Romans 1:7 - To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jonah 4:2 - He prayed to the LORD, "O LORD, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.
John 14:27 - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Conclusions:
- The basic idea of the Greek for saints is holiness
- All Christians are saints in that they are positionally set apart to God and are experientially being made increasingly holy by the Holy Spirit
- Jonah uses a fixed, confessional formula
- God is slow to anger. In contrast, Jonah became angry quickly
- “Peace…my peace” is a common Hebrew greeting, which Jesus uses in John 14:27 in an unusual way
- Peace speaks, in effect, of the salvation that Christ’s redemptive work will achieve for His disciples—total well-being and inner rest of spirit, in fellowship with God
- All true peace is Christ’s gift, which the repetition emphasizes
- In its greetings of peace the world can only express a longing or gift
- But Jesus peace is real and present.
Application:
- Are you a saint?
- Do you see God as gracious, compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love?
- Is your heart troubled? Are you afraid?
Conclusions derived from NIV Study Bible
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