fundamentum missionis ministrorum evangelii. This peace is not merely to fortify the hearts of the disciples amid all the enmity and hatred of the world; they are to be possessors of the Lord’s peace because as his witnesses and messengers they are to dispense this very gift of peace in a peaceless world. The sum of the gospel is “peace” (Eph. 2:17), and it is called “the gospel of peace” (Eph. 6:15), in fact, Jesus himself is “our peace,” and all who preach must bring the word sent by God, “preaching
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