The Fullest Peace
The sermon emphasizes the importance of forgiveness and admission into fellowship with God as the source of the fullest peace.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the tender mercy of God, emphasizing how the dayspring from on high has visited us to bring light to those in darkness and guide us into the way of peace. Thomas Erskine highlights the belief in God's love reigning and prevailing, assuring that our sins, though many, will be the foundation for blessings through His wisdom. Charles H. Brent discusses the soul's deep thirst for pardon, stating that receiving forgiveness is the catalyst for goodness, inspiration, and peace, ultimately leading to full fellowship with God.
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To give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
LUKE 1:77-79
BELIEVE that love reigns, and that love will prevail. I believe that He says to me every morning, "Begin again thy journey and thy life; thy sins, which are many, are not only forgiven, but they shall be made, by the wisdom of God, the basis on which He will build blessings."
THOMAS ERSKINE
There is no thirst of the soul so consuming as the desire for pardon. The sense of its bestowal is the starting-point of all goodness. It comes bringing with it, if not the freshness of innocence, yet a glow of inspiration that nerves feeble hands for hard tasks, a fire of hope that lights anew the old high ideal, so that it stands before the eye in clear relief, beckoning its to make it out, own. To be able to look into God's face, and know with the knowledge of faith that there is nothing between the soul and Him, is to experience the fullest peace the soul can know. Whatever else pardon may be, it is above all things admission into full fellowship with God.
CHARLES H. BRENT
Sermon Outline
- The Source of Peace
- The Basis of Peace
- The Experience of Peace
- Admission into Fellowship with God
- The Fullness of Peace
Key Quotes
“To be able to look into God's face, and know with the knowledge of faith that there is nothing between the soul and Him, is to experience the fullest peace the soul can know.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“Whatever else pardon may be, it is above all things admission into full fellowship with God.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“The sense of its bestowal is the starting-point of all goodness.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- We must believe that love reigns and that love will prevail in our lives.
- We can experience the fullest peace by admitting our sins and seeking forgiveness from God.
- Faith is essential in experiencing the peace that comes from knowing we are in fellowship with God.