Ashok Mishal - Living in Peace with One Another | 18/5/25

Good morning. How are you

all? It's beautiful day today. Even

though it was cold, but now it's

beautiful sun, light and sunny

morning. Then asked me two weeks ago to

speak one of the topic that we are

dealing with with this one another and

each other. And he gave me few topics.

So I

The topic is live in peace and harmony

with one another. I mean that is the

other the heading and today I want to

speak about how we can maintain

peace.

Yeah. As the world getting more

knowledge and advanced the peace is

something that is lacking something is

missing. In olden's day there was

no technologies there was no any

advanced I mean technology or anything

like that but people were living very

peacefully you know see in olden day in

one place

dis very hard because people were not

traveling there was but did this you can

have lunch in Australia

Breakfast in New Zealand and dinner can

you can have in America. So the world is

changed. So that's what the pieces as we

see in our age did this. It's very

very hard to maintain peace. But in the

midst of this God is saying that Jesus

is said that you have to be the peace

maker. So Before we go, let's look to

God in prayer and we will

start. Dear heavenly father, we thank

you for this morning. Lord God, as your

holy words, we are going to read and to

meditate. I we want your holy spirit to

intervene in this very moment. Speak to

us clearly what you want to speak Lord

God and change our life that we can live

according to your words Lord God.

Holy Spirit, you are the speaker in this

morning. We invite you once again. You

rectify our life. You refresh our

thinking and lead us in everlasting way.

Let your presence be here. In Jesus name

I pray. Amen.

This is the scripture that was given to

me. There were three scripture. Live in

harmony with one another. Do not be

proud but be willing to associate with

people of low position. Do not do not be

conceded. Many time we do have a

relationship with whom we like.

The people will who are

in good to us, we also good to them and

there are people also they make friend

who can climb them in their

position. But Jesus demonstrate and

taught us that we should treat all

people with respect. those who are in

those who are in different stress with

the disability with those are poor or

young or old male or

female. In this very verse Paul says

that we need to live we need to live in

harmony with one another not to be too

proud and not to be I mean to enjoy the

the company of ordinary people.

Sometime it is very very hard but

we

first chapter 5

verse 13 it says that hold them in the

highest regard in love because of their

work live in peace with each other

that's what I'm going to speak today

live in peace with each other and

Markapter

9. This is very

interesting. He said you are the salt of

this world, isn't it? And it says salt

is good, but it loses it saltiness. How

can you make it salty again? Have salt

among yourself and be at peace with each

other.

You are the salt. Actually I have

preached some time ago in the in

India. I was back long ago how the salt

came and all and what the value of the

salt those days there was in the world

there was

salt smuggling it was prison.

still probably

and in the Romans time it seems their

wages also were

paid something is saying about the salt

you know and he is illustrating the

quality of in the salt

We should make difference in the flavor

of the world we

live. And the salt has to get into the

food.

Then food is so nice.

Especially

Indians very tasty

because lot of salt. If you cook, how

beautiful also if there is no salt.

many

moment you guys are

health. So you don't eat much salt or

else we eat everything with salt. Yeah,

that's what they and this salt is

preserve you know they put the salt like

olden day they want to preserve anything

they put salt. So what it means that we

should counteract the moral decay in

society just as the salt reserve from

food decay. So the salt can salt be

expired

because the salt can be louses.

ing our life being a Christian being a

soul if we you know don't preserve our

society we have to bring that the flavor

of our life that's what it says here in

Matthew chapter 9 so Matthew 5:E9 it

Matthew 9 · chapter mention

says that blessed are the peacemaker for

they will be called children of

God this also the word of Jesus blessed

are the peacemaker for they will be

called children of God. So peacemaker in

this world it is very hard but I will

give you hint that we will see life of

David

later the whom we worship he is a god of

peace in Hebrew 13 it says we read that

the god of peace that is the father god

and we see Jesus Christ is the prince of

peace

We see that the Holy Spirit is

the Holy Spirit. The fruit of the Holy

Spirit is peace. We we are not only

worship the time God who is the peace

but we are

also live in peace. We are not only and

not only we live the peace but we also

to make the peace. We have to be a

peacekeeper.

