Marks of a
Peacemaker
The Reading of God’s Word
Matthew 5:9
9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be
called sons of God.
Rom 12:9-21 (NLT)
9 Don't just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate
what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. 10 Love each other with genuine
affection, and take delight in honoring each other. 11 Never be lazy, but work
hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically. 12 Rejoice in our confident hope. Be
patient in trouble, and keep on praying. 13 When God's people are in need, be
ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality.
14 Bless those who persecute you. Don't curse them; pray
that God will bless them. 15 Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with
those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with each other. Don't be too proud to enjoy
the company of ordinary people. And don't think you know it all! 17 Never pay
back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are
honorable. 18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.
19 Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the
righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, "I will take revenge; I
will pay them back," says the Lord.
20 Instead,"If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty,
give them something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals of
shame on their heads." 21 Don't let
evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.
Let’s pray…
Father.. your word to us today is precious and important.
You are the Great God of peace. Your Son Jesus is the Great Peacemaker, if it
were not for Him we wouldn’t experience peace with you. And we worship you, we
thank you for the gospel of peace that has been explained to us, experienced by
us and through which you are Glorified.
Today God,
we need your help to understand your word. We open our hearts and set our minds
on what you are saying and may we respond within our lives as the Spirit
instructs, corrects and encourages us. In Jesus name we ask these things as we
say your will be done, amen.
Warm up
You may be seated. If you
need a bible please raise your hand and we’ll get one to you.
Today we continue our series on
the beatitudes. I’m grateful to be a part of this series as Pastor Dan, is at a
family reunion, and he asked me to preach.
When I
pastored in Winona, one of my hopes was to preach through the Beatitudes. And
when I looked for resources in the current mainframe of Christian contemporary
books and studies, the great passages of Scriptures like the beatitudes, Ten
Commandments Psalm 23 and the Lord’s Prayer, weren’t being written about. The classics, the essentials are not focused on.
Personally, I’ve enjoyed this study in the Beatitudes Dan has done and
have found myself challenged and growing in response to it. In speaking with Dan,
he has said he has enjoyed researching and studying it. So I’m humbled that I get to share God’s word
with you and be a part of it. So let’s go.
Introduction
Are you a peace maker or a trouble
maker? Do the relationship you have in your life possess drama and
misunderstanding and, really, the
absence of peace.
I will dare to say that the maturity level of our Christian
faith is not reflected in our church attendance, or giving or bible knowledge
or doctrine, nor how busy we are in the church.
Rather the maturity level of our faith is based how we handle trials and
tests. One of the tests are how we handle personal conflict within our lives.
It doesn’t matter if its in church, at home, in a relationship, or at work,
peacemaking is a Christians hallmark. And today we’re going to look at the
marks of a peacemaker. Let’s start with what Jesus says, and then we’ll go from
there.
Matthew 5:9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they
shall be called sons of God.
To be blessed is so much
deeper than the good chance feeling of happiness. But happiness can occur. To
be blessed is so much richer than the fortune of good luck. Yet good things
can occur.
The religious use of the word
“blessed” is a pronouncement by the worship leader upon the people who came to
climb the sacred hill in Jerusalem. He would say "You are the fortunate
recipients of God's mercy and blessing.” When we are blessed by God we are
favorably placed to receive something good from Him.
Now here in Matt 5:9 Jesus is
saying “ People who can show others how to cooperate instead of compete or
fight, and who can help others have
peace with God are in a favorable place
because God will say to them, “you are
my children”
To be called a son of God, or a better way of saying it, a child of God, means something
very specific here:
It does not mean everyone who
works for peace are children of God.
We must remember that the
beatitudes are a reflection of the
Christian life, NOT the requirements
in becoming a Christian. Good works, good deeds and good morals will not make
you a Christian.
When a person
comes into a relationship with God, it is because peace has been established
between that person and God. Because of that peace with God, they are adopted
into the family of God and grow in the family values of God. And one of the
marks of a Christian is the ability to be a peacemaker. God is, as a result,
reflected in them and by the family likeness of peacemaking, showing the
Christian as being a child of God.
Ex: When a
Christian turns the other cheek, when a Christian doesn’t take revenge when a
Christian forgives, God will say to them “You are my child. And you acted like
a child of Mine.’ That is a great blessing!
For your heavenly Father to call you His own. What a blessing!
Within our Church mission we by
grace desire to glorify God by intentionally making mature disciples of Jesus
Christ. (Matt 28:19).
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If you desire to become a mature disciple of
Christ, learn how to be a peacemaker.
