Latest / Daily Bible Refresh / What Does It Mean to Be Equipped by the God of Peace? A Benediction Worth Hearing | Hebrews 13:20-21
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- 0:03Hello
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- 0:04Dr.
- 0:04Brad
- 0:04Miller
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- 0:14Revised
- 0:15Common
- 0:16Lectionary
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- 0:17very
- 0:18day.
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- 0:19understandable.
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- 0:20use
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- 0:20message
- 0:21version
- 0:21relatable.
- 0:22Please
- 0:22listen
- 0:23to
- 0:23the
- 0:23points
- 0:23to
- 0:23ponder
- 0:24and
- 0:24applicable
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- 0:26steps
- 0:26you
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- 0:27We
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- 0:28and
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- 0:2910
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- 0:30It's
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- 0:33which
- 0:33is
- 0:33the
- 0:33home
- 0:34of
- 0:34your
- 0:34free
- 0:35personal
- 0:35Bible
- 0:36Study
- 0:36Guide,
- 0:37the
- 0:37ABC1,
- 0:3923
- 0:40Bible
- 0:41Study
- 0:41Method.
- 0:42Please
- 0:42join
- 0:42me
- 0:43in
- 0:43my
- 0:43mission
- 0:43of
- 0:43getting
- 0:44the
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- 0:45into
- 0:45two
- 0:46millionaires
- 0:46a
- 0:47million
- 0:47people
- 0:47by
- 0:482028.
- 0:49You
- 0:49can
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- 0:49by
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- 0:50and
- 0:50subscribing
- 0:51to
- 0:51the
- 0:51podcast
- 0:52and
- 0:52tagging
- 0:53your
- 0:53friends.
- 0:54Here's
- 0:54today's
- 0:54reading.
- 0:55Reading
- 0:56today
- 0:56from
- 0:57Hebrews
- 0:5713:20
- 0:5821
- 0:59from
- 0:59the
- 1:00Message
- 1:01Pray
- 1:01for
- 1:01us.
- 1:02We
- 1:03have
- 1:03no
- 1:03doubts
- 1:04about
- 1:04what
- 1:05we're
- 1:05doing
- 1:05or
- 1:05why,
- 1:07but
- 1:07it's
- 1:07hard
- 1:07going
- 1:08and
- 1:08we
- 1:08need
- 1:08your
- 1:08prayers.
- 1:10All
- 1:10we
- 1:10care
- 1:11about
- 1:11is
- 1:11living
- 1:12well
- 1:12before
- 1:13God.
- 1:14Pray
- 1:14that
- 1:14we
- 1:14may
- 1:15be
- 1:15together
- 1:15soon.
- 1:17May
- 1:17God
- 1:17who
- 1:17puts
- 1:18all
- 1:18things
- 1:19together,
- 1:20make
- 1:20all
- 1:20things
- 1:21whole,
- 1:22who
- 1:22makes
- 1:22a
- 1:22lasting
- 1:23mark
- 1:23through
- 1:23the
- 1:24sacrifice
- 1:24of
- 1:24Jesus,
- 1:25the
- 1:26sacrifice
- 1:27of
- 1:27blood
- 1:28that
- 1:28sealed
- 1:29the
- 1:29entire
- 1:29the
- 1:30internal
- 1:30covenant,
- 1:31who
- 1:32led
- 1:32Jesus,
- 1:32our
- 1:33great
- 1:33shepherd,
- 1:34up
- 1:34and
- 1:34alive
- 1:35from
- 1:35the
- 1:35dead.
- 1:37Now
- 1:37put
- 1:37you
- 1:37together,
- 1:38provide
- 1:38you
- 1:39with
- 1:39everything
- 1:39you
- 1:39need
- 1:39to
- 1:40please
- 1:40him,
- 1:41make
- 1:41us
- 1:42into
- 1:42what
- 1:42gives
- 1:42him
- 1:43the
- 1:43most
- 1:43pleasure.