When the Bible said blessed are the

peacemaker

he will be a situation in our life and

where we will have to encounter trouble

and discord that is why Jesus said we

have to be peace maker because to live

in peace it's very hard but there is a

few tips and we will see soonuses

was not talking having peace or making

peace with creation or specifically

hecially mentioned in the human

relationship. We must understand that

our lord is author of all

rel throughout the bible we see that the

relationship The unity the harmony the

Bible glorified that's

what John 17 of Jesus Jesus earnestly he

pray that all should be united all

should be one as the father and

son

using we live in harmony we live in

peace and eccles

Ecclesiastes 4:10–12

4 verse 10 to

12. Yeah, it says

that if either of them fall, one can

help

other pity anyone who falls and has no

one to help them up. Also, if lie down

together, they will keep warm. But how

can one keep warm alone?

Though one may be overpowered, two can

defend themselves. A court of three

stand. If we read this entire passage,

we find at least three advantage of

having people in our life or uh the with

the people around that we have

relationship. The Bible talk about

having

rel with other. It is a

profitable. It is a good reward for

their effort. Verse 11 says that when

people are together they will be warm.

What it means that give a pleasure. And

the verse 12 it says that when people

are together it makes them powerful.

together they will be able to withstand

that's what Bible keeps saying

even 133

verse1 it says that how good and

pleasant it is when people meet together

in unity and the

third there the Lord bestows his

blessing ever

theological we

understand I don't know how many of you

it's a really practical sense accept

that or

agree being together having fellowship

having interpersonal relationship is

pleasurable but

relment fight takes place and lot of

issue takes

Even from the Bible we see that the

family in the Bible two

brother just a small family two brother

and their relationship ended in murder

that's why and there so many scripture

that we can see

that how we can live in

harmony and the Psalms 33 as we

As we read there, David stated that

harmony is pleasant and precious. Living

harmony does not require us to agree on

everything. We must agree in our

purpose. Our purpose. We must agree in

our purpose in life to work together for

God. Our outward expression of our

harmony.

with harmony we reflect our inward

harmony and purpose. Our purpose you

know we may not agree everything but our

purpose is to bring glory to God but the

family if we talk about family how the

families are each other I mean how good

they live in peace each other and the

workplace workplace you think oh I'm not

you know When I talk to the family, if

you ask somebody, oh, how is your

married life? Some people they may

say, well, while I was not married, I

had a really great peace. I lost

that. Yeah. Yeah. And if you if you

think of workplace relationship and

peace that is again very different. You

go to work but really your mind is not

there because of some people or some

situation. I have encountered that many

time in my life but I kept my mouth

quiet and when it yeah there is

particular one incident recent not

recently three four month ago uh it was

afternoon shift and this lady she was on

a side room then my nurse manager called

can you move her side room to a bay

because her uh test is come she is not

positive all right I talked to there.

Oh, we have to move you. Sorry. And

because there is somebody needed the

side room, the infectious patient is

coming. She said, "All right." So I

thought she's happy. She didn't say any

angry to show me or

anything. We move her. The next day,

from next day on until she discharged,

she kept saying other that bastard

boy. Sorry to say that word,

but he he he moved me from that that

single room. Then all other nurse they

kept saying me she is like this to you

see every day somebody say to me she

told like this to me she told like then

still I act like as it is I don't know

anything acting everything's well and I

don't want to go and discuss sorry it's

not not me it was the boss I don't want

to discuss I don't want to bring up

again so it's quite quiet quiet but one

day she she told I'm very

Sorry. What happened? No, I said very

bad about you to every nurses. I'm very

sorry. That

was I felt all right. I kept my mouth

and here we go. So that the workplace

relationship you know when it come to

Christian Christian relationship in the

book of Corinthians we say that Paul's

writing some says that I follow Paul and

another some says that I follow Apollos

and and some say that I follow I follow

Kas and other the super spiritual we

follow Christ. So there was also mis I

mean there was the brokenness of unity

the disharmony you know there's no unity

in in book of acts the great

um preacher Paul's Paul Paul had a great

disagreement with Barnabas because on

their journey Barnabas wanted to take

John Mark but Paul don't want to take

because previous he deserted them so he

don't want to take them But from there

they had such a sharp disagreement that

they parted their company. So it is

there it is always there. But in the

midst of this chaos mid of this uh um

peaceless world how do we maintain say

if if we don't want to if we don't

became a peacemaker sometime we will be

uh heading toward the destruction.

