peace. What was Melchizedek
called? King of Salem, King of Peace. And that's who Christ is. He's
the King of Peace. And then as our mediator, he
said to Peter, I prayed for you. Paul said, who can condemn me?
Christ has died. Yea, rather is risen again, who
is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession
for me. He's my peace. He pleads for
peace. But he doesn't have to use words
to plead. His very presence assures us
of peace. So because we have some understanding
of the attributes of God, God is love. Because we believe the
Word of God as a pilot depends on a compass. Oh, I tell you,
as a pilot depends on a compass. Because we believe Christ is
able to save to the uttermost them that come to God by him.
He died just for the unjust to bring us to God. Because we have
a high priest, we can say, listen to the hymn writer, Rest my soul,
be at peace my soul. The penalty is borne, the ransom
is paid. For all my sins, satisfaction
is made." That's peace. Strive not to do what Christ
has done. Claim the free gift. Let peace
be thine own. No more let guilt and fear distress. Rest, my soul, in Christ's sweet
rest. That's where peace is found.
All right? Any questions? I'd answer the
question then. Where is peace found? In Christ. He is our peace. It's not Christ
plus anything. It's not Christ plus your works
or righteous. It's just Christ. That's what
it is. He is our peace. By His incarnation, by His obedience,
by His death, by His resurrection, by His intercession, He's the
King of Peace. All right, secondly, what's the
result of finding peace in Christ. Turn to Hebrews 10. What's the
result? Now, no man has any right to claim or expect peace with
God outside of Christ. No man, woman, boy or girl, we
can't come into God's presence based on our identification or
association with Adam, or with religion, or with anything else.
When we come into the presence of Almighty God, our only plea
is Christ, His blood and righteousness. So what's the result of this
peace in Christ? Well, we have communion with
God. Look at verse 14 of Hebrews 10.
For by one offering, hath he perfected, he hath perfected
forever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is
a witness to us. For after that he had said before,
this is the covenant I will make with them after those days, saith
the Lord. This is the covenant. He's the
shepherd of the covenant. He's the surety of the covenant.
I'll put my law in their hearts, in their minds will I write them,
and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. Now
where remission is, where forgiveness is, where atonement is, there's
no more offering for sin. Having therefore brethren, therefore,
what's that mean? As a result of what Christ did.
As a result of what Christ paid. As a result of what Christ did.
Having therefore brethren, not all men, brethren, boldness to
enter into the holiest. by the blood of Jesus. I thought Brother Todd Nybert
gave a good illustration down at Crossville, Tennessee last
week. He said, there really is only
one place on this earth where I have complete boldness to do
what I want to do. He said, that's my home. He said, I can walk into my home
if I want to sit in the floor, I can sit in the floor. If I
want to go in and open all the drawers of the dresser, I can
open all the drawers, all the cabinets, I can do what's in
my home. And I have complete freedom and boldness to do what
I want. Now he said, I've got friends, I go in their home,
but I wouldn't go in the bedroom and open the drawers. And I wouldn't
go in the kitchen. Did you ever stay in a home,
and you want a glass of water, and you go in, you open the cabinet,
and it's softless. There's a kid here, you open
it, and hope the glasses are there, and they're not there,
and you close it, and you think, hmm, got to open. You open another
one, you know, and you think, there, think I'm looking all
over the place, but you got no boldness. You're on pins and
needles. Not at the house. You open the cabinet and slam
it if you don't find it, and open another one. Where's the
cups? in the dishwasher. That's where
they always are. But that's boldness. See what
I mean? That's what that word's saying
right there, having boldness. What? Yes, sir. Come on into
the presence of God. Jim, call him your father. You
can. Come on into his presence. That's
what's having boldness. Having boldness to enter into
the holiest, Watch it now, by the blood of Jesus. Stay away,
if that's not your plea. Stay away. Stay away. There it is. That's the results
of peace with God. Let us come boldly with a true
heart, full assurance. Secondly, the results of this
peace in Christ is confidence. Confidence in Christ. Paul said,
I know whom I have believed. I know Paul was an apostle, and
I know he wrote Scripture, and I know he was taken to the third
heaven, and I know he was a great preacher, and I know he had great
gifts, and I know he did a lot of preaching. But he never claimed
a relationship with God based on any of those things. He said,
I know whom I have believed. My hope is in Christ. Christ
is my life. Christ is my hope. Christ is
my peace. That's what Paul said. David, even King David, when
he was dying, here was a man after God's own heart, the sweet
psalmist of Israel, the greatest king that ever lived, a mighty
warrior, author of the hymn book of the church. Yet when he lay
dying, he made no reference to any of these things. He simply
said, Although my house be not so with God, God has made with
me an everlasting covenant, and this is all my salvation and
all my desire." That's confidence. And Job said, I know that my
Redeemer lives, and He's going to stand on this earth, and though
worms destroy this body, I'm going to see the Lord, and not
another. I myself go see the Lord." That's
confidence. And I'll tell you where that
confidence is. It's in my Redeemer. David said, the Lord is my shepherd.
