SEPTEMBER 4, 2022
THE CHALLENGE OF PEACE
Heb. 11:24-27

Definition:

Four principles to develop peace of mind.

I. You need to settle the identity problem.
Verse 24 – By faith, Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
Joshua 24:15 – Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.

II. You must accept personal responsibility.
Verse 25 – He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time.

Principle: You can always replace a negative with a positive.
Verse 24 – When he had grown up.
No one can ruin your life but you.
Romans 8:31-39 – If God is for us, who can be against us, who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Trouble or hardship or persecution…..NO!

III. You must accept the issue of priorities.
Verse 25 – He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time.
Verse 26 – He regarded this sacrifice for the sake of Christ as of greater value that the treasures of Egypt.
Luke 12:15 – A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of things he possesses.

IV. You must have endurance.
Verse 27 – For he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

The fact of life: No gain without pain.
John 1:12 – All who received Him, He gave the right to become children of God.