Memory Verse
"For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;" Ephesians 2:14
BIBLE PASSAGE: Judges 6:12-24

INTRODUCTION
The peace of God is incomprehensible but capable of keeping our hearts and minds through Jesus Christ. The Lord in His sovereignty gives peace to His people. Today, we will be looking at God as Jehovah Shalom, the Lord our peace. May the Holy Spirit continue to teach us as usual and help us to be doers of the word in Jesus' name. Amen.

OUTLINES
1. JEHOVAH SHALOM
2. NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED

JEHOVAH SHALOM
Jehovah Shalom means 'The Lord our Peace" - Judges 6:24. This is the divine manifestation we need in our Christian pilgrimage when there seems to be fear and confusion - Genesis 43:23a, stiff oppositions, hatred, doubts and the like - I Samuel 25:6,35, Luke 24:36, John 20:20-21. This divine identity proclaims God's presence in any home where His children are and when they are operating under delegated divine authority, it becomes the anointed language of every true ambassador of Christ with which to greet on the field of personal evangelism- Luke 10:5. Again, this Is one of the ways Jehovah God finds expression in the lives of the truly born again Christians - 1 Peter 5: 14, a legacy left with the disciples of Christ -Isaiah 26:3, John 14:27.

NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED
Who is the wicked? He is the unfaithful one, full of evil plots, lies, flatteries, bitter word, mischief and all forms of iniquities - Psalm 37:12, Psalm 52:3, Psalm 64:3, Proverbs 14:6, Isaiah 1 :4. The wicked or the carnally minded is, therefore, never a candidate for peace - Isaiah 57:19-21, Romans 8:6, Galatians 6:16. He is instead exclusively reserved for destruction - Ezekiel 7:25, Ezekiel 13: 10.

CONCLUSION
Let us' give allowance to the peace that our Lord and Redeemer has left for us, being obvious of the danger in doing otherwise. Remember that Jesus is the Prince of Peace -Isaiah 9:6.

QUESTIONS
1. Who is Jehovah Shalom?
2. Give at least two Biblical references on Jehovah Shalom.
3. Peace is only reserved for the righteous. What is the lot of the wicked?

BLESSED WEEK WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
MONDAY: Psalm 29:11 - The Lord in His sovereignty gives peace to His people. May we remain His people.
TUESDAY: Psalm 119:165 - There is an antidote to offence and that is great peace derived from God's word.'
WEDNESDAY: Philippians 4:7 - The peace of God is incomprehensible but capable of keeping our hearts and minds through Jesus Christ.
THURSDAY: Acts 10:36 - The only message of God through Jesus Christ to the world is peace. Has the message located you?
FRIDAY: Romans 5:1 - The only condition for lasting peace is a justified life through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
SATURDAY: Proverbs 10:27 - It is very dangerous to be wicked.