Peace to this House

Text: Luke 10:1-11
Service Date: 7.9.25
Sermon:

• “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house. If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you”
• The peace that we carry in our lives is not only for us. It is our gift to the world. It is the gift that we bring to all who need it. Right now, it seems like we all need it.
• In the context of this scripture the word “peace” literally means “Pictures the binding or joining together again of that which had been separated or divided and thus setting at one again, a meaning conveys by the common expression of one “having it all together.” Another definition is “A state of harmony characterized by the absence of hostility and violence, encompassing both the absence of conflict (like war) and the freedom from fear of violence.”
• While we may not know what kind of pain and fear people were experiencing at the time that Jesus is sending out the 72 messengers, it’s a safe to assume that the peace was needed. That is why Jesus is sending out the 72 messengers.
• Jesus tells the messengers to extend the hand of peace to those that they are visiting. Similarly, I believe that Jesus is asking us to extend the hand of peace to the people that we encounter. Jesus does not give any limits to who the messengers offer the hand of peace to. It was simply put “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.” Peace is to be offered to everyone that the messengers encounter. Peace is to be offered to everyone that we encounter.   
• Looking at the scripture, we see that when we offer peace to people, we are offering a sacred gift to people who need peace. A peace that can be carried with them. The peace will rest upon the spirit that that person is.   
• When we see that peace will rest upon the spirit, we can trust that God is taking the distress and unsettled pieces of the world and bringing harmony back to the spirit of the person. This would bring peace and harmony among all people.
• Let us pray:

Conclusion: Let us be people who seek lives of peace.