WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.000 Welcome Just hand Away Tagalog Sermon podcast, your daily dose 2 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:12.919 of inspiring from heartfelt taglog sermons from different characters and 3 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:16.120 speakers all over the Philippines. We hope that this podcast 4 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:24.280 finds you in good shape. And now here's your message. 5 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:29.280 You're listening to a message from Victory. We hope it 6 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:32.600 inspires you to honor God and make disciples in your community. 7 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:40.840 Today we're gonna talk about peace. We're gonna talk about 8 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:45.439 number one, what's real peace? Is it really momentary pasts 9 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:48.920 of the worries? And second, where do we get through peace? 10 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:53.240 And third can we get a hold of it long 11 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:56.920 term or is it really a day or two that 12 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:01.679 we get that piece. So today we're withinuing our four 13 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:05.359 part series or a four week series entitled Promise Fulfilled, 14 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:08.359 and we are at our third week. We're discussing the 15 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:10.560 songs of Christmas, and today we're going to talk about 16 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:15.640 the song entitled Gloria. And that's the song Gloria and 17 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:19.560 it's found in Luke chapter two, verse eight to fourteen. 18 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:23.120 We start with verse eight and it says there and 19 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:25.840 in the same region, there were shepherds out in the 20 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:30.239 field keeping watch over their flock by night and an 21 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:32.640 angel of the Lord appeared to them. In the glory 22 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.640 of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled 23 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:39.840 with great fear. And verse ten, and the Angel said 24 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:43.159 to them, fear not, for behold, I bring you good 25 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:46.680 news of great joy that will be for all people. 26 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:49.719 For unto you is born this day in the city 27 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:54.239 of David, a savior who is Christ the Lord. And 28 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:57.879 in verse twelve, and this will be a sign for you. You'll 29 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:01.079 find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 30 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.920 And suddenly there was a and there was with the 31 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:09.360 angel a multitude of heavenly host praising God and saying 32 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:13.520 glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace 33 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:18.319 among those with whom He is pleased. So what's the 34 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:22.039 story behind it. There were shepherds tending their sheep at night, 35 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:24.960 and all of a sudden the angel appeared and said, 36 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:32.680 fear not, Okaya, Angel Madel Because angels in the Bible 37 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:38.000 are not babies. They're huge warriors. And it was a 38 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:42.680 bright light that shone in front of them. That's why 39 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:46.159 the angel said, fear not, for I have brought you 40 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:50.000 good news. Parandosian good news, anion that God was to 41 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:54.400 be born, that the Savior, the Redeemer, and bid us 42 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:58.840 a story paratigna, he will be born. How do we 43 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:02.400 know that you will see a manger and the babies 44 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:05.599 they're wrapped in swaddling cloth, and in swaddling cloth. These 45 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:09.680 are rettazontela, and you would see him in a manger. 46 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:16.080 What's a manger? Animals? Jesus was painting a picture that 47 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.719 yes he is Lord of all, that he is the 48 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:22.280 king of all kings, but he wants to go to 49 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:26.479 Earth show his show himself as humble as he can, 50 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:32.199 a humble estate. Sabinilla, the creator now goes inside this creation. 51 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:37.120 Jesus was being birthed in good news, in good news 52 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:42.000 in the Vineginna angel so the shepherd Sabila and Ala taot. 53 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:46.080 And what happened next? The angels began to sing the 54 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:51.080 word multitude arap is a representation of a thousand angels 55 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:56.639 Aelona glinas heavens opening heavens. You would see them and 56 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.759 they were ready to sing. And this was their one 57 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:05.960 life song. Glory to God in the highest Is it 58 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:11.639 a familiar phrase for us? Actually in Latin, that's where 59 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:14.800 we get the title of the song. Gloria and its 60 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:18.240 full context or full title in the Latin verse, which 61 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:21.279 was popularized in the third and fourth century. I know 62 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:26.360 you know this song Gloria in Excelsis dao. This is 63 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:31.079 the meaning yentleg glory to God in the Highest. The 64 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:35.240 angels began to worship. The angels began to sing Sabella. 