This is the final sermon in our Advent series. We hope this message from God's word encourages your faith!
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Preacher: Darin Lund
[Christmas Day - 2022] ========================================
"What does the gospel of God offer us? If we say 'the peace of God,' none will demur–but will everyone understand? The use of right words does not guarantee right thoughts! Too often the peace of God is thought of as if it were essentially a feeling of inner tranquility, happy and carefree, springing from knowledge that God will shield one from life's hardest knocks. But this is a misrepresentation, for, on the one hand, God does not featherbed his children in this way, and anyone who thinks he does is in for a shock… The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God; it is the state of affairs in which God, instead of being against us, is for us. No account of God's peace which does not start here can do other than mislead… The peace of God, then, primarily and fundamentally, is a new relationship of forgiveness and acceptance..." - J. I. Packer, Knowing God ======================================== https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/knowing-god-ivp-signature-collection-9780830848614 ========================================
