Peace with Self
Lord’s Day Morning Worship   April 22, 2001   10 a.m.
The Reformed Presbyterian Church   154 City Line Road   Oswego, New York
315.343.7112     www.geocities.com/oswego-rpc     OswegoRPC@hotmail.com 

Key References: Isaiah 57:1-21; Romans 7:1-25

REVIEW: THE CURRENT PEACE

A. PEACE WITH GOD (Rom.5:1f; 2Cor.5:21; Eph.2:16)

B. PEACE WITH MAN (Eph.2:16,11f; 4:3; see Rom.12:18f; 2Cor.13:11)

  I. THE FORMER PEACE

A. FAITHFUL CHILDREN (Jn.8:44,38f; Tt.3:3)

B. TRUE LOVE (Jer.5:31; 2Pt.2:15; Heb.11:25; 1Jn.2:16,17)

C. COVENANT WITH DEATH (Is.28:15,18; see Lk.8:31)

II. THE CURRENT WAR

A. THE FURY OF SATAN SCORNED (Rev.12:9,5f; see 20:4-6)
1. works destroyed (1Jn.3:8; see Mt.4:1f(6:13); Col.2:13,14; 1Jn.1:7; Heb.2:14-18; 1Cor.15:54-58)

2. authority taken (Jn.12:31; Rev.12:5f,9f; 20:4-6)

3. kingdom plundered (Lk.11:14f,22; Acts 26:18; Col.1:13; see 1Jn.3:8Grk.)

4. glory humiliated (Col.2:15; see Rev.12:9f)

5. all the more dangerous to individuals (Eph.2:3; 4:27; 6:12; 1Jn.5:19; 2Cor.2:10,11; 4:4; 11:14; 1Pt.5:8)

6. very angry against his treacherous subjects (Rev.12:9f; see Jn.8:44; Gen.3:1f)

7. present comfort (Jms.4:7 (Mt.4:1f; 6:13); 1Jn.4:3,4)

B. THE WAR WITHIN
1. peace and war (Rom.5:1f; see Jms.4:4,1; 1Pt.2:11; Gal.5:17; Rom.7:14-25; see 8:10f,23)

2. waging war (Rom.8:10-13; see Gal.5:16; Mk.8:34; 9:43,45,47; Col.3:9&10(Rom.6:5f); 5f&12f; Eph.4:22f,25f; see 1Sam.17:45f; see Mt.26:26f)

3. the goal (Rom.6:7; 1Pt.4:1f; and Eph.4:24b; Col.3:10b; see 2Sam.3:18; 8:1f; 1Chr.22:9; Lk.1:71,74,75,77,79)

4. the result (Rom.8:22,23; Phil.3:20,21)

C. THE WAR WITHOUT (1Jn.5:19; 2:15-17; Jms.1:14,15; 4:1,4; Mk.4:19; 9:43f; see Rev.18:3,4)

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Peace with Self     Lord’s Day Morning Worship     April 22, 2001     10 a.m.

III. THE FUTURE PEACE

A. AT OUR GOING (Rev.14:13; 20:4-6; 2:26f; 3:21; Rom.6:7(8:13); Heb.12:23; Ps.23:6; see Phil.1:23; 2Cor.4:16-5:10)

B. AT HIS COMING (Rev.20:9f(Gen.3:15); 19:11f,19f & chps.21,22; see 2Th.2:8; 1:7f&10; see 2Pt.3:10-12&13; and Phil.3:20,21; Rom.8:22,23)

IV. SEEK PEACE WITH SELF! (Ps.34:14=1Pt.3:11; see 2Cor.5:21)

A. DO NOT SEEK A FALSE AND DEADLY PEACE!  (Jms.4:1,4; Rev.18:3,4; see Is.28:15,18; Rom.2:4; Jn.8:34; Heb.11:25)

B. SEEK A TRUE AND LIVING PEACE!  (1Pt.2:11; Jms.4:1; Rom.6:12; 7:14f; see Rom.5:1f; 6:1f; 8:11,13; Col.3:5; see 1Sam.17:45f; 2Sam.3:18; 8:1f; Lk.1:67-79; see Phil.4:13)

C. USE THE POWERFUL MEANS GIVEN TO YOU THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST!  (Eph.6:10-13f,15; 2Cor.10:3-6; 5:21; see Rom.3:22; see Zech.3:1f; Heb.10:18; 1Jn.1:9; see Heb.2:15)

Prepared by Teaching Elder Kit Swartz   The Reformed Presbyterian Church   See Ephesians 4:11,12; 1 Timothy 4:12-16; 5:17; Ezra 7:10.  Audiotapes available.
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