One of our
values that are necessary to accomplish this vision is the value that we would
pursue meaningful intergenerational
relationships and community.
In order for us to have deep
meaningful relationships we must be involved with people and eventually have to
work through issues and offenses in the relationships
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If you desire to have better relationships and
less drama in them, learn how to be a peacemaker.
I want to go
through five points that will describe a peacemaker. And what we should find is that if we claim
to be a Christian, we should be growing in these marks. No one does them
perfectly however we should be growing in them a bit at a time.
To make these
points clear I want to finish the following statement:
A Child of God
is a Peacemaker when…
And I’m going to use the acronym P.E.A.C.E. so its easy to
remember.
P. Peace is pursued
Whoever desires to love life and
see good days,… let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and
pursue it. 1
Peter 3:10, 11 (ESV)
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We are seek for, hunt for look out and search
for peace. We are to try to find peace. We are to pursue, follow hard, and
chase after peace. Peace is to be
engaged in worked at and practiced.
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Peace makers are not the demonstrational marches
and rallies. In 45 days from today, their will be a world wide march for peace
and nonviolence. It wishes to end all wars and call an end to all violence,
physical, economic, racial, religious, cultural, sexual and psychological.
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PREACH: this is man’s world wide effort to have
peace! A march! Twice, one is October
and on in January! The Scriptures say
that while people are saying peace and safety, that destruction will suddenly
come. The truth is that with out the Prince of Peace Jesus Christ in the
hearts of men, who is maturing and growing His people up in maturity and right
living, the pursuit of peace will be in vain.
Why? Because of sin in our
hearts, no one is perfect, not one person in this room Christian or non-
Christian is perfect. Conflict will happen, pride will rise up and cause unrest
Turn to Matthew 18:23- 35
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We have to remember: Christians are not perfect,
they’re just forgiven. And a child of God who has the peace of forgiveness has
the cross as their starting point.
Don’t be like
this man:
Matt 18:23-35
"Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be
compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. 24 When he began to settle, one was brought
to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
25 And since he could not pay,
his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he
had, and payment to be made. 26 So the
servant fell on his knees, imploring him, 'Have patience with me, and I will
pay you everything.' 27 And out of pity
for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. 28 But when that same servant went out, he
found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing
him, he began to choke him, saying, 'Pay what you owe.' 29 So his fellow servant fell down and
pleaded with him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.' 30 He refused and went and put him in prison
until he should pay the debt. 31 When
his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and
they went and reported to their master all that had taken place. 32 Then his master summoned him and said to
him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with
me. 33
And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy
on you?' 34 And in anger his master delivered him to the
jailers, until he should pay all his debt.
35 So also my heavenly Father
will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your
heart."
This man grabbed the fellow by the
neck! I’d say that’s a confrontational
guy. Only in the wrong way. He showed no
love, no mercy, no forgiveness. He should’ve pursued peace from the perspective
he experience from his Master which was one of pity forgiveness and mercy.
PR: Children of God who are peacemakers will
pursue peace in the Biblical way, with
Love as the motive, Grace as the method and Reconciliation as the Goal
Love as the motive
And you shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and
with all your strength.' The second is
this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment
greater than these."
Mark 12:30-31 (ESV)
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Do you love the Lord God with your whole being
enough to do what you can to pursue peace for the sake of God’s glory? Isn’t it about time that the church recognize that God’s reputation is tarnished
in the world when a church is unloving
and divisive?
A new
commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I
have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my
disciples, if you have love for one another." John
13:34-35 (ESV)
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Christ was the great peacemaker because he was
motivated by love for us, to the point of pursuing us when we were enemies and
dying for us.
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Do you have a love for people so deep that you
will pursue peace in the midst of conflict? Are you willing to do to yourself?
Rather, speaking
the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the
head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every
joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the
body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Eph 4:15-16 (ESV)
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Even in correction and truth telling it should
be done in love.
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Truth not shared in love will break unity! It
will cause division in a wrong way. Remember Romans 12:16: Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty,
but associate with the lowly. Never be conceited
Now may our God
and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, and may the Lord
make you increase and abound in love for one another and
for all, as we do for you, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in
holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all
his saints. 1 Thess 3:11-13 (ESV)
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Love for one another is a manifestastion of a
unified body. Christ prayed that his followers would be unified. Do you have a
love for this body of Christ enough not to cause it to be divided.
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Today looking at your church relations, do you
sense unity? How asbout your marriage?
