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Bible Study
Coming from Bible Study I'm so pumped! It lasts a good part of the week, too. Amen? I wanted to share some things that I was thinking about. We were completing our "Viewers Guide" about Peace. "Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts" Col. 3:15. "May God himself sanctify you through and through" 1 Thess. 5:23. The Greek word for peace is eirene. Peace truly rules! Another thing I was thinking about and this is so good...Peace comes with Authority, not with the answer. We talked about the difference between a peacekeeper and a peacemaker. A typical peacekeeper often attempts to keep peace at any cost. Ironically, this brand of peace is primarily a false peace Jer 8:11. Then, we learned that a true peacemaker is inferred in the word eirenopois. Poieo means "to make, do, expressing action either as completed or continued." Keep peace. Two antonyms of "make": Argeo- to be idle. Katapauo- to cease working. Antonym of "peacemaker": Philoneikos meaning friend or lover of contention. The motivation for keepers of false peace are fear and distrust. The motivation for Lovers of contention are misery, power, and lack of discipline. As Beth Moore put it, "We all have some doin' to do!" Amen? Our next chapters are all about patience. Notice peace came first! I'm looking forward to it. Nothing will stop me from completing it, not even the devil himself. There's no peace outside God! "But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace" Eph. 2:13-14.
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