It consists of forgiveness of sin, peace of conscience, deliverance from wrath, which man, had he continued upright, would not have needed. 4 1 My dear, dear friends! We understand by the heart the source of the affections and passions; but not unfrequently the inspired writers use the word to signify the affections and understanding acting together. 1. I mean, revel in him! (2) From wandering, for how soon are they beguiled? Wherever sin is there is unrest. Sin has disturbed this original law and given to the flesh an unnatural ascendancy, and so is productive of misery and misrule. "I'm resolved, etc. Philippians 4:7 Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. If any man praises don't exult; if you are censured don't despond. Mystery surrounds us. God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! The peace which such things give is like that peace in nature which cradles the thunder-storm. First this: God created the Heavens and Earth - all you see, all you don039;t see. It originates with Him. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee;” Isaiah 26:3; see the notes at John 14:27. ITS NATURE IS OF DIFFICULT INTERPRETATION. It is a peace which "passeth all understanding." III. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. The Apostle Paul frequently used terms which had somewhat of a hyperbolical cast, and the language here is that which one would use who designed to speak of that which was of the highest order." Surely, then, it is not wonderful that this should be so in religious life. Hence the wicked are like the troubled sea. "I will trust and not be afraid. He is the object of faith and the sole medium of spiritual influence. "If there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." Go to. "I'm resolv'd upon this, and I'll follow it through,To love and to practice the "things that are true." A peace in reference to outward circumstances. IV. And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. The man who is reconciled to God by Christ has nothing outside him that he needs fear. Because it is that which is immediately produced by God's Spirit, and is thus a direct Divine donation. II. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. A quiet spirit will neither sink nor wander. The very terms and phrases by which it is expressed are "foolishness" unto them, or repugnant, or unintelligible. THE CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH IT COMES. Abiding; secure and certain, a peace that lives independently of circumstances, "which the world can neither give nor take away," the unruffled undercurrent, beneath the grounds well of the Christian's sorrows; a peace not often disturbed, and never finally overthrown. God saw that it was good. Something has been done to produce it beyond the original constitution of things, and the result of this interposition in human experience must be of a nature different from and additional to, the blessedness that would have belonged to humanity had it only realized that for which it was made. "Thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice.". It is one of the blessed fruits of His obedience, sufferings, and intercession. God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. All hail to the true!I'm resolved, etc. In all ages the minds of Christians have been apt to be disturbed on vital truths. Man by sin has placed himself in antagonism to God. But they are delusive. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. We may have negative conceptions of it, exclude from it that which cannot possibly belong to it and which is opposite to its nature. Because it is that for which God made man at first — the realization of His original idea of the happiness of humanity. It keeps the mind. Not only beyond common, or the sinners, but all — deeper, broader, more heavenly than even the joyful saint can tell. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It was not from man the sinner that the overtures were made. Though my means may be small and name quite obscure. You make me feel such joy, fill me with such pride. III. No one else can give peace. All they can say is, it "passeth understanding," and perhaps an inhabitant of heaven cannot say more. There are many voices which cry to man of pleasure and rest. Man unaided cannot attain to it. The man of intellect may talk of the delight he experiences in the acquisition of knowledge, but his words convey no distinct idea to his ignorant neighbour. 3. Foreboding fears are agitating elements. To neglect either is injurious. God gives peace in reference to all His commands. "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest [honorable], whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report." There are earthquakes, yet the earth pursues the even tenour of its way. (b) The peace of levity, which is perfectly understood. (1) See how it keeps those who are in the depth of poverty while many rich are distracted. It was evening, it was morning - Day Four. of
III. The consequence is that to the idea of antagonism between the sinner and God, there is the idea of antagonism to himself. God saw that it was good. Duty is pleasant because the mind is in joyous harmony with God's requirements. 2. 1. "The work of righteousness is peace." I paused and said, “Thank You, Lord, even for these trials,” and immediately I was flooded with His peace. It’s wonderful what happens … If you tell your troubles to God you put them into the grave. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. "May the God of hope fill you with joy and peace in believing, through the power of the Holy Ghost.". 2. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use our convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, John Etheridge Translation of the Peshitta, James Murdock Translation of the Peshitta, And the peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ, Commentary Critical and Explanatory - Unabridged, Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible, Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament. There is fear. 1. (1) In temptation by satisfying it. All hail to the true!I'm resolved, etc. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. Your sin was the ground of the quarrel, but it is east into the depths of the sea.