And when he came to the end of the psalm, he said then, surely,
goodness and mercy. Somebody said last week, those
are God's watchdogs. They're going to follow me all
the days of my life. Follow me, and then I won't dwell
in the house of the Lord. I will dwell. Why? Because the Lord is my shepherd.
You see, this peace gives you communion with Christ, it gives
you confidence in Christ, and then thirdly, it gives you a
contentment. Now see what Paul says about
that. Turn to Philippians 4. Philippians 4. Let's see what
Paul says about contentment. Contentment. Philippians 4, 11.
Follow along with me. Now, this man was in prison when
he wrote this, and he said, for preaching the gospel, and he
said in verse 11, not that I speak in respect of want. Now back
here in the verse before, he said, let's read verse 10, I
rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care
of me, they sent him some books, and they sent him a cloak, and
they sent him some food, and other things, your care of me
hath flourished again, wherein you were also careful. You wanted
to help me before, but you lacked opportunity. But now remember,
verse 11, I'm not speaking in respect of want. I don't want
for anything, he said. I have learned. The Apostle Paul,
note carefully, he said, I have learned this. It didn't come automatically.
He didn't acquire it when God regenerated him. He had to learn
it. I have learned in whatsoever
state I am. therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased,
to do without, to be despised, and I know how to abound. I know
how to have plenty. I've had plenty. Everywhere and
in all things I'm instructed both to be full and to be hungry,
both to abound and to suffer need. But I can do everything.
I can handle these things. Oh, you can? Yeah. Through Christ,
who strengthens me, I can handle it. Through Christ. He's my peace. He's my contentment. How tedious
and tasteless the hours when Jesus no longer I see. Sweet prospects, sweet birds
and sweet flowers have all lost their sweetness for me. The midsummer
sun shines but dim, the fields striving vain to look gay, but
when I'm happy in him, December's as pleasant as May. Content with
beholding his face, my awe to his pleasure resigned. No changes
of season or place would make any change in my mind, while
blessed with a sense of his love, his presence. A palace, a toy
would appear, and prisons would palace His proof if He dwelt
with me there. He's my peace. Fourthly, what's the result of
this peace? Christ, our peace. I told you
how He accomplished it. It's communion with God. It's confidence. He'll keep me
till the river rolls its waters at my feet. It's contentment.
Content with his providence, content with his purpose, content
with his will, content with his place. Fourthly, it's commitment. I want to read you a scripture
over here. This is rather severe. Leviticus 10. But nevertheless,
it illustrates what I'm saying. Commitment. Commitment to the
will of God. Commitment to the purpose of
God. Leviticus 10. It's quite severe,
but it illustrates what I'm saying. In Leviticus 10, verse 1. Now, this man Aaron had two sons,
one named Nadab, one named Abihu. Leviticus 10, 1. And Nadab and
Abihu, the sons of Aaron, Aaron was the high priest, took either
of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon,
and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded
them not to do. And there went out fire from
the Lord, and devoured both of them, and they died before the
Lord. Then Moses said unto Aaron, This
is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them
that come nigh unto me. You'll come by Christ, or you
won't come. Christ is that true fire, true
incense, and true atonement. And before all the people I'll
be glorified and avarice. Said nothing. That's what that
says. Abram said nothing. He just watched both of his sons
killed by God for offering strange fire, and he held his peace,
which is, he was silent before the Lord. Had nothing to say. That's commitment. One other
scripture, Psalm 39. said this in Psalm 39, verse 9, I was dumb, I was speechless,
and I opened not my mouth because God did it. That's pretty good
advice, isn't it? I think that's good advice. I
was silent, I opened not up my mouth because God did it. That's
commitment. All right, here's my third question.
Is that all right? The result of Christ's peace
is communion with God, confidence in Him. It is contentment, and
it's committal. God did it. All right, here's
the third question. How is this peace to be maintained? It would be refreshing if we
could stay in an atmosphere like this all the time, singing, hearing
this good music. Wouldn't it be delightful? But
it's not to be. It's just not to be. We live in a world of flesh.
