Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Matthew 5:9
Peace - Greek word - “eirene”
Hebrew word – “shalom” means more than the absence of trouble; everything which makes for a man’s highest good.
• It’s hard to make peace if you haven’t received
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 1:7
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:3
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:2
Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.
Romans 5:1
All this is from God. Through Christ, God made peace between us and himself, and God gave us the work of telling everyone about the peace we can have with him.
2 Corinthians 5:18
• Jesus practiced peacemaking
-He noticed people.
-He engaged people.
-He connected people.
-He cared for people.
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
Romans 14:19
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Romans 12:18
• A peacemaker is not a
-Peacekeepers
-Peacemakers
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14
• A Peacemaker will:
1) Lead with love by
2) Speak
Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ…
Ephesians 4:15
3) Apologize when you are
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
James 5:16a
4)
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:13
• Peacemaking is evidence that you are a