65 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:38.959 The glory of God is present in heaven. This is 66 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:42.160 the glory of God and the good news that the 67 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:48.439 birth of God was actually coming to earth, meaning the 68 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:52.360 glory of God in the Highest is now coming to us. 69 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:58.879 We can experience Heaven on earth. We can experience his 70 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:03.240 glory and experience his faithfulness. We can experience his power 71 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:08.560 as he comes to us on earth. What else does 72 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:12.560 God bring and pends in have any angel the good news? 73 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:15.399 Not only does the glory of God come to us 74 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:20.000 on earth. He was saying, the presence of God brings peace. 75 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:28.839 Can you tell that person beside you? God brings peace? Peace? Peace? 76 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:33.120 You know peace in the Bible, It's been there since 77 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:36.079 the beginning. In Genesis, you would see man at peace 78 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:39.800 with nature, peace with animals. He was at peace in 79 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:44.360 the garden of Eden, and God was at peace with mankind. Unfortunately, 80 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:50.399 what entered sin. As soon as Sin entered what happened. 81 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:54.000 Peace was distorted, Peace was lost. That's why you would 82 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:56.480 hear about stories in the Bible where a brother would 83 00:05:56.560 --> 00:06:01.040 kill a brother, nations would conquer nations. You would heal 84 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:04.879 people oppressed, freeing by God, and then once again being 85 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:08.920 oppressed by another group of people. This is the theme 86 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:13.600 of the Bible. Lagishang Mehrong war and they will be 87 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:17.560 at peace and then once again man. That's why during 88 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:21.279 this time there was a treaty by the Roman Empire 89 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:27.199 called Pax Romana. What does that mean? Roman peace? But 90 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:30.800 that peace wasn't enough for the people of God, Sabinila. 91 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:35.079 The absence of war doesn't mean we are at peace 92 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:40.240 it ourselves. Why because peace is not always the absence 93 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:46.000 of war. And when we talk about peace. This is 94 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:50.959 the world today. They define peace differently, Sabinilla. How do 95 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:53.839 you define peace? How do you get peace when you 96 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:58.000 google it? Sabinilla. Just do the steps. There's a formula 97 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:01.639 to get peace. Get away from stress full situations. So 98 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:05.040 if you work for an environment that's stressful, Sabina, what 99 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:08.680 do you do, Magrissa Gado, is that the solution for 100 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:11.959 peace the world would teach us that to get peace. 101 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:16.279 Sometimes we need to spend money. You want to feel safe, 102 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:21.160 buy a good card, you'll have peace of mind peace. 103 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:26.839 The world teaches us that peace comes in buying something 104 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:31.800 or doing the steps? Is that real peace? Look in 105 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:36.040 the Manu wellampamillion on something for peace of mind? Look 106 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:39.160 in the Manu sobram pc. Is that the peace that 107 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:42.279 God wants for us? When he was born on earth, 108 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:45.720 he brought peace? But what is that piece that the 109 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.399 Bible is talking about? And I want to share with 110 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:53.879 you the word peace? Oh sorry before that. Peace does 111 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:56.360 not mean to be in a place where there is 112 00:07:56.399 --> 00:07:59.879 no noise, trouble or stress. It means to be in 113 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:02.839 the midst of those things and still be calm in heart. 114 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:07.920 Get in peace regardless of your situation. You may be 115 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:11.680 in a situation that's not okay, but you can have peace. 116 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:16.839 God can give you that peace because if you're that 117 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:21.319 person who doesn't want a stressful situation, you can't exist 118 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:24.800 in a situation that there is trouble or noise even 119 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:32.639 Peaceion rest in Peaceion who wants to rest in peace? Today? 120 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.159 We ladi bah. God talks about a different kind of 121 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:39.799 peace in the Old Testament and the word used in 122 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:43.559 the Old Testament for peace is shalom. Say that with 123 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:50.519 me shalom shalom. How about the shalom that is cold, 124 00:08:52.360 --> 00:09:00.039 shalom pass? Say that shalom pass. Okay, So despite the 125 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:05.799 last full show, shalom pass, sorry shalom. The word shalom 126 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:10.879 in Greek, it's called a raine, and say that with 127 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:15.320 me a raine, the Greek word for peace or shalom. 128 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:18.480 This was what the angel was talking about. So what 129 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:23.159 does it mean? Sabina shalom is the absence of war, 130 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:28.200 but not just that. It was the presence of something better. 131 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:30.919 Who wants to know what kind of peace that is? 132 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:35.399 If it's an object, this is a picture of peace 133 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:41.240 of shalom, it's a break picture. One brick sabin la 134 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:46.039 shalom is strong. It can be put on by other bricks. 