{"id":7191,"date":"2018-10-15T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T14:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=7191"},"modified":"2018-10-15T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T14:27:58","slug":"now-may-the-lord-of-peace-himself-give-you-his-peace-at-all-times-and-in-every-situation-the-lord-be-with-you-all-2-thessalonians-316-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/now-may-the-lord-of-peace-himself-give-you-his-peace-at-all-times-and-in-every-situation-the-lord-be-with-you-all-2-thessalonians-316-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation. The Lord be with you all.&#8221; (2 Thessalonians 3:16 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"80fir\" data-offset-key=\"cvq8m-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cvq8m-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cvq8m-0-0\">A BENEDICTION OF SHALOM<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"80fir\" data-offset-key=\"7ot3i-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7ot3i-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7ot3i-0-0\">Although Paul wrote this letter to the Thessalonians in Greek, as a Jewish background believer he almost certainly had the Hebrew word, &#8220;shalom,&#8221; in mind when he offered this benediction of peace. Certainly, the word includes the idea of a cessation of hostility, but even more it means that all things are well and at rest. It is the &#8220;Lord of Peace&#8221; who gives us this peace. For in Christ we have peace with God (Rom. 5:1). After His reconciling peace makes us right in our vertical relationship with God, it works inward to give us peace in our minds and hearts and then outward to work peace into our horizontal relationships with others. The Lord Jesus Himself is our shalom, our peace. When we abide in Christ, we have shalom in our souls.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A BENEDICTION OF SHALOM<br \/>\nAlthough Paul wrote this letter to the Thessalonians in Greek, as a Jewish background believer he almost certainly had the Hebrew word, &#8220;shalom,&#8221; in mind when he offered this benediction of peace. Certainly, the word includes the idea of a cessation of hostility, but even more it means that all things are well and at rest. It is the &#8220;Lord of Peace&#8221; who gives us this peace. For in Christ we have peace with God (Rom. 5:1). After His reconciling peace makes us right in our vertical relationship with God, it works inward to give us peace in our minds and hearts and then outward to work peace into our horizontal relationships with others. The Lord Jesus Himself is our shalom, our peace. When we abide in Christ, we have shalom in our souls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1320],"scripture-chapter":[1336],"oyb_day":[1815],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7191","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-2-thessalonians","scripture-chapter-1336","oyb_day-october-15"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7191"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7191"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7191"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7191"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}