- 1:44And
- 1:44by
- 1:44means
- 1:45of
- 1:45the
- 1:45sacrifice
- 1:46of
- 1:46Jesus,
- 1:46the
- 1:47Messiah,
- 1:48all
- 1:48glory
- 1:48to
- 1:49Jesus
- 1:50forever
- 1:50and
- 1:50always.
- 1:52Oh
- 1:52yes,
- 1:53yes,
- 1:55yes.
- 1:57What
- 1:58a
- 1:58way
- 1:58to
- 1:58conclude
- 1:59that
- 1:59reading
- 1:59of
- 1:59scripture.
- 2:00Yes,
- 2:01yes,
- 2:02yes.
- 2:03So
- 2:03let's
- 2:05get
- 2:05into
- 2:05this
- 2:06beautiful
- 2:06passage
- 2:06of
- 2:07scripture
- 2:07and
- 2:10unpack
- 2:10it
- 2:11with
- 2:11a
- 2:11couple
- 2:11of
- 2:11points
- 2:11to
- 2:12ponder.
- 2:13The
- 2:14first
- 2:14point
- 2:14to
- 2:14ponder
- 2:15is
- 2:15this.
- 2:16The
- 2:16God
- 2:17of
- 2:17Peace.
- 2:19This
- 2:19is
- 2:19how
- 2:20the
- 2:20writer
- 2:21chose
- 2:21to
- 2:22name
- 2:22God.
- 2:24Notice
- 2:25how
- 2:25the
- 2:25writer
- 2:26opens
- 2:26this
- 2:27benediction.
- 2:28A
- 2:29closing
- 2:29time.
- 2:30Not
- 2:30the
- 2:31God
- 2:31of
- 2:31judgment,
- 2:32not
- 2:32the
- 2:32God
- 2:32of
- 2:32wrath,
- 2:33not
- 2:33the
- 2:33God
- 2:33of
- 2:33rules,
- 2:35the
- 2:36God
- 2:36of
- 2:36Peace.
- 2:38That's
- 2:39a
- 2:39theological
- 2:40choice.
- 2:41And
- 2:41it's
- 2:41a
- 2:41really
- 2:42important
- 2:42one.
- 2:42Because
- 2:43after
- 2:4413
- 2:44chapters
- 2:45of
- 2:45DEEP,
- 2:46dense,
- 2:47sometimes
- 2:47hard
- 2:48teaching
- 2:49about
- 2:49Jesus
- 2:50on
- 2:50the
- 2:50covenant
- 2:51and
- 2:51faith,
- 2:52when
- 2:52the
- 2:53writer
- 2:53of
- 2:54this
- 2:55book
- 2:55finally
- 2:55lands
- 2:56the
- 2:56plane
- 2:56and
- 2:58this
- 2:58is
- 2:58the
- 2:58name
- 2:58he
- 2:58reaches
- 2:59for,
- 2:59the
- 2:59God
- 2:59of
- 3:00peace.
- 3:02A
- 3:02progressive
- 3:03reading
- 3:03of
- 3:03this
- 3:04text
- 3:04takes
- 3:04that
- 3:04naming
- 3:05seriously.
- 3:07Because,
- 3:07let's
- 3:07be
- 3:07honest,
- 3:08so
- 3:08many
- 3:08people
- 3:08have
- 3:09been
- 3:09handed
- 3:09a
- 3:09version
- 3:10of
- 3:10God
- 3:11that
- 3:11feels
- 3:11nothing
- 3:12like
- 3:12peace.
- 3:14A
- 3:14God
- 3:15who's
- 3:15always
- 3:15disappointed
- 3:16in
- 3:16them.
- 3:16A
- 3:17God
- 3:17who's
- 3:17keeping
- 3:17score
- 3:18is
- 3:18what
- 3:18they
- 3:19get.
- 3:19A
- 3:19God
- 3:20who's
- 3:20one
- 3:21wrong
- 3:21move
- 3:21away
- 3:22from
- 3:22Striking
- 3:22you
- 3:23down.
- 3:24If
- 3:25that's
- 3:25the
- 3:25God
- 3:25you've
- 3:26been
- 3:26carrying
- 3:26around,
- 3:27I
- 3:27want
- 3:27you
- 3:28to
- 3:28hear
- 3:28this
- 3:28Hebrews
- 3:29passage
- 3:29loud
- 3:30and
- 3:30clear
- 3:30today.
