The God of Peace FOR you & IN you

Introduction

• A conclusion and a benediction (Numbers 6:22-27)

• The God of Peace (Judges 6:23-24)

I: WHAT THE GOD OF PEACE HAS DONE FOR YOU – THE OBJECTIVE (v. 20)

A: The importance of the objective

B: The focus – the resurrection of Jesus Christ (v. 20a, Isa. 63:11)

Isa. 63:11 LXX - And He remembered the days of old, He who brought up from the land the shepherd of the Sheep.

Heb. 13:20 BGT … the God of peace who brought up from the dead, the great shepherd of the sheep.

C: The blood of the eternal Covenant (10:19-20) A new and living way

II: WHAT THE GOD OF PEACE IS DOING IN YOU – THE SUBJECTIVE (v. 21)

A: The perfect balance between God’s sovereign work and our responsibility.

• Phil. 2:12-13

• Lev. 20:7

B: The Sanctification “equation” -100% God and 100% you.

III: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OBJECTIVE & THE SUBJECTIVE (vv. 20-21)

A: The essential balance

B: Avoiding errors

• Self-sanctification

• Inactivity

• Experientialism

• Pharisaism