This weeks lesson focuses on how Christ transforms the everyday parts of life when He’s truly at the center. Paul takes us straight into the home, the workplace, and the way we live in front of others. It’s a call to live with intentionality and surrender in the places that matter most.
Through the story of Gideon in Judges, God reveals his name “The Lord is Peace.” The Hebrew word for peace is shalom, which expresses the hope that the person is well in every sense of the word – whole, content, and in harmony with themselves and God. God is the source of peace, and we can experience the peace we long for in him.
Paul warns against being led astray by persuasive arguments, empty philosophies, or religious rule-keeping that looks spiritual but lacks substance. In Christ, we have everything—we’ve been made alive, forgiven, and set free from the weight of the law.