Christmas at Union | Peace Brings Restoration

December 11, 2022

Pastor Todd Garner

Peace Brings Restoration! Thank you for joining us at the Union Church YouTube. Stay connected with us @myunionchurch on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, & Twitter. Visit our website at unionchurchonline.org. Sermon notes: Christmas at Union | Peace brings Restoration ‭‭Luke‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬-‭20‬ ‭ Peace brings reconciliation and reconciliation brings peace. Reconciliation involves forgiveness, but it goes beyond forgiveness. When I forgive someone, there is no guarantee that we will have a restored relationship. It may well be that even after I have forgiven someone that we remain estranged. Reconciliation, however, restores the relationship. Forgiveness may be one-sided, but reconciliation requires both parties to be willing to participate in restoring the relationship. It is always possible, and expected, for me to forgive. But reconciliation will not be possible if the other party is not willing to participate. Peace is forgiveness and restoring with: 1. Others (Can I wish them blessings, favor and prosperity?) ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭ ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭15‬-‭17‬ ‭ 2.Yourself (never let me become a spectator but always a participator in worship, serving, giving, and winning souls for Christ) ‭‭Luke‬ ‭2‬:‭19‬ ‭ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭19‬:‭14‬ ‭ ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16‬:‭7‬ ‭ 3.God (without God we are caught in the sand of dishonor, but with God we are reconciled and place on the Rock) ‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭16‬-‭19‬ ‭ ‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭ “Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬ ‭