Peace

Romans 12: 18

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

Professing Christians should desire to have peace in the body of Christ, but I don’t always see that as the case.

Let’s face it, sin and conflict in the church are inevitable, but if we handle it they way Christ would, there would be peace in the situation.

What’s generally missing when sin and conflict come about, is the willingness to put petty things behind us.

There is sometimes the unwillingness to take a look internally and make a change—a 180 degree change—we call that repentance.

Confrontation should always come in a loving and humble manor.

This may come as a surprise, but we are not obligated to find total reconciliation.

Our verse this morning says…. “if it is possible”…..

Resolution is always the goal, it is not always the outcome in some situations.

It comes down to the….. “as far as it depend on you” part of the verse.

There’s a lot riding and depending on each person in the body of Christ so there is peace.

If you’re depending on always being right, there won’t be any peace with anyone—and as a result there won’t be any reconciliation.

If peace is the desired outcome, then peace might depend upon you—you might have to give/surrender/submit, before peace comes about

Maybe you need to make a 180 degree change today? Maybe that change needs to come, before the peace is all but gone………