The Beatitudes Pt 7 Blessed are the Peacemakers
Pastor Ray Keasler
April 14, 2024

Matthew 5:9 KJV
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God

Jeremiah 6:14 ESV
14 They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.

The Biblical word for Peace:

: wholeness, completeness, fulfillment, inner rest. Living without deficiency or lack.

We have peace, then we

peace

We are never more like God than when we take the

and we have into a world that desperately needs it.

We

peace in our hearts.

We

peace with our God.

Romans 5:1-2 ESV
1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Experience peace within

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

“When a problem causes you to lose your peace, don’t hurry to resolve the problem in hopes of regaining peace, but first regain peace then see what can be done about the problem.”

Hebrews 4:16 ESV
16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Thanksgiving - before I ever see the result, I’m going to consider I have it and praise and thank You in

We experience peace with our

John 16:33 ESV
33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

We

peace through our lives.

Stay focused on the

John 10:10 ESV
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

See others through

Genesis 1:27 ESV
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them

Acts 17:26 ESV
26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth…

We spread peace by

in peace

“Be the peace you wish to see in the world”

                Martin Luther King Jr.

James 3:18 NLT
18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.

We become the

of peace to our world.

John 17:22-23 ESV
22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,
23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.