We've got to go out there tomorrow. Wouldn't it be a blessing to
have no one about you except people who love Christ, no one
who talked ugly, No one who blasphemes. Just have
nobody around you but people who love Christ. Wouldn't that
be something? But it's not to be. It's not
to be. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have
all your needs met miraculously by God? Like the Israelites that
go out every morning and just gather up bread. Take a cup out
and put it under the rock. Miraculously. But it's not to
be. You got to get out there tomorrow
and labor and work. Sweat on your brow, calluses
on your hands, and you plant your garden and it won't come
up. If it does, the weeds grow faster
than the plants. It's just not easy, is it? Wouldn't it be wonderful? Never
to encounter the old nature again. You're sitting there tonight
and you just feel plumb good, reading the Bible and hearing
the singing and praying. Relatively speaking, your mind's
pretty clean, thoughts. You're enjoying somewhat of a
peaceful attitude. Wouldn't it be wonderful never
to meet that old nature again, only good thoughts, good words,
and good deeds? Well, it's not to be. It's not
to be. Wouldn't it be something to be
eternally young, never ever be sick again, no more tears, no
more pain, never grow old? It's not to be. It's not to be. Turn to John
16. I'll show you what's to be. John
16. My Lord left this word with his
disciples before he went to the cross. It's not to be. John 16.33. Now listen. John 16.33. Now these things
I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In
the world, you are going to have what? Trouble. Trouble, trouble,
trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, tribulation, trouble. But in Christ, you will have
peace. So, be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. All
right, preacher, I know that what you said is true, but you
hadn't told me how to maintain that peace. What can I do? Well, you see, the Holy Spirit
enables us to believe, and we believe. The love of God is shed
abroad in our hearts, but we love. Christ gives us His peace,
but we rest, and we trust. And the Lord gives us grace,
but we forgive. So I'm going to read you something
now. This is it, and I'll close with this. Psalm 37. Here's how
to maintain that peace. And here's the only way, the
only way. If you submit and surrender to
that old nature, that old spirit, that old law of flesh that reigns,
you're not going to have the peace as your inheritance, but
you're not going to enjoy it. The way to enjoy it is to do
what this says right here in Psalm 37. Now, there are eight
precepts here. Verse 1, fret not. Fret not. yourself because of
evildoers. They're all around you, but don't
fret. Don't let them get the best of you. Don't be envious
of these evildoers. Don't fret. Be at peace. Verse 3. Number 2. Trust in the
Lord. Trust Him. And do good. Trust Him. He'll bless you. Just trust Him. Trust Him. Can
we learn to trust Him? Verse 4, delight thyself in him. I know we love our grandchildren,
our children, and our wives and husbands, and we love our work,
and we love all these other things, we love each other. But our delight
is in Christ, and He'll never disappoint us. He'll never disappoint. We disappoint people and they
disappoint us. So if you put around delight
in them, you're going to get hurt. Delight in the Lord. He'll never
disappoint you. Verse 5, commit your way to Him. Quit trying to solve all your
problems and commit your way to Him. Trust in Him. He'll bring
it to pass when He pleases. I have a good preacher friend,
delightful friend. Three years ago, They had a home
problem that I thought at the time, surely it's going to get
the best of him, it's going to destroy him. Today, the problem's
all gone. And he's so happy, so happy. Everything's fine. Got a treasure
down there that he didn't have three years ago. Well, what you're in now, If
you could look over here three years from now, you'd be ashamed
of yourself for the way you're acting, because it's going to
be all right. I guarantee it. I guarantee it,
the old country boy said. I just guarantee it. If you commit
your way to Him, He'll bring it to pass. Now quit fretting. Just stop it. And this is the
way to maintain peace. Stop it right now. Stop it. Trust in the Lord. Delight yourself.
Commit your way to Him. Verse 7, rest in the Lord. Rest. Just rest. And wait patiently
for Him there. And verse 8, cease from anger.
It won't help a thing. And I'm preaching to me now as
well as to you. Just cease from anger. Just go make a bigger mess. That's
all. The more angry you get, the more messy it gets. You cease
from anger. And verse 27 is the seventh precept,
and depart from evil and do good. Don't try to get even. Don't try to get even. Don't
do it. Just don't do it. They say, I'll
pay him back. Don't you do it. Don't you do it. Forget it. God
takes care of our bills. Isn't that right? Don't try to
get evil. That's evil. Doing evil against someone who's
done evil to you just makes you like him. Just leave him be. God said, vengeance is mine.
I'll pay the bills. And he will. But don't try it. Don't try it. Tip for tat, no. No, sir, it doesn't work that
way. It doesn't work that way. It does in the flesh, but that's
not God's way. And then verse 34, the eighth
precept, is just wait on the Lord and keep His way, stay in
the way, and He'll exalt you, He'll exalt you to inherit the
land when the wicked are cut off. You're going to see it.
I've seen the wicked in great power spreading himself like
a green bay tree, but he passed away and he was not. I sought
him, but he couldn't be found. Mark the perfect man. That's
the mature man. That's what I want to be, don't
you? In Christ. And behold the upright. The end
of that man is what? Peace. Peace. all right mike come lead us in
a song

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What does the Bible say about peace in Christ?

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