Guess what, its time to be a peacemaker, pursue it
In other words pursue peace because you love God you love
the unity of the body and you love that person deeply. Don’t pursue peace with people by avoiding
deep, friendships and ignoring tougher issues of the relationship or abandoning
or aborting harder relationships. Let love be your motivator.
Grace as the Method
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved,
compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one
another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as
the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Col 3:12-14 (ESV)
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Forgiveness is a choice, so is compassion, kindness,
humility, meekness, and patience, we are commanded here to put on these
characteristics. To put on like putting on clothes, you have a choice on what
you wear. It is an act of the will. God calls us to make decision regardless of
our feelings
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also
to the interests of others.
Phil 2:4(ESV)
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When you're upset, who are you thinking about?
Me, my needs, my hurts, you hurt me. God says reverse that. Seek peace and
think about what are other peoples needs, what can I do to help them? Focus on
their needs, not my own needs.
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Parents have to be peacemakers -- tug of war
over toys, in house fighting. You have to listen to your kids and be sensitive
and empathize with their needs and figure out why are they hurting. Why are
they arguing over this? One of the values of conflict is when you solve it, it
usually leads to greater intimacy because you understand them better. You've
been listening.
A
child of God is to pursue peace with a graceful method.
Reconciliation is the Goal
“First
be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.” Matt 5:24b
(ESV)
To be reconciled
means to replace hostility and separation with peace and friendship. Two
things must happen for complete reconciliation to occur. First, personal
offenses that happened need to be confessed and forgiven. Second any material
issues of the conflict must be mutually satisfied.
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In the best of situations, you will be able to
restore the relationship to where it was before the conflict.
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However, reconciliation takes both parties to be
achieve. You might desire to have biblical peace where sins have been admitted,
confessed and forgiven. But whether or not the friendship part of reconciling
will happen takes both to desire it.
Read
together:
“If
possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” Romans 12:18
When you desire to live peaceably
with others. a child of God is a peacemaker by making sure at least biblical
peace exists even if full reconciling may not be achieved.
Again biblical peace is where sins have been admitted,
confessed and forgiven. If full reconciliation
is not possible, as children we need to go to our heavenly Father and pray
about the situation. We need to ask our selves the hard questions:
How might God be working for good
here in this situation?
Am I having a hard time forgiving
this person?
How can I demonstrate forgiveness or
try to promote reconciliation?
Do I want the relationship reconciled? Why or why not?
Don’t
condemn yourself, just make sure your goal is reconciliation and not just
silent bitterness.
A
Child of God is a peacemaker when peace is pursued
Next
a child of god is peacemaker when
E Examining their hearts
and lives first
A
child of God is a peacemaker when examining their hearts and lives first.
Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye,
but do not notice the log that is in
your own eye? Or how can you say to your
brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your
own eye? You hypocrite, first take the
log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of
your brother's eye.
Matt 7:3-5 (ESV)
- CLARIFY: This verse does not say to not confront
people about their faults. Rather it says don’t prematurely or improperly
confront. It says before you talk
to others about their faults, you need to face up to yours.
Read this verse together:
Let us test and examine our ways,
and return to the Lord! Lam 3:40 (ESV)
It is so important for the unity
of the body, to examine our lives. Especially when we partake in communion
together
The bible says there are 9 types
of individuals that will create conflict. Its not the only sins you can examine
but it’s a start.
- A hot tempered person.
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to
anger quiets contention.
Prov 15:18 (ESV)
- A Liar
A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates
close friends.
Prov 16:28 (ESV)
- A gossip
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no
whisperer, quarreling ceases.
Prov 26:20 (ESV)
- A proud person
By insolence comes nothing but strife, but with those who
take advice is wisdom.
Prov 13:10 (ESV)
- Insolence
means an unyielding arrogance. Such an inflated, know-it-all view of
oneself leads to quarreling,
- A foolish person
A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a
beating.
Prov 18:6 (ESV)
- Ever
know anybody who has a mouth that cashes checks that your body can’t
handle? Here he is!
- The
difference between a peacemaker and a trouble maker? What
they say!
- The
difference between troublemakers and peacemaker is the ability to hold
your tongue … and judgment.
- A scoffer
Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling
and abuse will cease.
Prov
22:10 (ESV)
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The scoffer sees life and people in the worst light. Then
they make sure that everyone knows their perspective and begin to banter
everyone else.
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They live in a sarcastic realm where nothing is
serious, everyone is against them and everything is a joke especially god and
religon
- A person Who Drinks Alcohol Excessively
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who tarry long
over wine; those who go to try mixed wine. Prov 23:29-30 (ESV)
- A person who practices wickedness
He who loves a quarrel loves sin; he who builds a high gate
invites destruction.