Becoming peacemaker is not an option but

it is a necessity in our now in our

time. Now the question is how to make

peace. I will take I have got I mean few

point but a particular I want to speak

two or three point at least. Matthew

Matthew 5:23

chapter 5

verse 23 we will read there first.

Yeah. 23 and 24. Therefore, if you are

offering your gift at the altar and

there remember that your brother or

sister has something against you, your

gift

there, your gift there in front of the

leave in front of the altar. First go

and be reconciled to them, then come and

offer your gift.

So here we see our broken relationship

can hinder a a personal relations with

God means God prefer that our

relationship first with the people that

we live around with. Here it says about

the brother's brother. The issue here is

about dealing with brother to brother.

In their relations there is no peace. Of

course even though there is no peace

still life goes on and you are not in

the risk of in imprisoned or you are not

um to you're not standing in front of

judge or you are not going to pay any

fine. But it goes on. But in 25 as we

read it says that settle matter quickly

with your adversary who

is taking you to court. Do it while you

are still together on the way or your

adversary may hand you over to judge and

the judge may hand you over the officer

and you may be thrown into prison. What

it means that there is hardly any time

left when you have to make to peace with

adversary. Here is a quick here it it

says that say the quick settlement with

your adversary while you are even on the

way with him. If you delay making peace

and further is going to be very cost. In

this passage Jesus is mentioning a

particular group of people because who

can take you to the court. uh I believe

this is some sort of uh the tremendous

influence people influence and affluence

people uh if you can't make peace

quickly they can pull

you want to be a peacemaker go for swift

settlement don't wait for the person to

approach you even while they are on the

way on road go and make peace there is a

classical example in the bible so

actually When Jesus said that on the way

actually this is something he was

talking about the uh the moneylander

money money lendlanders are they are

they could be they are very helpful and

they could be also very harsh they will

be very very bad as well but here you

are peaceful in Australia come to India

if you man money did this lot of houses

are locked even the bank is selling lot

of lot of lot of did this you know The

money particularly the money lender they

are good when they will help you in your

needs and when you are paying that time

sometime so many people they will bring

all this the politics they can they

knows to the money lender then these

people they will drag them to the court

hook or crook they will recover their

money. So what it means Jesus is saying

that the quick settlement a swift

settlement and there is a beautiful

scripture I mean the story it hope you

know this

story this is a story about Nabble and

David I'm not going to read all let me

just quickly try to explain you quickly

this is the story I mean where nobles

having the ship searing that time So

David sent his 10 mens. Noble is a great

rich man who had 3,000 sheep all very

rich man and uh where his sheepford

where his servant were tending the ship

the same area David was with his

soldier he was with 600 soldier that

area. So that's why the sheeper did not

lose any ship. So there was nothing

lost, no stolen, no eaten

by animals. So it was pretty good. It

was beautiful. So David as he heard that

noble having a searing so he sent 10

people to.

So

here if you

read so I want to go back to the

yeah when David men arrived they gave

Nabble oh sorry let me read while David

was in the wilderness he heard that

Nabble was selling sip so he sent 10

young

men and said to them go to Nabul at

Carmel and greet him in in my name. Say

to him, "Long life to you. Good health

to you and your household and good

health to all that is yours." Now I hear

that this is sip searing time. When your

shepherd were with us, we did not

misread them and the whole time they

were at Caramel. Nothing of their was

missing. Ask your own servant and they

will tell you. Therefore be favor

towards me men to my men since we come

at a festive time please give your

servant your son David whatever you can

find for them here David is requesting

and he requesting whatever you want to

give give us this is the festival season

and uh now if you go and we'll see what

the verse 10 he replied. Noble

replied. He answered to David's servant,

"Who is this David? Who is this son of

Jesse? Many servant are breaking away

from their masters did this. Why should

I take my bread and water and the meat I

have slaughtered for my ser and give it

to men coming from who knows where."

