Being a Person of Peace
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 29 October 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
As we end our week on transcendent peace, today we’ll explore what it means to be a person of peace. Jesus refers to his people as “peacemakers.” Would you say that title accurately describes you? What kind of emotion does that word stir up? In a world full of principles like “an eye for an eye,” how can Christians be set apart and different? Today we’ll dive into that and more.
Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 5:9. Today's worship is Sparrows and Lillies by Pat Barrett.
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Have a wonderful rest of your day, and may God bless you as you seek him.
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| 0:00.0 | As we end our week on Transcendent Peace, today we'll explore what it means to be a person of peace. |
| 0:11.5 | Jesus refers to his people as peacemakers. |
| 0:15.1 | Would you say that title accurately describes you? |
| 0:18.3 | What kind of emotion does the word stir up? In a world full of principles |
| 0:23.2 | like eye for an eye, how can Christians be set apart and different? Today we'll dive into |
| 0:29.3 | that and more. Welcome to the first 15 podcast. One of the highest callings of God on the lives |
| 0:36.9 | of his children is to be peacemakers. |
| 0:39.7 | This world has no reason to have peace or give peace. |
| 0:43.6 | While people are at war within themselves striving to satisfy longings that can only be |
| 0:48.6 | satisfied by God, we cannot expect them to bring peace around them. |
| 0:53.8 | It's for this reason that you and I are called to make peace at all costs. |
| 0:59.0 | Matthew 5.9 says, |
| 1:01.0 | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. |
| 1:05.0 | To be a child of God is to make peace with everyone around you, regardless of how they treat you. |
| 1:13.2 | Jesus sought peace at every turn. |
| 1:18.3 | Even his turning of the tables was a cry for peace between man and his father in heaven. |
| 1:26.6 | The passionate condemnation of sin and scriptures exist to rid that, which separates us from the peace of God. |
| 1:29.9 | The fight for heavenly peace in the lives of men is a cause worth sacrifice, unfair treatment, and even persecution. For example, Scripture teaches |
| 1:37.7 | us in 1. Peter 3, 9 through 11, do not repay evil for evil or rivaling for rivaling. |
| 1:46.9 | But on the contrary, bless. |
| 1:49.6 | For to this you are called that they may obtain a blessing. |
| 1:53.9 | For whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, |
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