{"id":1042,"date":"2009-09-24T20:35:17","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T01:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2009-09-20T14:36:30","modified_gmt":"2009-09-20T19:36:30","slug":"peace-with-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2009\/peace-with-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Peace with God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This summer I really enjoyed the opportunity to meditate on, and speak on, <b>Romans 5:1-11<\/b>. &nbsp;Before the summer I thought a lot about the &quot;peace&quot; that Paul talks about here, and how there are so few that really experience it.&nbsp; So I thought it would be really appropriate as we shared about Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>This passage doesn&#8217;t contain any commands or suggestions for living &#8211; instead, it talks about the complete reversal that God has brought about in the lives of believers. &nbsp;If you&#8217;d like to look at the passage yourself, I thought I&#8217;d include here a few of the other related passages that I studied along with it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;through whom also we have access by faith into this grace&#8230;&quot; &nbsp;Heb 10:19-22<\/li>\n<li>&quot;The hope of the glory of God&#8230;&quot; &nbsp;Rom 3:23; 2Cor 4:6-8; Rev 21:23; Rom 8:16-18<\/li>\n<li>&quot;tribulations&#8230;&quot; &nbsp;Jam 1:2-4; 2Cor 4; Rom 8:28-30<\/li>\n<li>&quot;God through our Lord Jesus Christ&#8230;&quot; &nbsp;Rom 1:18-32 (we were enemies of God, now we <i>rejoice<\/i> in God); Eph 2:1-13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;d actually like to <i>hear<\/i> this sermon, <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.garsidechurch.com\/sermons\/2009-08-23.php\">Garside Bible Church<\/a><\/b> still has it up on their website. &nbsp;You can download it as an MP3, or listen to it as streaming audio. &nbsp;Just give me a bit of a break &#8211; I still had sinusitis pretty bad then.&nbsp; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer I really enjoyed the opportunity to meditate on, and speak on, Romans 5:1-11. &nbsp;Before the summer I thought a lot about the &quot;peace&quot; that Paul talks about here, and how there are so few that really experience it.&nbsp; So I thought it would be really appropriate as we shared about Mexico. 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