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Grace and Peace

1Cor.1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For without grace, unmerited kindness, and/or undeserved kindness neither can there be peace for us, or the body of Christ with God. Lets us recall; words from our bibles are not peace with God, they are but words in denying the lack of peace in us, denying the truth for evil feelings to prove we are right with God. Those feeling are a lie that deny the truth of the Holy Spirit which is peace.

James3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 3:18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Peace is the fruit of God, war and lying is the fruit of the flesh. These brothers and sisters were deluding themselves in self-importance in their lust to be teachers while denying the very truth of God Holy Spirit peace. Their self aggrandizing was more important to them than repenting and having the love of God fill their hearts with His peace.

1 Corinthians 14:33 for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,

Why grace is so offensive to the flesh lacking the peace of God? Why is it so insignificant to the fleshly minded person? Because grace is a gift, it is not earned, so it holds no gain for the flesh; one cannot ask for payment, rights, and/or power, grace is not of this world, or can the world know grace, undeserved kindness is given freely to all those asking God for his gift of love, Christ Jesus.

1 John 4:5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.

Without grace, that is, unmerited kindness, which is the very life giving blood of the Son of God, given too us undeservingly we have no peace with God. For without the gift of Christ life, we have no redemption from our judgment. We have what the world has, the works of the flesh in division, fights, and envies. in misleading ourselves and others calling that the peace of God because we uses bible teaching. The same fatal flaw that all flesh makes, the very flaw God's own people made in the flesh in rejecting the gift of life for the power to prove themselves righteous in their own flesh by works of law. All the foundation of Christ stays standing on grace, no other foundation can be laid by man's goodness, for none are righteous all fall short of God's glory, but the righteous life of Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:20 and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

Rom.10:2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
10:3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
10:4 For Christ is the fulfillment{or, completion, or end} of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

The flesh will legalize God's words into words of judgment, fearful judgments of the flesh, but fleshes power is trivial its not the power of Christ and his kingdom which power are unutterable words that cannot be utter in the flesh, the peace of God, Christ Jesus for us is raise into a glorious freedom of God's peace, not known or found on this earth in the flesh.

1Cor. 2:4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
2:5 that your faith wouldn't stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 2:6 We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing. 2:7 But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory, 2:8 which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory. 2:9 But as it is written, "Things which an eye didn't see, and an ear didn't hear, which didn't enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him."{Isaiah 64:4} 2:10 But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

The words uttered by Christ are the power of the living God incorruptible and everlasting life giving Spirit, none will go forth without cause and effect, none goes to wasted as do the many pointless words from the power our flesh, which speaks many words to build up the will in our flesh alienated from the God of peace; twisting words into make gains for the flesh.

1 Timothy 6:5 constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.{NU omits "Withdraw yourself from such."}

No matter, all the foundation of God stays standing by God's unmerited kindness, none rejecting God's grace without losing the peace of God in their lives. Those not of God's household will have their fruits shown up in division, in works of the flesh, denying the very power of God; thinking they are wise wrangling and fighting over words of their flesh, deluding themselves that they are God's mouth piece on earth by teaching from their flesh words of their bibles, lacking and proving false to the power of God in peace; causing fear of judgment in themselves and those they teach, they are but apostles of the flesh in self-righteous, which flesh is of no value to God, a flesh he has destroyed for those of his household in his free gift of his love, (Grace) Christ Jesus, who is wisdom and power of God.

2 John 1:3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

James 3:18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Hebrews 12:14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might.

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