135 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:49.919 When combined, it's a fortress. It's a it's a gait 136 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:55.360 that can keep you protected. What if that gait, that 137 00:09:55.480 --> 00:10:02.200 strong rock is destroyed anemonere it's broken down right. The 138 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:11.080 Hebrew word also for restore is also shalom. Shalom means peace, strong, wholeness. 139 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:15.480 Now it also means to restore, but ti nima Tayo 140 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:23.600 Gavin Dima Ta Battle. So if there's an illustration that 141 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:25.720 I want to share with you of what Shalom is, 142 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:32.679 it's this. Who's this? NA gets to know? Five thirty 143 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:38.600 see bass Bass. This is mister Potato head. I remember 144 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:42.279 my cousin would always play with this. This was her 145 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:45.960 favorite toy, and when I visit, I would play with 146 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:48.559 her and I would make sure that the parts are wrongs. 147 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:53.960 A been a that's wrong. And I remember shah favorite 148 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:58.879 young game, any toy that stairs to infinity and beyond. 149 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:05.600 So yeah, gives mister Potato sempre mister Potato halas. I 150 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:07.960 believe the design of mister Potato is really like that. 151 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:11.600 It easily takes out because it's for kids, so you 152 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:14.279 can put it wherever you want. This is the design 153 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:17.440 of mister Potato, and the picture of Shalom is mister 154 00:11:17.519 --> 00:11:25.200 Potato combined together. Shalom is complete, whole, at peace, restored. 155 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:29.919 Once it breaks down, once a piece falls apart, just 156 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.279 like us, when we go through life and we give 157 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:35.960 up something, we fall apart. We need to be restored. 158 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:41.879 Shalom is the super glue, the mighty band that brings 159 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:48.039 mister Potato together. That's a picture of shalom, the peace 160 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:51.240 that the angel was talking about. That was the picture 161 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:55.000 of the coming of Christ when he arrived here. Unfortunately, 162 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:59.679 in them in details, mister Potato, we have more moving parts. 163 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:06.039 He has twelve. We have thirteen, Marame. We have a 164 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:10.639 lot at stake relationships that we have. What else our health, 165 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:15.639 our finances, the friends, the career that we have, and 166 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:21.279 once one of these falls down, we feel we are 167 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:25.879 not at peace anymore. So what shalom? I'm going to 168 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:29.399 give you a best picture that I can, because when 169 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:32.440 I was studying this word, I even asked for Pastor 170 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:34.759 Dennis for a copy of a word study that he 171 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:40.840 did Negula in just one word. It was twenty slides 172 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:44.720 of a word study of what peace means, or what 173 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:47.600 shalom means. And this is what it means. Shalom means 174 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:54.480 being complete, it's being whole, it's good health. Shalom also 175 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:58.440 means peace, which is our topic today. What else Shalom 176 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:04.639 means well? Fair, safety, soundness, safety and soundness is us 177 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:07.360 sleeping well at night we know that the doors are locked. 178 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:14.919 It also means tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness also means rest, 179 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:18.039 when we say shalom, when we say I want shalom, 180 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:23.159 God also gives us rest harmony, the absence of agitation 181 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:29.000 or discord. It's being complete, perfect and full. If that's 182 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:31.759 the definition of what the angel was saying, that God 183 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:35.240 brings peace, how many of us want shalom in our 184 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:42.080 lives that regardless of what's happening outside, you can be complete. 185 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:46.440 Regardless of what's happening at outside, you can be whole. 186 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:51.399 You may lose your job tomorrow, but you can still declare, Lord, 187 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:56.600 thank you, but I'm healthy. Thank you, Lord God, that 188 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:59.639 I'm prosperous. Thank you, Lord God, that you are restoring 189 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:03.399 me into fullness. Lord, You're taking out the agitations in 190 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:06.039 my life. And this is a picture of the coming 191 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:12.639 of Jesus. He was bringing peace or shalom. And this 192 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:18.039 is what Isaiah was waiting for. In Isaiah nine, verse six, 193 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:22.000 it says here he prophesied that there will be someone 194 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:25.799 who will be born to us, to be given to us. 195 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:31.399 He will be called what wonderful counselor Mighty God, Everlasting Father, 196 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:39.480 and Prince of Peace. The Prince of Peace was now born. 197 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:45.159 Prince of Shalom has arrived. The prince that will restore 198 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:48.559 what is broken in us, the prince that will make 199 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:51.519 sure that we are full again, the prince that will 200 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:55.279 make sure that we are prosperous, we are healthy. And 201 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:58.440 you know what he brings not only peace. He brings 202 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:03.840 peace with no end. That's why what I was talking 203 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:09.759 a while ago, that's not peace, peace or stress in life. 204 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.279 Setting aside and having that peace. That's not peace. That's 205 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:18.000 ignoring reality. But this is the peace that God wants 206 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:25.399 for all of us. It's the peace that has no end. Shalom. 