DOCTRINE OF THE WAY OF PEACE

A. The “way of peace” is relationship with the integrity of God.

B. The relationship is established through adjustment to the justice of God under three categories.

1. Salvation adjustment to the justice of God by faith in Christ, thereby freeing God to give us His perfect righteousness, which permits Him to declare us justified.

2. Rebound adjustment to the justice of God by acknowledgment of our personal sins, which permits God to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

3. Maturity adjustment to the justice of God by the daily metabolization of Bible doctrine, which results in spiritual growth to the point of spiritual maturity and blessing from the justice of God.

C. Relationship with the integrity of God first means salvation, then fellowship with God, and finally blessing from God as mature believers. All of this adds up to the Greek word EIRENE, which means true blessing and true security.

D. There can only be one true security in life. It is not through relationship with anyone else in the world, or by the possession of the accouterments of happiness. It is relationship with the integrity of God.

E. Neither the individual nor the nation has any real security apart from the integrity of God.

F. EIRENE also means prosperity. Individual prosperity is also related to the integrity of God.

1. Your happiness and blessing has nothing to do with any human relationship or situation in life which you associate with happiness.

2. The integrity of God is the only basis for security, prosperity, blessing, or happiness.

3. National prosperity is related to the integrity of God through a large pivot of mature believers. Individual prosperity is based on cracking the maturity barrier.

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R. B. Thieme, Jr. Bible Ministries 5139 West Alabama, Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 621-3740

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