Peace is at the heart of any community that thrives. It is no surprise therefore that it is integral to the community of Jesus. It should dictate how we treat all relationships, particularly those which have an imbalance of power at their heart - in Paul’s day these were between husbands and wives, slaves and masters and parents and children.

You have been made into something completely new. The old has gone, and the new has come. This, then, is how to live like it.

Jesus doesn’t save us, then it’s ‘up to us’. He saves us and then it’s up to Him. So we don’t need to live in fear. He backs his investments and He has invested everything into us. So He is not just the way into the good life He is the way on, in that good life. Our job is to open ourselves to and cooperate with His redeeming and reforming work in our lives.