207 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:29.159 Tell that person beside you shalem. So as we continue, 208 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:31.120 I'm going to share with you three types of peace 209 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:34.879 that God brought, the three shaloms that God brought when 210 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:38.519 he was born, that the glory of God when he arrived. 211 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:44.240 This is what he offered us. First, God gives peace 212 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:47.879 within man. Can you raise your right hand, put it 213 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:51.720 in your heart and say, Lord, thank you for that 214 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:56.960 peace within me. You know, God brings peace within us, 215 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:59.960 it says in John fourteen. And this was Jesus say 216 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:04.559 saying peace, I live with you. My peace I give 217 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:07.919 to you, and we receive it. It's Jesus giving that peace, 218 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:12.840 not as the world gives, Do I give it? And 219 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:18.039 let not your heart be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 220 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:24.039 How many of us have been living a life being 221 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:29.480 afraid of tomorrow, being troubled of the smallest things. What 222 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:33.240 we plan for dening yaah, we get to be in trouble, 223 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:38.440 what we've been hoping for, dening yiareh, we get to 224 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.840 be afraid. But I believe God is reminding us. Jesus 225 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:46.200 is reminding us that He's giving us peace today. Not 226 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:49.480 only peace that when we receive it we can move forward. 227 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:55.360 It's actually peace from the past as well, peace from condemnation, 228 00:16:56.399 --> 00:17:00.399 peace from the lives of the enemy. Peace he's from 229 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:06.680 sin This is what peace that God brings to us. 230 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:10.519 In to share a story, a true story, in fifteen 231 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:15.599 fifty five, there was this bishop named Nicholas Ridley, and 232 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:21.119 he was actually born, not born, burned, burn at the 233 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:25.400 stake Sinow in a push and why why because of 234 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:28.359 what he believed in. He was a follower of Christ. 235 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:35.160 The day before his execution, before he was burned in 236 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:39.400 the steak, his brother, of course loves him so much, 237 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:43.039 actually offered to stay with him. Sabina, bro, I think 238 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:47.799 I'll be here I'll stay with you, open to a 239 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:50.160 tile about your childhood, if you want to eat whatever, 240 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:52.839 but I'll just I'll be with you the whole time. 241 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:59.480 If you were Nicholas, what would you be feeling if 242 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:04.240 tomorrow you'll be burned he is how in Kannah the 243 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:08.240 next day? What would you feel? I think what the 244 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:14.599 brother would offer would actually be a nice gestured about Anna. 245 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.240 But you know what he said. He said, it's okay. 246 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:25.640 He declined the offer. Sabina, I want to sleep, and 247 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:30.839 I want to sleep soundly like a baby. Why because 248 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:33.640 I know my God has given me peace. I can 249 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.200 be at peace. That what I believe. In Orelan, they 250 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:41.599 take my life. He was at peace with his creator. 251 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:44.920 He was at peace within himself despite the situation that 252 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.079 he was in. That's why in twenty nine eleven it 253 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:51.599 says the Lord will give strength to his people. The 254 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:57.240 Lord will bless his people with peace. Some of us 255 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:00.640 we deny ourselves from inner peace. Why because we like 256 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:06.359 to magnify the worries a warrior. I'm the smallest thing. 257 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:10.559 You get to magnify it, and you feel that there 258 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:16.400 is no peace. Peace is upon us, and God wants 259 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:21.319 to give us peace. Peace within all of us. The 260 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:26.359 second one that he gives is peace among men. Peace 261 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:30.079 among men, it says in our main text in the song, 262 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:33.359 it says, Lord to God in dies and on earth, 263 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:37.759 peace among those who are those among us, His people 264 00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:43.079 among us. And this is another piece that he gives us. 265 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:45.880 How I want to share with you this story. This 266 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:49.079 is a picture of a white labrador. How many of 267 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:52.519 you have experienced playing with a labrador, owning a labrador? 