The Truth About God's Peace

Ps 119:165 Great Peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.


Ps 119 is the longest psalm, as well as the longest
chapter of the Bible.

Paraphrased:

God gives peace of mind to all who love His
Law. Nothing can make them fall.

OR

Those who love God’s law have great peace
and do not stumble.


KEY FOCUS WORDS: LAW & GREAT PEACE

The often-used term "law" has the idea of teaching, direction, or instruction. The law is the gracious revelation of what God wants in order for believers to have fellowship with him. It reveals who he is.

Great Peace: Complete security and well-being.
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[Wycliffe Bible Commentary]
Modern society longs for peace of mind. Here is clear-cut instruction on how to attain this: if we love God and obey his laws, we will have "great peace." Though there is turmoil and strife without, there is peace in the heart of him who loves the law of God. Such peace as the world can neither give nor take away. A person may be in great trouble without and yet enjoy great peace within, The Peace in Love: is an inner peace that grows out of one’s love for God's way. The only power that can create or perpetuate true peace is the Grace of Christ. When this is implanted in the heart, it will cast out the evil passions that cause strife and dissension.



The peace of Christ is born of truth. The sure result of accepting truth, the experience that always follows willing obedience, is peace and rest.

John 14:6 6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Peace is not merely a psychological state of mind, but an inner tranquility based on peace with God--the peaceful state of those whose sins are forgiven. The opposite of anxiety, it is the tranquility that comes when the believer commits all his cares to God in prayer and worries about them no more. God's peace is different from the world's peace. True peace is not found in positive thinking, in absence of conflict, or in good feelings. It comes from knowing God and living in His strength. The peace of God, the comfortable sense of being reconciled to God, and having a part in His favor, and the hope of the heavenly blessedness, are a greater good than can be fully expressed. This peace will keep our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus; it will keep us from sinning under troubles, and from sinking under them; keep us calm and with inward satisfaction. Is there any note in all the music of the world as mighty as the grand pause? Is there any word in the Psalms more eloquent than the word "Selah," meaning pause? Is there anything more thrilling and awe-inspiring than the calm before the crashing of the storm, or the strange quiet that seems to fall upon nature before some supernatural phenomenon or disastrous upheaval? And is there anything that can touch our hearts like the power of stillness? For the hearts that will cease focusing on themselves, there is "the peace of God, which transcends all understanding" (Phil. 4:7; "quietness and trust" (Isa. 30:15), which is the source of all strength; a "great peace" that will never "make them stumble" (Ps. 119:165);


and a deep rest, which the world can never give nor take away. Deep within the center of the soul is a chamber of peace where God lives and where, if we will enter it and quiet all the other sounds, we can hear His "gentle whisper" (1 Kings 19:12). Even in the fastest wheel that is turning, if you look at the center, where the axle is found, there is no movement at all. And even in the busiest life, there is a place where we may dwell alone with God in eternal stillness. [Streams in the Desert by Cowman]

We must offer men something better than that which they possess, even the peace of Christ, which passes all understanding. We must tell them of God's holy law, the transcript of His character, and an expression of that which He wishes them to become. Show them how infinitely superior to the fleeting joys and pleasures of the world is the imperishable glory of heaven. Tell them of the freedom and rest to be found in the Savior.

"Whoever drinks of the water that I give will never thirst. “ The law is an expression of God's idea. When we receive it in Christ, it becomes our idea. It lifts us above the power of natural desires and tendencies, above temptations that lead to sin.

Indeed only Jesus gives the Peace that Passes all understanding and it is available by placing your faith in Christ and His precious Word. Do you want tthis one of kind Peace? Call on the Name of Christ Now!

Romans 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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