- 3:31It's
- 3:32not
- 3:32the
- 3:32God
- 3:32who
- 3:32gets
- 3:33the
- 3:33last
- 3:33word,
- 3:35the
- 3:35God
- 3:35who
- 3:35raised
- 3:36Jesus
- 3:36from
- 3:36the
- 3:36dead,
- 3:37the
- 3:37God
- 3:38who
- 3:38conquered
- 3:39death
- 3:39itself
- 3:39is
- 3:40named
- 3:41peace.
- 3:42Not
- 3:43because
- 3:43there
- 3:43isn't
- 3:43struggle
- 3:44in
- 3:44the
- 3:44world.
- 3:45There
- 3:45is,
- 3:46but
- 3:46because
- 3:46God's
- 3:47deepest.
- 3:48But
- 3:48because
- 3:48God's
- 3:49deepest
- 3:49nature,
- 3:49God's
- 3:50truest
- 3:50posture
- 3:51toward
- 3:51you
- 3:52is
- 3:52shalom.
- 3:53That
- 3:53is
- 3:53peace,
- 3:54wholeness,
- 3:55wellness,
- 3:56peace.
- 3:57That
- 3:57isn't
- 3:58the
- 3:58absence
- 3:58of
- 3:59trouble,
- 4:00but
- 4:00the
- 4:00presence
- 4:01of
- 4:02love
- 4:02in
- 4:02the
- 4:02middle
- 4:03of
- 4:03it.
- 4:05I
- 4:06sometimes
- 4:06think
- 4:06about
- 4:06the
- 4:07folks
- 4:07who
- 4:07go
- 4:07through
- 4:07cancer
- 4:08as
- 4:09I
- 4:09relate
- 4:09to
- 4:09in
- 4:10my
- 4:10cancer
- 4:10and
- 4:10comedy
- 4:11podcast.
- 4:12When
- 4:12they
- 4:12get
- 4:13that
- 4:13diagnosis
- 4:13and
- 4:14they're
- 4:14walking
- 4:14through
- 4:14the
- 4:14treatment
- 4:15process,
- 4:16you
- 4:16don't
- 4:16need
- 4:17a
- 4:17God
- 4:17who's
- 4:17mad
- 4:17at
- 4:18you.
- 4:18You
- 4:18need
- 4:18a
- 4:18God
- 4:18of
- 4:19peace.
- 4:20And
- 4:20that's
- 4:21exactly
- 4:21what
- 4:21it
- 4:22says
- 4:22here
- 4:22in
- 4:22Hebrews.
- 4:24That's
- 4:24the
- 4:24God
- 4:24of
- 4:24Hebrews
- 4:25who
- 4:25shows
- 4:25up
- 4:25here.
- 4:27Point
- 4:27to
- 4:28ponder
- 4:28number
- 4:28two.
- 4:28Equip
- 4:29you
- 4:29with
- 4:29everything
- 4:30good
- 4:31that
- 4:31is,
- 4:31you
- 4:32have
- 4:32everything
- 4:32you
- 4:32need,
- 4:32my
- 4:33friend.
- 4:33Here's
- 4:34a
- 4:34phrase
- 4:34I
- 4:34want
- 4:34you
- 4:34to
- 4:35hold
- 4:35on
- 4:35to.
- 4:35Equip
- 4:36you
- 4:36with
- 4:36every
- 4:36good
- 4:37for
- 4:38doing
- 4:38his
- 4:38will.
- 4:39Equip
- 4:41everything
- 4:42good.
- 4:43Not
- 4:43someday,
- 4:44not
- 4:44once
- 4:45you've
- 4:45completed
- 4:46your
- 4:46course,
- 4:47not
- 4:47once
- 4:48you
- 4:48got
- 4:48your
- 4:48act
- 4:48together,
- 4:49not
- 4:50once
- 4:50you've
- 4:50completed
- 4:51this
- 4:51spiritual
- 4:51to
- 4:52do
- 4:52list.
