"WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE PEACE OF GOD?"
LUKE 19:41-44; JOHN 16:28-33
I. WE CAN REJECT GOD’S PEACE (LUKE 19:41-44)
A. The Reality of Rejection (19:41-42)
1. Christ’s visit (See v.44)
2. Christ’s view (v. 42)
a. Looked back: wasted opportunities
b. Looked within: spiritual ignorance and blindness
c. Looked around: religious activity
d. Looked ahead: terrible judgement
3. Christ’s verdict
a. The love of God allows man’s rejection
b. The justice of God appoints man’s reprobation
B. The Result of Rejection (19:43-44)
1. Inescapable Destruction (v. 43)
2. Inexcusable Damage (v. 44)
II. WE CAN REPLACE GOD’S PEACE (JOHN 16:28-33)
A. The Foundation of Peace (16:28)
1. The incarnation
2. The humiliation
3. The exaltation
B. The Failure of Peace (16:29-32)
1. A presumptuous affirmation (vv. 29-30)
2. A prophetic assessment (vv. 31-32)
III. WE CAN RECLAIM GOD’S PEACE (JOHN 16:33)
A. Rely on the Person of Peace (John 14:27)
B. Return to the Place of Peace
C. Rest in the Promise of Peace
1. Joy ("be of good cheer" = "Cheer up!")
a. His pardon
b. His power
c. His presence
2. Victory ("Faith is the victory that overcomes the world" 1 John 5:4)
a. Don’t be overcome
b. Be an over-comer!
