Producing Peace (5 of 5)
Series: Chasing Peace
Craig Smith
Matthew 5:3
I. Introduction
[adlib intro from worship]
We're wrapping up our Chasing Peace series today. One last time for those of you who might be joining us for the first time, here's what we know:
- We know that peace is never a product of our circumstances.
- We know that peace is always a by-product of the pursuit of godly character.
And our guide in the pursuit of Godly character has been Proverbs 6:16-19:
There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
We know that God hates these things because He loves us. He hates these things because he knows the damage they do to us and through us, to other people. He hates these things because they're peace-killers. So to experience peace what we want to do is pursue the opposite of each of these. And today we're talking about the last one on the list: a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
And before we really dig in, I think it's important to understand that this isn't just another item on the list. This is actually a culmination of the whole list. It's really all of the other elements coming together. And one of the ways we know that is that all the other ones are associated with parts of a person, but the last one is about the whole person. Right? It's haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies...and the Hebrew word for ''pours out'' is actually built on the Hebrew word for mouth...so all six things individual elements are connected to parts of a person, but this last one is tied to the whole person. And the point is ...
Series: Chasing Peace
Craig Smith
Matthew 5:3
I. Introduction
[adlib intro from worship]
We're wrapping up our Chasing Peace series today. One last time for those of you who might be joining us for the first time, here's what we know:
- We know that peace is never a product of our circumstances.
- We know that peace is always a by-product of the pursuit of godly character.
And our guide in the pursuit of Godly character has been Proverbs 6:16-19:
There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
We know that God hates these things because He loves us. He hates these things because he knows the damage they do to us and through us, to other people. He hates these things because they're peace-killers. So to experience peace what we want to do is pursue the opposite of each of these. And today we're talking about the last one on the list: a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
And before we really dig in, I think it's important to understand that this isn't just another item on the list. This is actually a culmination of the whole list. It's really all of the other elements coming together. And one of the ways we know that is that all the other ones are associated with parts of a person, but the last one is about the whole person. Right? It's haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies...and the Hebrew word for ''pours out'' is actually built on the Hebrew word for mouth...so all six things individual elements are connected to parts of a person, but this last one is tied to the whole person. And the point is ...
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