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2. Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.
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3. War, Peace and Phinehas Romans 5

4. War and Peace of the Gospel
Justification by faith leads to peace with God What is the “war” with God? What is peace with God? How does the blood of Christ lead to peace? How do I access the blood of Christ?

5. Declaring War on God
Many enemies in Scripture Satan – Matthew 13:39 Death – 1 Corinthians 15:26 God – Romans 5:10
Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of
the world makes himself an enemy of God James 4:4b
Mt 13:39 "The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
1Co 15:26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.

6. Declaring War on God
Many enemies in Scripture God as your enemy: God warred on Israel – Lamentations 2:1-9 Fighting against Israel’s sins – Isaiah 63:10 God is at enmity with all in Sin
Job 13:24 Why do You hide Your face, And regard me as Your enemy?
Isa 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; So He turned Himself against them as an enemy, And He fought against them.

7. Finding Peace with God propitiation
"Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel in My jealousy. Therefore say, 'Behold, I give him My covenant of peace; and it shall be for him and his descendants after him, a covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the sons of Israel.'“
Numbers 25:11-13
Isaiah 2:1-4 Ancient Peace: total subjugation, not negotiation Phinehas’ Covenant of Peace: Numbers 25
propitiation

8. Finding Peace with God To all generations forever.
Psalm 106:29-31
Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.
Then Phinehas stood up and interposed,
And so the plague was stayed.
And it was reckoned to him for righteousness,
To all generations forever.
Isaiah 2:1-4 Ancient Peace: total subjugation, not negotiation Phinehas’ Covenant of Peace:

9. Propitiation
Phinehas made propitiation for Israel Satisfied God’s wrath Phinehas made atonement for Israel Covered up their evil

10. Propitiation Jesus Mankind
Phinehas made propitiation for Israel Satisfied God’s wrath Phinehas made atonement for Israel Covered up OUR evil
Jesus
Mankind

11. Phinehas the Peacemaker
He slew the Moabite and Israelite He was a man of peace

12. Prince of Peace = Prince of War
Reconciliation?
Total Surrender!
Matthew 21:44
"And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls,
it will scatter him like dust."
Matthew 10:34 "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.”
Luke 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased."

13. It is Jesus:
whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus Romans 3:25-26

14. Access to the Blood?
Access to the blood is by Faith: From hearing Demonstrated in obedience Romans 6:3-6 Baptism

16. Romans Road of Salvation
Hearing and Believing ……….Romans 10:17 Confessing Jesus as Lord ……..Romans 10:9 Repentance from sin ….….Romans 6:11-13 Baptism into Christ ……………Romans 6:3-4 Remaining faithful ……………Romans 12:1-2