Prov 17:19 (NIV)
9.
A person who is offended
An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified
city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars. Prov
18:19 (ESV)
PREACH: A
peacemaker knows that they are not immune to sin. They look deeply in their own
heart to find motives faults and
behavior that will can and do contribute to strife conflict and
offenses. They check their attitude. They
see if they keep their word and have respected authority. They examine their
behaviors through the Golden Rule principle.
What is it? Matthew 7:12 Do to
others what you would have them do to you
A
peacemaker when examining their hearts and lives first come to their senses and
change the way they think and are honest about sin.
Stay open humble and teachable, avoid the excuses of IF BUT
and MAYBE. Fully admit your role in the
situation, apologize sincerely, accept the consequences, alter your behavior,
ask for forgiveness and allow time for forgiveness to be extended if necessary.
So a Child of God is a peacemaker when examining their
hearts and lives first.
A. Acting with Wisdom
But the wisdom
from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy
and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 18 And a harvest of righteousness is
sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:17-18 (ESV)
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Do you want to grow into a maturing person? Do
you want to handle things with a maturity beyond your years? Maybe better than you have ever
before? Act with Discernment! use the
wisdom from above ..God’s word to
guide your actions.
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I will summarize this point with one question
you need to ask yourself when you are involved in a conflict:
Is
This Really Worth Fighting Over?
Write that
question down and then listen to these verses of acting with discernment. A
wise or discerning person will:
Over look a matter
Good sense makes
one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
Prov 19:11 (ESV)
The vexation of a fool is known at once, but
the prudent ignores an insult.
Prov 12:16 (ESV)
Drop a quarrelsome issue
It is to a man's
honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
Prov 20:3 (NIV)
The beginning of
strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out. Prov
17:14 (ESV)
Not fight in someone else quarrle
Whoever meddles
in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears. Prov 26:17 (ESV)
Be gentle in manner
A soft answer
turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Prov 15:1 (ESV)
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The apostle Paul instructed Titus:
Remind them to be submissive to
rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to
speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect
courtesy toward all people. Titus 3:1-2 (ESV)
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As a leader in this church, I remind everyone
hearing or reading this message to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to
be obedient, to be ready to do good works, to speak evil of no one, to avoid
quarreling, to be gentle and to show perfect courtesy toward all people!
This includes how you may not see
eye to eye with where the church is going, what the leadership is doing. This
includes how you discuss doctrines in Bible studies and classes. This includes
how you are to show courtesy toward all people who come through our doors: ‘lifers’, new people, young, old, physically
handicap mentally handicap whomever.
We are to be gentle in manner and avoiding quarrels.You need to act with
discernment on how you handle are to address it.
A child of God is a peacemaker when acting with wisdom
Next A child of God is a peacemaker when
C. Conflicts are
Confronted
So if you are
offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has
something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be
reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Matt 5:23-25 (ESV)
"If your
brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone.
Matt 18:15 (ESV)
Jesus
says, you take the initiative. Don't wait for them to make the first move. It
doesn't matter if you're the offended or the offender, it's always my move.
Always take the initiative. Why? Because Jesus said so.
Cautious: And because, as you know, you're more mature. In every conflict everyone thinks they are the
one being more mature. Very well, since you are the more mature go first.
Schedule a sit down, face to face meeting. Conflicts are not resolved accidentally.
It doesn't resolve itself. You must intentionally deal with it.
When do you deal with it? The sooner the better. Depending on where you are at with the
conflict and the depth of the issue, you may need some time and possibly if you
are at the point of conflict that has legal litigation, you need advise and in
depth prayer.
But realize that a peacemaker does not avoid or appease
It's
not avoiding.
It's
not running from the problem. It's not pretending it doesn't exist. "I
don't want to talk about it" is not peacemaking, it's cowardice. None of us
like conflict so we avoid it, postpone it, put it off but it only gets bigger.
It's
not appeasement.
When
you always give in and let the other person have their own way. You let people
run over you. That's passivity. Jesus was a very controversial person. He stood
his ground on a number of issues. Once in a while I read a marriage books that
says you ought to be a doormat and always let the other partner have their own
way and always give in -- for the sake of peace be a doormat. Jesus never said
that. Jesus never said you ever had to give up your identity or be a chameleon.
It's not appeasement and it's not avoiding. It's actively seeking to resolve
the conflict.
How
are we to confront conflict? Here is the biblical procedure
A. Deal with
the issue…
1.