268 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:59.720 Talking to a labrador? A labrador by nature, it's playful, 269 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:09.680 sabinila young labradoranaka labrador, that's its nature Masa. It would 270 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:13.759 wag it steale you know, lats an your friends. But 271 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:17.440 for some reason, this labrador owned by a family was 272 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:27.200 like this agitated galt remember ba galt sa mundo. The 273 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:30.559 labrador was so angry. The kids who played with the 274 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:38.720 labrador Indians galip so iron. So the parents were uh 275 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:43.880 and worried. So they've been looking for help, to maxilla 276 00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:52.759 and veldto injection, and they've been looking for a solution. 277 00:20:53.000 --> 00:21:01.359 The dog was agitated palang galitna the lit day in dog. 278 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:06.799 You know what happened? They found this uh sabi the vet. 279 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:11.279 The dog whispered so he went in home service for 280 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:15.680 Munta and he watched the dog. You're not the dog, 281 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:21.000 and just saying you watched the dog, watched the dog 282 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:28.000 was staring him down. Call Gallet. For the next three hours, 283 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:36.319 sab dog Galatian dog. Really angry, Sabina, this is not 284 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:45.160 the nature of this dog. Hunga sabin for hourly in 285 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:51.400 churchto sabins, and all of a sudden the dog was fired. 286 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:06.119 So you dog, Mahinana. And then he noticed young dog 287 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:09.960 and when it would put its left paw over its 288 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:21.319 right paw, magand ha ha as a Satan got his 289 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:26.319 twis source approached the dog carefully nimas him as paguna, 290 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:31.160 sagai let sabundo, and then it took away that torn 291 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:37.640 fortunately on pocus in a laboradora something in between Suma 292 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:46.400 be she mister her potato hitala Sunan. Donn what happened 293 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:49.359 to the dog. I was so happy. It was so 294 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:54.599 reallyd swagging its tail all over, playing lacking everyone, eating 295 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:58.400 the trash. It was doing what he was doing for 296 00:22:58.519 --> 00:23:01.759 the past few years in his life. So happy. The 297 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:04.759 dog was back to Norman. You would see he had 298 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:15.200 that piece, was playing with everybody shoulder shalom. What happened? 299 00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:18.160 Why am I sharing it? The story of the dog 300 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:25.240 the labrador? This is what happened after that? What happened 301 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:29.440 to the dog got relieved? Why am I sharing this story? 302 00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:33.640 You know why? Because just like the labrador, some of 303 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:38.759 us were like that. Some of us been angry at 304 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:43.720 the world. Oh I remember my time was angry at life. 305 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:48.720 Some of us we've been angry l la pit and 306 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:55.480 palantyo bro being I was a salad and victory grouping. Okay, 307 00:23:56.599 --> 00:24:00.119 let galled someone do. And I remember how I was 308 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:02.759 invited to a victory group and I was angry. So 309 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:06.400 I got to Toba to Sin Sabin too. You knowed 310 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:10.960 I was that guy with that torn But you know, 311 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:13.599 after a few years, I approached my victory group leader 312 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:15.720 and asked him, Bro, why were you patient with me? 313 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:20.480 Why didn't you give up? You know why? Because I 314 00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:24.640 knew you were going through something. Maybe, young guy, let 315 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:29.160 money in. It's a picture of us. When sin is 316 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:33.839 taken out, we began to see life in a different perspective. Heal, 317 00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:38.240 this is the piece that God brings among men. And 318 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:40.960 you know what when I took out that thorn, when 319 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:44.279 my victory group leader walked me through life. When he 320 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:47.200 walked me through the word of God and what God 321 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:50.359 has done in my life, what Jesus has done. You know, 322 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:55.279 I began to forgive and I began to forgive them, 323 00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:59.559 and not only that, I began to ask for forgiveness. 324 00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:04.960 This is the piece that God brings to us, Peace 325 00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:10.359 within us first, what else? Peace among men. That's why 326 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:15.640 I appreciate our victory group leader's why because sometimes just 327 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:20.559 sometimes people are angry at them, but they are patient, 328 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:24.359 They pray for you, they make sure you hear the word. 329 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:35.640 And then pakah sobran close nuna chakasi la babahwe kaladatila 330 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:42.000 lordship plank. This is a picture of what God brings 331 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:48.039 to us. We get reconciled with others, we can release forgiveness, 332 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:50.839 and we can also ask for forgiveness. This is the 333 00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:55.400 second piece that God brings. And the third, which I 334 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:58.079 