This is Bible Project Podcast and we're reading through the Sermon on the Mount.

We've been working through the Nine Surprise Blessings at the very beginning of the sermon traditionally

called the Beatitudes. I'm John Collins and with me as co-host Michelle Jones

hi Michelle. Hello John today we are in the last triad. It opens with Jesus calling us to be peacemakers.

Great, let's make some peace in the world.

But Jesus warns this isn't going to be easy.

Get ready for conflict, difficulty, and pain.

If you are going to really become a part of these kingdom communities

in partnership with Jesus.

So peacemaking is seeking right relationships with our neighbors and our enemies.

What we're going to see here is that even with good motives, peacemaking won't always be peaceful.

Thanks for joining us.

Here we go. The third triad is going to essentially build on the first two. I'll just read it and then we'll go from here the good life belongs

to those who are peace makers because they will be called the children of

God the good life belongs to those who are being persecuted

for the sake of doing what is right because theirs is the kingdom of the skies.

The good life belongs to y'all when people insult you, when

people persecute you, when people spread evil lies about you, all on account of me.

Y'all need to celebrate and shout for joy when that happens.

Because your reward is great in the skies

and because this is the way they persecuted the prophets who have all come before you.

What these have in common is building on the second triad which is if you long to see the world

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