David's men turned around and went back.

when they arrived they reported

everything every word to David see the

way Nabble responding isn't it he could

have said sorry I can't give but he's

insulting

David and now David what he heard that

his straight he said now David said to

his men's he had 600 soldier with him

and Nabbles is only few servant there

and the ship and his wife and he but he

when he heard this insult word David

probably he got angry of course the

Bible doesn't say but he straight he

said each of you struck your sword so

they did and David strapped his own as

well and about 400 men went up with

David while 200 stay in the

supply this story is very interesting

because the

way nobles 's wife react to the problem

and while that is happening what the

Nibble said to his I mean to the servant

of David same time he had his servant as

well when they heard

that one of their soldiers run to

Abigail and said that the way Nbles has

responded to the request of David and

the his the servant also said to Abigail

These mens were good to us. They did not

mistreat. They did not harm

our and while they were with us, we did

not miss

anything. And uh the way he's

responding, it's troubles you know. Then

when Abigail heard that Abigail acted

quickly, it says that Samuel chapter 1,

Samuel 25, Abigail acted quickly. She

did not delay. She did not delay or she

did not sit down to think what to do.

But she acted quickly. She took 200 laps

and bread, two skins of wine, five dress

of sheep, five uh ses of roasted grain,

100 cake. I don't know how soon they

made all this food ready and she acted

so quickly and she hurried and she did

not wait for that to make a peace. We

have to be take initiative as being a

Christian. Jesus has done that isn't it?

Even on the cross there were two side

two tips. Another tip is asking I means

asking where you will be remember me and

Jesus said you will be in paradise but

another tip he said you save yourself.

We are dying our sin but you have

nothing done. You save your he is also

walking but Jesus in that moment he is

maintaining peace. I think something

that we should many time the flusts and

blood it is you know wanted to react

soon but hold on because we are

difference we are the salt of the world

we have to put this salt in people life

Abigail saw David and in the as

Abigail's going down she saw David and

it also says that she quickly got up

from the donkey mean she did not you Who

is that David? I don't know him. But

this wise woman so quickly settlement.

That's what I want to tell you today.

And the peace is there. And she fell at

the feet of David and pardon your

servant, she says, my lord. And let me

speak to you. Hear what your servant to

say. She met him on the way. She humbled

herself and she met him. Yeah. And the

last verse what the David says

that otherwise as the Lord the God of

Israel lives who has kept me from

harming you if you would have not

quickly you know if you had not come

quickly to meet me not one male

belonging to Neville would have been

left alive dre means what debut said you

have stopped me the blood

said it's you and now And finally she

says that he says that go home in peace.

I have heard your words and granted your

request. That's a

beautiful if you want to be peacemaker

we have to go for a quick settlement.

And there's one more story I want to

tell you that in 2 Samuel chapter 16

2 Samuel 16:5–11

verse 5-11.

