April 4, 2011 In Peace

In Peace
Read 2 Samuel 19-21

2 Sam 19:19 “May my lord not hold me guilty. Do not remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. 5 the king put it out of his mind.”

DAVID IS victorious. He has the power to condemn his enemies. But he forgives.
This is a picture of our God’s desire to be our King in peace and forgiveness. Because we are born into the sin of Adam, we are born separate from God. Essentially, we are God’s enemies.
But God sent his peacemaker, Jesus Christ, to be our Father in Heaven. Gracefully, our Father in Heaven accepts the blood of Jesus as the way to our peace with him. (Rom 8:1 there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus & Rom 5:10 For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son)
When we call on Jesus as Lord, we say to the Father, “Forgive us that we have been your enemy. We want to live in peace with you.” God, then, releases his condemnation from you and saves you!
Receive Jesus, the Peacemaker. Welcome him into your life. In the power of the Holy Spirit, live in peace with your Father in Heaven.


Pause and Consider: how you can be a peacemaker in someone’s life.