TEXT: HEBREWS 13:20, 21
TITLE: I PRAY THIS BENEDICTION UPON YOU: PEACE
INTRODUCTION
A. Jesus is the Prince of Peace…
John 14:27 // John 16:33 // John 20:19 // Acts 10:36
Ephesians 2:14 // Philippians 4:7
B. However, Jesus did not come to bring peace…
Matthew 10:34-36 // Luke 12:51-53
C. How? Why?
1. Yes, Jesus brings peace. However, He brings peace His way
2. When Jesus does things His way, it causes division
3. John 7:43 // John 9:16 // John 10:19
D. What does this mean for us?
Psalm 34:14 // Romans 14:19 // Romans 12:18
1 Corinthians 14:33 // 2 Corinthians 13:11 // Ephesians 4:3 Colossians 3:15 // I Thessalonians 5:13 // 2 Thessalonians 3:16
I Timothy 2:2 // 2 Timothy 2:22 // I Peter 3:11
ACKNOWLEDGE GOD
A. The God of peace
1. Who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead
2. That great Shepherd of the sheep
3. Through the blood of the everlasting covenant
B. Why did Jesus have peace with what He did?
C. What is God’s peace
APPEAL TO GOD
A. Make you complete in every good work
B. To do His will
C. Working in you what is well pleasing in His sight
D. Through Jesus Christ
ASSIGN GLORY TO GOD
A. To whom be glory
AFFIRM THE GLORY’S DURATION
A. Forever and ever
AMEN
A. “So be it”
B. To confirm the words spoken and to invoke the fulfillment of them
CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:
THAT I WILL BLESS OTHERS TO KNOW AND RECEIVE PEACE
