The Transformative Power of Christ's Peace

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I pray that we would so understand it and so embrace it that indeed in our hearts and in our relationships the effect would be that Christ's peace really would govern in a way that peace is established, Christ's peace, and I asked this in his name, amen. [00:56:16]

In English the word rule almost inevitably in a context like this sounds like the work of a king or ruler of some kind like that whereas this word doesn't carry that connotation this is not rain like a king that's basiluo, this broadbuto here is Rule like an Umpire, like a referee, like a line judge in a football game. [00:92:82]

It doesn't just stop conflict but it introduces into all disputes and all conversations and all tensions in our lives it introduces this reality, this Force piece of Christ. Now to remind ourselves what that implies let's go back and see the Peace of Christ as Paul unpacks it in its fullest place. [00:314:88]

Now in Christ Jesus you were once far off but have been brought nearby the blood of Christ this is what it cost for us alienated people to be brought together the blood of Christ so when you hear the phrase peace of Christ you should hear Blood Bought peace, that's a powerful factor to introduce into conflict. [00:352:56]

For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh so his blood was shed his flesh was rent and thus he tore down the dividing wall of hostility that's going away because of this enormous price. [00:381:84]

Utterly essential to making sense of this is to take very seriously not just the word peace like oh peaceful feelings are gonna uh fix things they're going to function as a arbiter among squabbling parties no it won't only if it is of Christ, in other words there is a massive reality in this piece. [00:453:66]

The Peace of Christ ruling means that all of our conversations all of our relations all of our efforts relate to each other are done with the Consciousness or awareness that Christ's Blood Bought peace is deciding the rules here and who keeps them. [00:547:38]

So that if I speak in a certain way or you act in a certain way the Peace of Christ The Blood Bought word informed peace of Christ says no that's out of bounds here that's not serving my blood-brought peace so we saw Paul do that here in Colossians 3 8. [00:588:89]

But now you must put them all away anger wrath malice slander obscene talk those are the ways that we relate to each other when the Peace of Christ is not governing it's not arbitrating but if you put the peace of Christ in the room and remind yourself of what it costs. [00:610:14]

It cost him his flesh it cost him his blood to bind Christians together and you put that front and center in our hearts and in our minds remember in our hearts not just in our relations in our hearts you put that together that a line keeper is going to say out of bounds. [00:638:10]

It's going to make judgments like that and thus function for us in making not only internal but intra member that is within the body of Christ peace the kind of peace that glorifies what Christ actually achieved. [00:665:45]

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, argue that this comes right after this because the word informs of Christ, word of Christ informs peace of Christ so the question then how does it, how does it actually work when you have a have a dispute. [00:494:52]

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