Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God

August 13, 2023

Josh Harvill

Matthew 5:9

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”

• Are you a peacemaker, peace , or a peace ?

Romans 12:18

“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”

1. to Jesus

Colossians 1:20

“And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”

2. Judgmentalism

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

“16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

3. Our Job

Proverbs 19:11

“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.”

• Since children reflect their parents, who is your ?