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“Peace Be With You!”
The Lord had never said it this way before, and these were the very first words out of His mouth to the disciples after His resurrection. He greeted them with these words 3 different times. (Joh 20:19,21,26)

Peace Made Possible
After the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, sin and death were officially and completely defeated, and taken out of the way of man's relationship with God. Col 2:14

Eph 2:14a
For He Himself is our peace

Receiving His Peace
He gave us His very own Spirit, to be with us every day, to be at our side, He Himself being our peace. Joh 14:16-18,25-27, Rom 8:9-11, 1Pe 1:10-12

Our Daily Bread
We can't live off of yesterday's spiritual food, yesterday's Bible reading, or yesterday's Bible lesson. Our soul needs fresh spiritual food/nutrition every day, just as God designed our bodies to need food daily. (i.e. Exo 16:14-21)

Our Daily Bread
His Word sustains us and gives us peace, and it's meant to be eaten one day at a time, otherwise we'd explode!

Heb 13:5 NIV
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

Peace By Peace
We need to go to the Lord one day at a time, in humility, if we want to enjoy His peace. The Lord, out of His great love for us, will not allow us to experience His peace unless we follow Him. (i.e. Joh 10:27-30, Phil 4:6-7)

"Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young
Although My Presence is a guaranteed promise, that does not necessarily change your feelings. When you forget I am with you, you may experience loneliness or fear. It is through awareness of My Presence that Peace displaces negative feelings. Practice the discipline of walking consciously with Me through each day.

Peace By Peace
We need to go to the Lord one day at a time, in humility, if we want to enjoy His peace. The Lord, out of His great love for us, will not allow us to experience His peace unless we follow Him. (i.e. Joh 10:27-30, Phil 4:6-7)

Righteousness and Peace
Reconciliation means we now have peace with God through His Son. We have this peace because God, by grace, has made us righteous by His blood! 2Co 5:17-21

"Peace Be With You!"
We now have a position of peace with God. And this position of peace has purchased for us the opportunity to live by/enjoy His peace every day.

2 Thess 3:16
Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all!

Perspective on His Peace
Look at His peace, the very peace of Christ, as a weapon in your life.

John 4:32
"I have food to eat that you do not know about."

His Peace Sustains Us
By faith, we can transcend the details in this world and have His peace sustain us in any circumstance. Joh 4:32, Phil 4:7

2Cor 5:17-21
The Greek words for reconciled/ reconciliation mean to change mutually, and to exchange.

Reconciliation
Our Lord paid our price for sin and extended the olive branch to mankind, despite our guilt and unworthiness. (i.e. Rom 5:10)
Man's part is repentance and faith in Christ. He must turn in his heart from his sin and self, and accept the offer of peace from his Maker and Savior. (i.e. Act 20:21)

Reconciliation
Man's pride is really the only thing that stands in the way of God's wonderful offer of peace from being consummated. Rom 1

Reconciliation
Our Lord paid our price for sin and extended the olive branch to mankind, despite our guilt and unworthiness. (i.e. Rom 5:10)
Man's part is repentance and faith in Christ. He must turn in his heart from his sin and self, and accept the offer of peace from his Maker and Savior. (i.e. Act 20:21)

Heb 9:27-28
And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.

God's Provision of Salvation
The whole idea was that God was offering peace to sinful man, and blood had to be shed as a payment for sin. And by grace through faith, man could accept God's offer of peace, on God's terms only, He being the innocent/offended party.

Receiving Reconciliation
When we witness to people, we are actually encouraging people to accept God's offer of peace and total forgiveness through Christ.

John 20:21
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

Perspective on His Peace
His peace is a spiritual weapon of great import. He designed it that way, so His plan cannot be fulfilled by our own will or power, but by standing in His peace. Eph 6