- 4:53The
- 4:53benediction
- 4:54that
- 4:54is
- 4:54the
- 4:54closing
- 4:55speaks
- 4:55in
- 4:55the
- 4:55present.
- 4:56God
- 4:56is
- 4:57already
- 4:57equipping
- 4:58you
- 4:59right
- 4:59now,
- 5:00in
- 5:00the
- 5:01middle
- 5:01of
- 5:01whatever
- 5:01you're
- 5:02walking
- 5:02through
- 5:02right
- 5:03now.
- 5:04And
- 5:04this
- 5:04flies
- 5:05in
- 5:05the
- 5:05face
- 5:05of
- 5:06so
- 5:06much
- 5:06religious
- 5:07messaging
- 5:07that
- 5:08we've
- 5:08absorbed
- 5:09in
- 5:09our
- 5:10lives,
- 5:11the
- 5:11idea
- 5:11that
- 5:11we
- 5:11have
- 5:12to
- 5:12become
- 5:12more,
- 5:12achieve
- 5:13more,
- 5:13fix
- 5:13more,
- 5:14before
- 5:14God
- 5:14can
- 5:15use
- 5:15us.
- 5:16But
- 5:16Hebrews
- 5:17says
- 5:17no.
- 5:19The
- 5:20same
- 5:20God
- 5:20who
- 5:20raised
- 5:21Jesus
- 5:21is
- 5:21the
- 5:21God
- 5:22who's
- 5:22equipping
- 5:23you.
- 5:25Your
- 5:25unfinishedness
- 5:28isn't
- 5:28a
- 5:29disqualification.
- 5:31It's
- 5:31the
- 5:31raw
- 5:32material
- 5:32that
- 5:32God
- 5:32is
- 5:32working
- 5:33with.
- 5:34And
- 5:34then,
- 5:35notice
- 5:35here,
- 5:35the
- 5:36goal
- 5:36isn't
- 5:36performance,
- 5:37it's
- 5:38what
- 5:39is
- 5:39pleasing
- 5:39to
- 5:39him,
- 5:40which
- 5:40is,
- 5:41if
- 5:41you
- 5:41follow
- 5:41this
- 5:41thread
- 5:42through
- 5:42the
- 5:42whole
- 5:42Bible,
- 5:43it's
- 5:43pretty
- 5:44simple.
- 5:45For
- 5:45instance,
- 5:45in
- 5:45Micah
- 5:466,
- 5:468,
- 5:46it
- 5:46says,
- 5:46do
- 5:47justice,
- 5:47love
- 5:47mercy,
- 5:48walk
- 5:49humbly.
- 5:49That's
- 5:49it.
- 5:51That's
- 5:51all
- 5:51we're
- 5:51talking
- 5:52about
- 5:52here.
- 5:54That's
- 5:54the
- 5:54will
- 5:55you're
- 5:55being
- 5:55equipped
- 5:56for,
- 5:57not
- 5:57a
- 5:57complicated
- 5:58religious
- 5:58obstacle
- 5:59course.
- 6:00A
- 6:00life
- 6:00of
- 6:01love.
- 6:03I
- 6:03love
- 6:03how
- 6:04this
- 6:04benediction
- 6:05assumes
- 6:06the
- 6:06best
- 6:06in
- 6:06us.
- 6:08It
- 6:08trusts
- 6:08that
- 6:09God
- 6:09is
- 6:09already
- 6:09at
- 6:09work.
- 6:11It
- 6:11trusts
- 6:11that
- 6:12the
- 6:12peace
- 6:12we
- 6:12need,
- 6:12the
- 6:13equipment
- 6:13we
- 6:14need,
- 6:15the
- 6:15strength
- 6:15we
- 6:15need,
- 6:16it's
- 6:16been
- 6:16given
- 6:17to
- 6:17us
- 6:17already.
- 6:18It's
- 6:18not
- 6:18earned
- 6:19given.