Quickly
(Matt. 5:24)
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Don’t ignore it but face it. Longer it goes the
harder it is on you
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If you were the offender… If you were the offended…
quick
to admit your wrong quick
to admit hurt
and to announce your grief to offer forgiveness
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EXTRA:
Spouses, when you know that your loved one is wrong or has been wrong,
urge them to resolve the conflict. Help
them take the higher road. Don’t aid and
abet them to hold a grudge or ignore the wrong .
2.
Quietly
(Matt. 18:15)
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Rather than talk about it to several others
which can produce gossip and slander, go directly to that person and try to
resolve it.
B. If things
get hard, get help (Matt. 18:16-17)
But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with
you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three
witnesses. If he refuses to listen to
them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church,
let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Matt 18:16-17 (ESV)
1. From a mature, peaceable
believer who loves both of youi
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Tell the facts and be open to your part in being wrong.
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If they agree that the other is in the wrong,
the talk with them together.
This is
where many people stop. “Don’t want to make waves” But remember Peace with others is not
ignoring the harder relationships.
2.
From church leadership
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This is only if it cannot be dealt with the
group.
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Not during an open service, but a private
meeting with the leadership
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At this level the problem two people are having
usually involves rebellious or immoral sin.
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In marriages it takes counseling. Those who have
conflict in marriages, if you’ve tried and failed, its time for outside help.
Don’t live on miserable if you are not reconciled, at peace and friends and in
love with your spouse. Get help. Talk to the elders, talk to Pastor Dan or me.
But But do what you must to regain
marriages trust!
C. Keep Proper Perspective (Matt.
18:15,19-21)
1. Of
the other person(s)
Whoever diligently seeks good
seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it. Prov.
11:27 (ESV)
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Don’t degrade or disrespect
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This
person has feelings and emotions too
2. Of
the conflict
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Prayerful- For God’s resolution, For the other person (even if an enemy), For
yourself keep a pure heart.
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Be forgiving toward that person.
3. Of
the end result
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To win the brother, not the argument
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That some problems cannot be completely
resolved.
A child of God is a peacemaker when conflicts are Confronted
Finally a child of God is a peacemaker when…
E. Enemies are Loved
“To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap
burning coals on his head." Rom
12:20 (ESV)
Q. What
does that mean ”will heap burning coals on his head?
A. It may
refer to a ritual in Egypt in which a person showed his repentance by carrying
a pan of burning charcoal on his head.
It refers to a feeling of shame they may have when we repay evil with
good.
"But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good
to those who hate you, bless those who
curse you, pray for those who abuse you. Luke 6:27-29 (ESV)
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These words are easy to read but harder to
practice. I believe that when we pray for
our enemies we also pray about our
enemies and how we are to handle. It will have to be on a case by case basis.
But the motive is back to love!
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One Bible Scholar said it like this: It is
impossible to love the conduct of a person who curses and reviles us, who
injures our person or property, or who violates all the laws of God; but,
though we may hate his conduct, and suffer keenly when WE are affected by it,
yet we may still wish well to the PERSON; we may pity his anger and sin, we may speak kindly OF him and TO him; we may
return good for evil; we may aid him in the time of trial; we may seek to do
him good here and to promote his eternal welfare hereafter.
They key for a child of God to be a peacemaker here is that
they don’t become bitter and unforgiving. That they are to be patient and kind
and bearing with their enemies. But not to become embittered by them.
Closing
Matthew 5:9
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called
sons of God.”
No other beatitude, pictures the good news of Christianity
like this one. The Hope of the Christian faith is found in its PeaceMaker Jesus
Christ.
For some of you in here, you are
still enemies with God and you know that you are not at peace with Him. The
Bible clearly says, that no one comes to God the father except through Jesus
Christ. He is the great Peacemaker between us and God. He died so your sins
could be forgiven. He rose again so that spiritually you can be born again.
Now today, God
offers everyone the gift of grace which if you receive today, includes
forgiveness of sin, and the gift of the Holy Spirit living inside of you.
But
you must receive it by admitting your sin, believing Jesus died for you and
rose again and is alive today, and Confess Him as your Forgiver and Leader. It
can start this very moment, would everyone please pray with me
If you’d like to receive
the gift of salvation and experience peace with God pray with me in your heart…
“God I admit I’m a
sinner. I believe you died for my sins to be forgiven. And that you overcame
death and live at the right hand of God. I put my trust in you to save me and
cause me to be born again. I want you to be the Savior of my life and the one
to lead my life. I now repent of sinful practices and ask for your strength to
not look back. Thank you for your mercy
and grace in Jesus Name Amen.”