LBS The Nature of the Fruit Part 5 "The Tranquility of Order...Peace"

LBS

The Nature of the Fruit

Part 6 

The Tranquility of Order - Peace

   

       Augustine once offered his compelling definition of peace. He called peace the “tranquility of order.” If peace is the tranquility of order, it is so much more than just the absence of conflict. If a husband and wife stop their quarrels and shouting matches only to fall into icy indifference, do they have peace? 

Peace begins with our relationship with God. The very order of the universe is based on the relationship of the Creator and the created. This order is where we can find tranquility. Live like you’re and animal, and you won’t have peace; live like you’re God and you won’t have peace. Peace is the continual rehearsal of standing in the right spot in the grand order of things--not lower, not higher. 

Read Romans 5:1 and 2 Thess. 3:16 and Romans 15:13 and 1 Cor 14:33

Making peace: Read Romans 12:18

1. In what ways can we make peace with others?____________________________

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Read Phil 4:7

1. Tell of a time when this was your experience of peace?______________________

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What does this kind of peace (not as the world gives..) look like? What is its Character?

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What are the Disciplines of this peace?

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What is the Secret of Peace??

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