God of Peace

Heb 13:20 Now the God of peace...

God of peace.

Rom 15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Rom 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

Php 4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

1Th 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.


You know when the words 'God of peace' are uttered I can't help but think of the opposite 'God of war'.
Not so much today but thousands of years ago there were very visible 'gods' that were worshipped which required human sacrifice. There were 'gods' that were carved in stone and temples were erected in their honor where men and women debased themselves to honor those gods. There were gods who required worship in what we term to be inhumane ways, ways there were anything but peaceful. Every single god outside of God the father- the God of peace-are gods controlled by Satan. EVERY single one of them. There can only be God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Beyond those 3 there isn't a single god that isn't controlled by Satan no matter how they wish to be portrayed. Even those supposed innocent gods of nature that people have rediscovered and give their worship and honor to. The gods of earth, wind, fire, water, they sound so innocuous but in truth any god that isn't among the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit is anything but innocuous, they are deadly, they are poison to us all. There is NOTHING innocent, NOTHING good in those 'gods'. We can't say they don't exist because they do exist in the hearts of people led completely astray. We can say they don't exist to us, because we know they aren't real 'gods', they are 'FALSE' gods. They are the gods we are NOT to have before God. NO other deserves the honor and praise, the worship, the love that only our Creator deserves. NONE other created us!


God of peace.


In all that God does and has done it's NEVER been done to create chaos, to create hate, to create lies, to bring about confusion and discord. Yes, all that has been allowed- but God is not the author of it all. God desires peace. The END goal is the same as the BEGINNING goal- peace. EVERLASTING PEACE, LOVE, MERCY.


Psa 100:5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.


Jer 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.


Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.


Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.


Isa 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.


Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.


Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.


Heb 13:20 Now the God of peace...


The peace of God - the God of peace.


Our hearts and minds are kept through Jesus our Lord and Savior. We might not understand the peace of God but we can KNOW He is the God of peace. He is the God we are to worship. He is our Creator. He is our Redeemer. We are to have NO other gods before the God of peace.


While most of us aren't in danger of worshipping a god who asks us to kill things- animals, people, we are all exposed to other gods that are just as dangerous to our salvation. Remember my earlier mention of innocuous gods? They truly do SEEM to exist all around us taking on forms we would never imagine. Just think about an outsider's view of our world- how many of us would be accused of placing ourselves daily before a 'god' that exists in the form of a flat screen flashing pictures at us, or a screen that we manipulate and interact with constantly. Worshipping - giving our allegiance, giving our time, our devotion, our honor, our praise. Consciously most people do not give their allegiance, their honor, their praise to their televisions or their computers. Consciously they do not worship these things but they do in fact worship themselves. There is no such thing as an innocuous god, all other gods before god that we worship cause us to sin against God and sinning against God means our death.


Remember this…


Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;


And this…


but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.


If we don't ACTIVELY worship God, choosing to worship God and acting upon that choice, by default we worship self as another god- we become our all in all.


Once we are aware of God we are accountable to God.


Heb 13:20 Now the God of peace.


We know the God of peace, He is OUR God, the One we worship, the One we love, the One who has Saved us. We just need to believe and act on that belief being willing to be His, willing to belong to the God of peace and no other god whatsoever!


Mat 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.


We need to be with God, the God of peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.


No other god brings Peace such as God brings Peace, no other.


By His amazing and wonderful grace!


Amen.