Peace in Person: The Lord Jesus Christ
I. He is Our Peace (Ephesian 2:13,14)
A. Prophecied/Personified in the Old
Testament
1. Melchizedek-'The King of Salem
(Peace)' (Genesis 14:18-20)
2. Shiloh-'The Peaceful One'
(Genesis 49:10)
3. Prince of Peace-'Ruler of Peace'
(Isaiah 9:6)
4. 'The Chastisement of out Peace
was upon Him' (Isaiah 53:5)
5. 'This Man shall be the Peace'
(Micah 5:5)
6. 'He shall speak Peace unto the
Heathen' (Zechariah 9:10)
B. Proven in the New Testament
1. Redemption by the Lord Jesus
Christ (I Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 2:13; 1:7)
2. Reconciliation through the Lord
Jesus Christ (II Corinthians 5:19; Ephesians 2:16)
3. Restoration of our Citizenship by
the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:19-22)
II. He Made Peace (Ephesians 2:15-16)
A. 'Abolished the Enmity' (v.15;
Colossians 1:22)
B. 'Making One New Man' (v.15; II
Corinthians 5:17)
C. 'Reconciling Both unto God' (v.16)
D. 'Slaying the Enmity in Himself'
(v.16)
III. He Preached
Peace (Ephesians 2:17,18)
A. 'To you which were afar off'
(Gentiles) (v.17; Luke 1:79)
B. 'To them that were nigh' (Jews)
(v.17; Luke 1:77)
C. 'Through Him we both have access'
(v.18, Hebrews 10:19-22)
IV. He Provided
Peaceful Restoration (Ephesians 2:19-22)
A. Fellow Citizens with the Saints
(v.19)
B. Of the Household of God (v.19)
C. Holy Temple in the Lord (v.21)
D. Habitation of God (v.22)