Yeah, here this

is this also probably you would know

this story. This is uh David is leaving

Jerusalem. The he's leaving his palace

and he is going away. He's running away

for his life because his son he wanted

to

war warage against David because he want

to be king. his son Abselum with the few

peoples few supporter he started wanted

to kill David and he wanted to be a king

so that's why David he's leaving the

city so David mood is not good I mean he

is on this war movement so he's leaving

city and while he was leaving on the way

he met this man called Sime and uh verse

says that okay Six said that he the

seaming pelted David and all the king's

officer with stone throw all the troops

and the special guard were on David's

right and left and he

cursed said get out get out you murderer

you scoundre the Lord has repaired you

for all the blood said in the house of

Saul and he also kept saying that you

have come to ruin because you are a

murderer and uh see he just he throw

some stone and mud on David and David

also he's not living by just by himself

he has his army with him and there is a

one particularly one army his name's

Abishai he said that why should this

dead dog curse my lord the king let me

go over and cut my head

job. David don't have to do anything. He

just stand yes then done the job. But

David, what the David says? But the king

said, "What did this have to do with

you, you son of Jerroa? If he is cursing

because the Lord said to him, curse him,

curse David, who can who can ask what to

do this?" David then said to Abby and

all his official, "My son, my own flesh

and blood, is trying to kill me. How

much more than this Benjamite, leave him

alone. Let him curse for the Lord has

told him

to." See, David, he is living with this

tension. His son is going to click, you

know, wanted to kill him and he want to

overtake his throne. And is this on the

way this single man nobody with him the

same man he is cursing David and not

only just a the abusing the words but he

abuses he you know he's trying to throw

the stone and the mud on David who is

David the

king this

is the first thing David um Se says you

are the bloodthirsty man brought about a

verbal and physical abuses such tension

situation and we find David is holding

his peace and making peace. Sometimes

several right men righteous men sometime

we have to go through this embarrassment

and same in life. So in this very moment

we can see this this silent

treatment the most effective treatment

you can give to your

enemies who would accuse you with no

reason don't say a war to silly people

don't start a second war because already

David is the first war is and don't want

another second one but just he in the

midst of that tension he don't do

anything to this man and

don't don't stop. And he did not stop

walking either. He kept walking. People

do you you keep walking. Keep walking.

Don't stop to those silly people who

throw mud and rocks at you. Keep on

walking sometime. It is just a

timing. See David, it's just a timing

for him. His son wanted to kill and this

guy is cursing. He is leaving his

palace. It's just the timing. But as he

perceive that insult, he perceivers that

mud and rock the pelted when he coming

back the same David as he coming back to

Jerusalem. You will see that in 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 19:18–20

chapter 19 verse 18 to 20. This is the

fast men the sea may come and falling

face first um to the down asking

forgiveness do not kill my king look at

that David is sometime he is a

significance he is like a Jesus actually

he in our Christian life it's something

we we need like this how good to live

the in this world would be as she may

son of ger the judan he fell frustrated

before the king David and now he is

asking my lord do not hold me guilty do

not remember how your servant did wrong

on the day my lord you left Jerusalem

may the king put out of his mind and

David said today nobody will be killed

nobody will be killed no person will be

dead in Israel and he forgive him the

quick I mean the silent snub the silent

ignorant for the pill and the the for

the silly people the first point quick

settlement and the second is silent

ignorance just ignore those people who

is hurting you I mean without any reason

just say it is God has given you this

time that's your time that's what Jesus

said in the cross as well it is their

time to curse me. It is their time to

mock me. It's their time. It's their

time. That's okay. But when after three

days they

mocked, what happened? They're raising

Jesus there. Jesus is rose from the

dead. Who have mocked? What they would

have felt

that?

Wow. That is God. I did that. Isn't it?

That's what silence knob. And the last

one quickly I will say a quick

separation. In the story of Abraham and

Lot we know that these two they travel

together as God called Abraham to leave

his family his belong I mean everybody

and go to the land that I will show you.

God said to Abraham and Lot was with him

as well. And now there was a time Bible

says that the land could not sustain

them. Means they had their their

property is increased and they became

rich and the land became small probably.

They had a goat, they had a camel, they

had everything animal. So now there was

a quarrel between the servant. There was

no quarrel between the Abraham and Lord.

They were righteous people. They were

not quarreling. But the quarrel start

with the servant. Then Lord said let's

not quarrel in between as the quarrels

begin. Let's not be like that. Let's

departed. Let's separate you. If you go

right, I will go left. If you go, if you

go left, I will go right. And Abraham,

he accepted that. Abraham, he's a

righteous man. And he did not choose.

You follow me first, let me choose. No,

he gave everything. And separation many

time separation is we think the end of

peace. Isn't it? When we separate means

we think is that the end of peace. But

no that was in in the case of Abraham it

was not the end of peace because when

God appeared to Abraham to destroy the

gammorraha he prayed there is a

righteous people leave my family leave.

Do not destroy it. He prayed and not

only that when the other king comes and

attacked Lord and took all the belonging

Abraham ran after and fought and brought

it back. So many time living in separate

is not a end of peace. It is the better

way to leave peacefully. That's so this

three thing I want to say today to make

a peace quick settlement. Don't delay

and uh and don't um I mean ignore the

silly people and if needed leave

separate peacefully for God to bless

you. Many time God wanted to bless you

but the space is small. Maybe God

opening another way. That's what the

Bible we see that. May the wonderful

Lord bless us through this small setting

this morning. and