Category: Bible Study

Perhaps the most common goal of people today is peace.

The dictionary defines peace as the normal, non-warring condition of a person, a nation, a group of nations or the world. The Bible also has a definition for peace.

Most of the suffering in the world today would end if people would choose to live in peace. The world found peace in 1919 when World War 1 ended, and the world established an organization called the League of Nations. This failed to produce a lasting peace. Again, in 1945 after the Second World War, another organization was formed called the United Nations. It also failed to produce world peace. And today there is still no peace in the world.

The Bible teaches two kinds of peace.

First, there is a peace that exists between groups of people.

Second, there is a peace that exists in the heart of a person, and this peace is not affected by the external peace the world gives.

The Bible speaks very clearly on the topic of peace and how one may attain it. Jesus taught two kinds of peace:

(1) ” Peace, I leave with you my peace I give to you, and (2) not as the world gives do I give to you….” (John 14:27).

Jesus gives peace and the world gives peace, but the peace the world gives is transitory, not permanent and can be easily lost.

The peace Jesus gives is a permanent relationship with God through faith:

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1) This peace with God can never be lost!

Following our peace with God, we also may have the peace of God:

” Don’t worry about anything but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God: and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4: 6,7)

Every person who has repented of unbelief and turned to God in faith has peace with God. and this peace with God can never be reversed.

Peace with God is established forever when we trust Jesus as our Savior and the peace of God occurs when we as believers acknowledge and repent of sin in our lives.

Let me encourage you to be a good citizen and to work for peace in this world, but also to examine your life and make certain that you have peace with God. Trust Him today and in every difficult situation you face seek the peace of God through repentance, obedience and thankful prayer.

Blessings on you as you seek to live for Him today and in the future.

One further word: You may have tried other religions and still you do not have peace. That lack of peace tells me that you are searching for God. He is also searching for you so right now pray this prayer: “God in heaven I want to know you and I want my life Changed. Right now I ask you to come into my life and change it. From this day forward I will live for you.”

An essential to all life whether to plant, animal or human is food… food is any substance that is eaten or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, to provide energy, and to promote growth. Any living organism deprived of food will soon shrivel up and die.

The physical body needs food and. we work long hours each day to earn money in order to buy food to have strength to go to work, to earn more money, to buy mote food, to have strength and it goes on and on. We make every effort to see that our children and others we love have food to eat and the place to stay.

However, a person is much more than just a physical body; he is also a spiritual being and that spiritual being craves and needs spiritual food.

Jesus said in Matthew 4:4 ” Man shall not live by read alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God ”

This food feeds the soul, and just as physical bread satisfies the pangs of hunger in a person the Bible is spiritual food that satisfies the hunger of the soul. Only God can satisfy the hunger of the heart.

The Bible teaches that God wants to provide us this spiritual food and that it is free.

” Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come by wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your labor for that which does not satisfy.? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear and come to me; hear; that your soul may live……” (Isaiah 55:1-3)

Jesus said, ” I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6:35}

God has put within every person a spiritual vacuum, a spiritual hunger, that only He, can fill and satisfy. You can fill this void in the heart by loving and serving the God who made the world and all things in it. He is Lord of heaven and earth.

Let me encourage you to continue eating food that is nutritious and that will give you and your family strong healthy bodies. Also, take time to feed your soul by reading the Bible each day. If you need direction in getting started, begin with chapter one of the Gospel of John and read one chapter a day and in 21 days you’ll have read the entire book. this is spiritual food for your soul, And I highly recommend it.

If this is all new to you The following verse From the Bible explains how you may have forgiveness of sin and eternal life. The words in quotes are mine.

“For God (The God in the Bible) so loved the world (You) that he (God) gave his only Son (Jesus) that whoever ( you ) believes in him (Jesus) should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son (Jesus) into the world to condemn the world (You) but in order that the world (You) might be saved…..” (John 3:16-17)

If you want to know how Jesus can change your life simply pray this prayer: “God: I don’t know you, but I want to. Please someone to help me understand these words. I pray in Jesus’ name.”

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