Being a Person of Peace

First15 Devotional

First15

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 2 November 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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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.'More from First15

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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.
0:12.9	Jesus refers to his people as peacemakers. Would you say that title accurately describes you?
0:20.8	What kind of emotion does that word stir up?
0:24.2	In a world full of principles like an eye for an eye,
0:28.7	how can Christians be set apart and different?
0:32.6	Today we'll dive into that and more.
0:35.5	Welcome to the First 15 podcast.
1:17.2	Thank you. into that and more. Welcome to the first 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from our scripture for today comes from Matthew 5 verse 9.
1:18.8	Scripture says,
1:21.9	Blessed are the peacemakers,
1:25.8	for they shall be called sons of God.
1:35.4	One of the highest callings of God on the lives of his children is to be peacemakers.
1:48.4	This world has no reason to have peace or give peace. While people are at war within themselves, striving to satisfy longings that can only be satisfied in God, we cannot expect them to bring peace around them. It's for this reason that you
1:57.4	and I are called to make peace at all costs.
2:02.7	Matthew 5.9 says,
2:04.6	Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
2:10.7	To be a child of God is to make peace with everyone around you,
2:16.5	regardless of how they treat you.
2:20.0	Jesus sought peace at every turn.
2:24.0	Even his turning of the tables was a cry for peace between man and his father in heaven.
2:31.9	The passionate condemnation of sin in scripture exists to rid that, which separates us
2:38.5	from the peace of God. The fight for heavenly peace in the lives of men is a cause worth sacrifice,
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