The Christmas Truce of 1914 & 2018

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The Christmas Truce of 1914

• War Austria declared war on Serbia
  
• Russia declared war on Austria
  
• Germany declared war on Russia
  
• France declared war on Germany
  
• Germany declared war on Belgium
  
• Britain declared war on Germany
  

Trench Warfare
You establish your position and you dig yourself in on that position

The Christmas Truce of 2018

Truce: A suspension in the fight

• How?
  
• Someone has to take the first step
  
• Then someone has to be willing to drop their weapons
  
• Then focus on what unites
  
• Finally - leave changed
  

Reconciliation

• The world’s way of dealing with any type of conflict is called - Conflict Resolution
  
• The Bible’s way of dealing with conflict is called - Reconciliation
  
• To reconcile you bring back together by bringing the balance to zero
  

This is what Jesus did for each of us - Ephesians 2:14-16 NLT
Through Jesus God brings our balance to zero and He asks us to do the same - 2 Corinthians 5:18,19 NIV When we are reconciled with God, He gives us the power to reconcile with others - Luke 2:10-14 NIV

Don’t merely celebrate Christmas this year, experience it.

• “Hark the herald angels sing
  Glory to the Newborn King
  Peace on earth and mercy mild
  ​ God and sinners reconciled.” Charles Wesley