The Grace, Love, and Peace Available for Those in Christ

This was our final sermon in 1 Peter. Peter concluded his letter by teaching on how Christians may experience peace in the midst of trials because of our union with Christ. In the midst of the pandemic year of 2020, this message is greatly encouraging as we considered the peace that Christ makes available to us. The congregation responded by singing the great hymn by the lawyer and Presbyterian elder, Horatio Spafford, It is Well with My Soul. The transition from the first verse (trials) to the fourth verse (the eternal perspective of the new creation) are an example of what Peter has been teaching us in his letter: that the years of suffering in this life will not even compare to the thousands and millions of years of peace and shalom that we will have in the Kingdom of God.

1. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,

when sorrows like sea billows roll;

whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,

“It is well, it is well with my soul.”

4. O Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,

the clouds be rolled back as a scroll;

the trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend;

“Even so”–it is well with my soul.

The Bulletin is posted here, and a video of the service is below.