think is the most important one, that the peace of 335 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:01.759 God that He has brought to us. This is he 336 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:08.079 restored relationship with God. God restored us to him, says 337 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:11.440 in his word and in the song. With whom he 338 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:14.359 is pleased doesn't mean it means it's not for all. 339 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:19.960 It means not everyone. Why Why do you think God 340 00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:23.799 needs to restore us to him? Because scripture says we 341 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:28.759 were also enemies, enemies of God. We were also at 342 00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:32.759 war with God because of sin. That's why in Romans five, 343 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:35.279 it's a good reminder. It says here for a while 344 00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:39.440 we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the 345 00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:42.359 death of his son. It's a picture now of the 346 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:45.319 arrival of Jesus and what he would do for the 347 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:49.640 next thirty three years. And it's a picture again of shalom, 348 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:55.359 God restoring us to completeness, God restoring our relationship with him, 349 00:26:56.599 --> 00:27:00.240 God making sure that we are okay with him. Why 350 00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:04.039 because only if we are okay with God, that's the 351 00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:06.680 time we can be at peace with ourselves. Within us, 352 00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:09.960 that's the only time we can release forgiveness and be 353 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:15.400 at peace to others. As you continue, this is Jesus 354 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:18.799 saying to his disciples before he went up, he said 355 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:21.759 these things. I have spoken to you that in me 356 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:26.160 you may have peace. Only in God that we can 357 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:30.079 have peace in the world. You will have tribulation. That's 358 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:34.519 a promise we will always have that stress will always 359 00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:39.240 go through trials, but be of good cheer. In another 360 00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:42.519 in a different version, it says, take heart, I have 361 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:46.599 overcome the world. God has overcome the stress that we 362 00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:49.680 are going through. I believe God is reminding us that 363 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:56.160 He has overcome even sickness, death, even financial crisis, even 364 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:59.720 that relational issue. He has overcome and that's why he 365 00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:03.119 can have peace today. This is the peace that God 366 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:07.920 wants for all of us, a peace that we can 367 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:14.720 rest in him. The question is probably for us now, Bro, 368 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:19.880 I've been attending church, listening to the word of God 369 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:25.559 for the past three years. Taulam peace. Why don't I 370 00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:28.559 feel that peace? Why can't I be at peace after 371 00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:32.319 I leave the church? Were reading a little after I 372 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:36.279 leave the church and Jumper in a problem, why can't 373 00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:38.160 I find that peace? And we go back to verse 374 00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:41.759 eleven of our story. It says here for unto you, Yes, 375 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:46.119 Jesus was born for us, and Jesus was born to 376 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:48.680 save us. That's why it says unto you is born 377 00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:53.599 this day in the city of David. A savior saved 378 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:56.839 us from our sins. But the question is what is 379 00:28:57.000 --> 00:29:00.359 our response when he accepted when we accepted him as 380 00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:06.039 our savior? What is our heart. Do we consider him 381 00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:09.559 as our lord? Is he the lord of our lives? 382 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:14.160 Or do we consider Jesus as only our savior and 383 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:19.599 not our lord? Because the Bible tells us that if 384 00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:23.839 we consider Him as our lord and savior, we will 385 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:29.920 have that peace, that peace that we can enjoy, that 386 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:34.440 peace of any situation, that you can be okay, peace 387 00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:38.640 within peace among people, and peace with God. That's why 388 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:45.480 the Apostle Paul reminds us. Before the Apostle Paul's remind you, 389 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:50.720 I forgot peace rules the day When Christ is the 390 00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:56.799 lord of your heart? What rules your day? Is it worries? 391 00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:58.680 As soon as you wake up? What's on your mind? 392 00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:03.400 What rules it? What dictates your action of the day? 393 00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:11.559 Is it problems, finances, relational issues, being hopeless? Is that 394 00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:15.359 what rules your day? Who wants to have peace to 395 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:20.559 rule your day? It says, let's have Christ to be 396 00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:23.119 the lord of our hearts. Not only our hearts, but 397 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:27.039 Christ as the Lord of our lives. That's why I'm 398 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:31.960 encouraged when the Apostle Paul said this that if we 399 00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:35.720 have Christ as the Lord of our hearts, we can rejoice, 400 00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:40.759 always rejoice, he said, And if you're going through worries. 401 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:43.720