NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSON

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · May 7, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 18.

NOTES ON THE INTERNATIONAL LESSON.

MAY 17—PHILIPPIANS 4:4-13.

Christian Contentment.

"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." To enjoy peace is the Christian's privilege. Genuine peace belongs to the Christian alone, and if he has it not, he is living far below his prerogative. "Acquaint now thyself with him [God] and be at peace." Job 22:21. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." John 14:27. "But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest. . . . There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." Isa. 57:20, 21. There is no peace apart from a course of obedience to God. "O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Isa. 48:18. God has made ample provision, and has given abundance of assurance of peace, and it may be ours if we will only let it.