Missing Peace 2

1. Peace?

1.1. Luke 2:14 (NLT) 14 “Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”

1.2. Matthew 10:34 (NLT) 34 “Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.

1.2.1. How can both these verses be true?

1.2.2. The word is probably different

1.2.2.1. Nope

1.2.3. Context context context

1.2.3.1. Peace among men... no

1.2.3.1.1. Matthew 10:34 (NLT) 34 “Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.

1.2.3.1.2. Matthew 10:35 (NLT) 35 ‘I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

1.2.3.1.3. Matthew 10:36–37 (NLT) 36 Your enemies will be right in your own household!’ 37 “If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.

1.2.3.2. Peace with God

1.2.3.2.1. Luke 2:14 (NLT) 14 “Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”

2. What does God's peace look like

2.1. Paul and Silas

2.1.1. Lied about

2.1.2. Beaten and thrown in prison

2.1.3. Put in the "Inner dungeon"

2.1.4. Clamped their feet

2.1.5. Acts 16:25 (NLT) 25 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.

2.2. Mary, the mother of Jesus

3. QR

4. Luke 2:8-20

4.1. Luke 2:8 (NLT) 8 That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.

4.2. Luke 2:9 (NLT) 9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terrified,

4.3. Luke 2:10 (NLT) 10 but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.

4.4. Luke 2:11 (NLT) 11 The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!

4.5. Luke 2:12 (NLT) 12 And you will recognize him by this sign: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in strips of cloth, lying in a manger.”

4.6. Luke 2:13 (NLT) 13 Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God and saying,

4.7. Luke 2:14 (NLT) 14 “Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.”

4.8. Luke 2:15 (NLT) 15 When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

4.9. Luke 2:16 (NLT) 16 They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger.

4.10. Luke 2:17 (NLT) 17 After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child.

4.11. Luke 2:18–19 (NLT) 18 All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, 19 but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often.

4.12. Luke 2:20 (NLT) 20 The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.