Peace of God

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Peace of God

The “Peace of God” encompasses a wide array of definitions. “Peace of God” is a gift from God. It is simpler than the peace that we may think. For example, I picked a sample of three gentlemen in my fraternity and asked them what is their first thought that arises with the phrase “Peace of God.” The responses in order was:

. A society without wars

. A God that condemns wars

. A union of all religions. As interesting as their responses are, my research has

found that the peace that God has endowed within his people are, “peace of mind and

heart.”

Site http://www.realtime.net/~wdoud/ice/peace.html exhibits an interesting viewpoint of “Peace of God.” It begins by defining peace from the bible, where peace came from a Greek word “eireinei,” which refers to the “mental attitude of tranquility based on a relationship with God in the Christian way of life.” The site further analyzes “peace” in two ways.

“There is a personal peace of God which comes when a person accepts Jesus Christ as Savior.”

“There is the peace of God which is available on a daily basis as the believer participates in the Christian way of life according to the plan of God.”

The site continues further by emphasizing that “Peace of God is never available apart from Grace.” Essentially through God's Grace, he dissolved the barrier between man and God. So that when “the unbeliever responds to Grace by faith, the result is peace.”

Another site I found interesting in the way they defined “peace” was http://www.wolfe.net/~bibline/info/peace.html. This site contains diverse definitions of the biblical view of “peace.” Although this site does not exactly define the phrase “Peace of God,” the ...

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...safety, and calmness”.

Although I believe I have concluded my search for the “Peace of God,” I decided to search one more site. The site that I found is http://www.calvarychapel.com/lakevilla/tracts/peace.htm, which similar to the former site. It begins by defining God's peace in two ways,

“Freedom from worries, troubles, and fears.”

“Peace of mind: a state of friendliness and calm.”

These two definitions regarding the peace of God are relevant in the life of a chivalrous knight in that a knight faces adversity many times. One cannot be worried or troubled because it is a waste of energy. For if a knight is constantly worried and afraid, he cannot have enough courage to defeat his enemy. Also without a “state of friendliness and calmness,” a knight is not being chivalrous if he does not have peace of mind and acts ungentlemanly – like.

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