By Pastor/Evangelist Barbara Lynch {As posted in today’s Weekly bulletin for the week of 4-2-2023 through 4-8-2023}

EVERLASTING PEACE

I have ordained My People to walk in perfect peace, but they continually evade that peace by their continual sin of [unbelief.] Isaiah 48:  22 (NLT) “But there is no peace for the wicked,” says the LORD.

I perfected peace before the foundations of this world, and this peace I have given to My people.

John 14:  27 (ASV) Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Whose peace did I give unto you {My peace]; not the [world’s peace.]  Why do you not walk in this perfect peace if you believe this?  Why do you wring your hands in anxiety?  Why does the world have more hold on you than My unadulterated Word?

John 16:  33 (ASV) These things have I spoken unto you, that in Me ye may have peace.  In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

What things did Jesus speak to His disciples?  John 16:  28, 31 – 32 (ASV)  I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.  31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?  32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

Isaiah 9:  6 – 7 (NLT)  For a child is born to us, a son is given to us.  The government will rest on his shoulders.  And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.  7 His government and its peace will never end.  He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity.  The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!

I have brought you into a season of perfect peace.  I have spoken peace over you in this world’s deepest time of gross darkness.  The world will be troubled, but My People, whose minds are stayed on Me, will stay in perfect peace.

Isaiah 26:  3 – 4 (NKJV) You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength.

When God created man, he was at peace with God, himself, and everyone else. However, that peace was lost when he turned against God. Peace can be restored, but we can’t do it alone. God provided a way and that way is Jesus. Ephesians 2:  14 (NKJV)  For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,