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Peace Promptings Within
Isaiah 2.1-4
Intro: "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears
into pruning hooks, nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war anymore."
This inscription is to be found on the walls leading to Rockefeller
Plaza in NY city. Contained in them is the dream of every thoughtful
person since the time of their writing, same 700 years before Christ.
War I, War IC, Korea, Viet Nam, Seven-Day War, Cyprus; English and
Irish, Afrikaner and Bantu; Black and white; Earl James Ray and Martin
Luther King;Harvey Lee Oswald,and PresidentJohn Kennedy; Siren and
Robert Kennedy. The divorce down the street, the broken-heart next door,
peace is a hard commodtiy to obtain for whatever price we are willing to
pay.
How often that word is used--peace; sometimes with the stacatto attacks
of war, hostility, aggression. Peace, irene, shalom. Ruhe, Friede....
Peace with honor, peace at ear price, beward of those who cry peace, peace,
when there is no peace. We keep pushing toward peace. It has been the
occupation for centuries. We act as if peace were possible, we use the
word. But conflict, tension, stress, confrontation are words built into
the contemporary vocabulary with peace almost illegibly smeared on the
side of a wall with a can of spray paint.
I. The Scripture of the morning assumes that we can do something about
peace. Swords into plowshares, spears into pruning hooks.
A. The assumption is that people can put instruments of ward into
another shape.
1. This pock-marked globe would be transformed if that were the
real possiblility. Bombers, fighters, tanks, rifles, research
into biological instrumentsof warfare. Summit meetings to agree
to slow down the stockpile of weapons; greater budget for defense
than ever. It is a truism of history that a strongly armed nation
is protected for peace more than a vulnerable nation.
2. Think of what would happen if energies presently used to en-courage
and feed hostitlies between people were used for
reconciliation. What changes might occur.
B. It seems a matter of common sense to assume that there must be sane
relationship between being able to conceive of peace and having enough
will to produce it.
1. Conceive of spanning thousand sof miles to reach the moon, and
then the will to do it produced that one giant step for mankind.
2. Conceive of developing babies from the test tube, combined with
the will to do it, and a Dr. does it!
3. Conception and will two factors when put together produce result
4. You w uld think that of all the things which have been conceived
and have been coupled with a will to do that peace would be possible
in some manner.
Object Description
| Title of Sermon | Peace Promptings Within |
| Author | Landwehr, Arthur |
| Subject | Peace, Kingdom of God |
| Date of sermon | n/a |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Number of Pages | 4 |
| Language | English |
| Biblical Book | Isaiah |
| Verses | 2:1-4 |
| Rights | For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact The Styberg Library by phone (847)866-3909 or email styberg.library@garrett.edu |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Identifier | 101 Peace Promptings Within.pdf |
Description
| Title of Sermon | Page 1 |
| Biblical Book | Biblical Book |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Transcript | Peace Promptings Within Isaiah 2.1-4 Intro: "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks, nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." This inscription is to be found on the walls leading to Rockefeller Plaza in NY city. Contained in them is the dream of every thoughtful person since the time of their writing, same 700 years before Christ. War I, War IC, Korea, Viet Nam, Seven-Day War, Cyprus; English and Irish, Afrikaner and Bantu; Black and white; Earl James Ray and Martin Luther King;Harvey Lee Oswald,and PresidentJohn Kennedy; Siren and Robert Kennedy. The divorce down the street, the broken-heart next door, peace is a hard commodtiy to obtain for whatever price we are willing to pay. How often that word is used--peace; sometimes with the stacatto attacks of war, hostility, aggression. Peace, irene, shalom. Ruhe, Friede.... Peace with honor, peace at ear price, beward of those who cry peace, peace, when there is no peace. We keep pushing toward peace. It has been the occupation for centuries. We act as if peace were possible, we use the word. But conflict, tension, stress, confrontation are words built into the contemporary vocabulary with peace almost illegibly smeared on the side of a wall with a can of spray paint. I. The Scripture of the morning assumes that we can do something about peace. Swords into plowshares, spears into pruning hooks. A. The assumption is that people can put instruments of ward into another shape. 1. This pock-marked globe would be transformed if that were the real possiblility. Bombers, fighters, tanks, rifles, research into biological instrumentsof warfare. Summit meetings to agree to slow down the stockpile of weapons; greater budget for defense than ever. It is a truism of history that a strongly armed nation is protected for peace more than a vulnerable nation. 2. Think of what would happen if energies presently used to en-courage and feed hostitlies between people were used for reconciliation. What changes might occur. B. It seems a matter of common sense to assume that there must be sane relationship between being able to conceive of peace and having enough will to produce it. 1. Conceive of spanning thousand sof miles to reach the moon, and then the will to do it produced that one giant step for mankind. 2. Conceive of developing babies from the test tube, combined with the will to do it, and a Dr. does it! 3. Conception and will two factors when put together produce result 4. You w uld think that of all the things which have been conceived and have been coupled with a will to do that peace would be possible in some manner. |
