#47: Blessed Are The Peacemakers

Allen Jackson Ministries

Dillon Matheny

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🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Our culture tends to attach more value to being an agitator, but Jesus said there is a blessing attached to being a peacemaker. The peace Jesus speaks about is not merely an absence of strife or keeping silent in the face of an accusation; it is actively engaging to bring goodwill. Jesus came to establish a covenant of peace—peace with God and peace with one another—and if we are going to find peace and unity and cooperation as a people, it will be around a biblical world view, not a political ideology. The Church of Jesus Christ is the greatest force for peace that has ever been unleashed in the world, says Pastor Allen Jackson, not because we are passive, but because we are advocates and ambassadors for a Kingdom whose principles transcend the temporary principles of this world.

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0:00.0	If we think we're spiritually intact and spiritually whole and
0:08.7	spiritually aware and spiritually astute and spiritually fully informed, we'll think we're spiritually self-sufficient.
0:15.6	We call that self-righteousness, and we would never turn to God.
0:20.9	But if we recognize how impoverished we are apart from the grace and the mercy and the kindness of God,
0:27.0	we'll turn our hearts to him and we can become participants in his kingdom. You can get the outlines for this episode at Alan Jackson.
0:43.4	dot com slash podcast.
0:45.8	If these messages help build you up or encourage you to be a more fully devoted Christ
0:50.1	follower, leave us one of those five-star ratings. Hopefully that will help others
0:54.2	find out about them as well. Now it's on to Pastor Allen. Be blessed.
1:02.0	Unbelievable blessings. the premise is really simple.
1:05.0	That God has blessings for you and me.
1:09.0	If we'll meet the conditions, the blessings
1:14.0	we'll describe and define our futures. We distinguish between a blessing and a promise in scripture.
1:18.0	A promise is an assurance of something that God has said he will do.
1:21.0	God promised that Jesus is coming back. God promised Abraham
1:26.3	that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky, but God
1:30.6	blessed Abraham with the sun that caused that promise to be fulfilled.
1:35.0	A blessing is something bestowed upon you, something conveyed upon you.
1:40.0	It has almost a tangible quality in scripture and we've known precious little about the
1:45.9	blessings of God. We use blessing almost as an empty word. It's used so frequently.
1:51.8	It's an expression. Bless your heart, it's not a compliment.
1:57.0	When a southerner uses it for somebody that's moved here, they typically think you don't
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