- 6:20So
- 6:21if
- 6:21you
- 6:21feel
- 6:21you're
- 6:22under
- 6:22qualified
- 6:23for
- 6:23your
- 6:23life
- 6:24today,
- 6:24for
- 6:25whatever
- 6:25you're
- 6:26facing,
- 6:26for
- 6:27whatever
- 6:27role
- 6:27you're
- 6:28in,
- 6:28listen
- 6:29to
- 6:29this
- 6:29book,
- 6:29this
- 6:30passage
- 6:30from
- 6:30Hebrews.
- 6:31You're
- 6:32already
- 6:32equipped.
- 6:33The
- 6:33God
- 6:33of
- 6:33peace
- 6:34is
- 6:34already
- 6:35at
- 6:35work
- 6:36within
- 6:36you.
- 6:37Here's
- 6:38your
- 6:38action
- 6:38step.
- 6:40Just
- 6:40one
- 6:40thing
- 6:40today,
- 6:41speak
- 6:41a
- 6:41blessing
- 6:42over
- 6:42somebody
- 6:42else.
- 6:44Just
- 6:45one
- 6:45person.
- 6:45Pick
- 6:45them
- 6:46out.
- 6:47Maybe
- 6:48it's
- 6:48out
- 6:48loud,
- 6:48maybe
- 6:49it's
- 6:49to
- 6:49them,
- 6:49to
- 6:49them
- 6:50personally.
- 6:50Maybe
- 6:50it's
- 6:51in
- 6:51a
- 6:51text
- 6:52message,
- 6:52maybe
- 6:52it's
- 6:53a
- 6:53Facebook
- 6:53post,
- 6:54maybe
- 6:54it's
- 6:55just
- 6:55a
- 6:55quiet
- 6:55prayer.
- 6:57But
- 6:57name
- 6:58them.
- 6:58Name
- 6:58God's
- 6:59peace
- 6:59over
- 6:59them
- 7:00by
- 7:00name.
- 7:01Say
- 7:01something
- 7:01like
- 7:02May
- 7:02the
- 7:02God
- 7:02of
- 7:02peace
- 7:03equip
- 7:03you.
- 7:05Put
- 7:05their
- 7:05name
- 7:06with
- 7:06everything
- 7:07good
- 7:07today.
- 7:08We
- 7:08live
- 7:08in
- 7:09a
- 7:09world
- 7:09that's
- 7:09a.
- 7:10That's
- 7:10quick
- 7:10to
- 7:10curse
- 7:11people,
- 7:11to
- 7:11quick
- 7:12to
- 7:12criticize,
- 7:13quick
- 7:13to
- 7:13tear
- 7:13down.
- 7:15But
- 7:15once
- 7:15you
- 7:15be
- 7:16the
- 7:16person
- 7:16who
- 7:16blesses,
- 7:17who
- 7:17builds
- 7:17somebody
- 7:18up,
- 7:18who
- 7:19encourages,
- 7:21that's
- 7:21countercultural
- 7:22holy
- 7:23work.
- 7:24And
- 7:24it
- 7:24costs
- 7:25you
- 7:25nothing
- 7:26but
- 7:26a
- 7:26moment
- 7:26of
- 7:26intention.
- 7:29We're
- 7:29going
- 7:29to
- 7:29come
- 7:29back
- 7:29and
- 7:29have
- 7:30a
- 7:30prayer.
- 7:30Before
- 7:31we
- 7:31do,
- 7:31just
- 7:31a
- 7:31quick
- 7:32reminder.
- 7:33We
- 7:33have
- 7:33a
- 7:33resource
- 7:33for
- 7:34you
- 7:34to
- 7:34help
- 7:34you
- 7:34with
- 7:34your
- 7:34at
- 7:35home
- 7:35Bible
- 7:35study.
- 7:36It's
- 7:36called
- 7:36the
- 7:36ABC
- 7:371,
- 7:372,
- 7:383
- 7:38Bible
- 7:38Study
- 7:39Method.
- 7:39Please
- 7:40head
- 7:40over
- 7:40to
- 7:40our
- 7:41website
- 7:41voiceofgoddaily.com
- 7:43it's
- 7:43there
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