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Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Who Are the Peacemakers? …. Who Are the Peacemakers? …. Who Are the Peacemakers? …. Who Are the Peacemakers? …. Who Are the Peacemakers? …. Who Are the Peacemakers? …. Who Are the Peacemakers? ….

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Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

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  1. Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

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  10. How to be a Peacemaker … Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior

  11. How to be a Peacemaker … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Romans 10:9-10 - that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

  12. Who Are the Peacemakers? … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Romans 10:9-10 - that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. • Matthew 10:32 - Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.

  13. Who Are the Peacemakers? … Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it

  14. Who Are the Peacemakers? … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it • Acts 3:19 - Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

  15. Who Are the Peacemakers? … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it • Acts 3:19 - Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; • II Timothy 2:22 - Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

  16. Who Are the Peacemakers? … Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it Accept others as Christ accepted you

  17. Who Are the Peacemakers? … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it • Accept others as Christ accepted you • Romans 15:7 - Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.

  18. Who Are the Peacemakers? … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it • Accept others as Christ accepted you • Romans 15:7 - Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God. • Philemon 1:17 - If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me.

  19. Who Are the Peacemakers? … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it • Accept others as Christ accepted you • Romans 15:7 - Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God. • Philemon 1:17 - If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me. • Romans 14:1 - Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions.

  20. Who Are the Peacemakers? … Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it Accept others as Christ accepted you Cease living for yourself and start dying for others

  21. Who Are the Peacemakers? … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it • Accept others as Christ accepted you • Cease living for yourself and start dying for others • Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

  22. Who Are the Peacemakers? … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it • Accept others as Christ accepted you • Cease living for yourself and start dying for others • Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. • Philippians 2:3-8 - Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

  23. Who Are the Peacemakers? … Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it Accept others as Christ accepted you Cease living for yourself and start dying for others Embrace a life of reconciliation

  24. Who Are the Peacemakers? … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it • Accept others as Christ accepted you • Cease living for yourself and start dying for others • Embrace a life of reconciliation • Matthew 5:23-24 - Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.

  25. Who Are the Peacemakers? … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it • Accept others as Christ accepted you • Cease living for yourself and start dying for others • Embrace a life of reconciliation • Matthew 5:23-24 - Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. • II Corinthians 5:18-19 - Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

  26. Who Are the Peacemakers? … • Profess the Prince of Peace as your Savior • Eradicate sin by confessing and rejecting it • Accept others as Christ accepted you • Cease living for yourself and start dying for others • Embrace a life of reconciliation • Matthew 5:23-24 - Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. • II Corinthians 5:18-19 - Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. • II Corinthians 5:20 - Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

  27. So what does this mean for me? … • Have I given my life to the Lord? … Without that, there is no lasting peace. • Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. • If we are sons or daughters of the Most High, then we are heirs of His power and authority to bring peace.

  28. So what does this mean for me? … • Have I given my life to the Lord? … Without that, there is no lasting peace. • Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. • If we are sons or daughters of the Most High, then we are heirs of His power and authority to bring peace. • Have I committed my life to be an Ambassador for Christ? • I commit my life to bring healing, restoration, and reconciliation to family, friends, and strangers who do not know the Lord Jesus. • Have I made financial restitution if I have defrauded anyone? • How can I restore my broken marriage? • How can I once again be part of my children or grand-children’s lives?

  29. So what does this mean for me? … • Have I given my life to the Lord? … Without that, there is no lasting peace. • Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. • If we are sons or daughters of the Most High, then we are heirs of His power and authority to bring peace. • Have I committed my life to be an Ambassador for Christ? • I commit my life to bring healing, restoration, and reconciliation to family, friends, and strangers who do not know the Lord Jesus. • Have I made financial restitution if I have defrauded anyone? • How can I restore my broken marriage? • How can I once again be part of my children or grand-children’s lives? • WE MUST LIVE WITH AN ATTITUDE OF … REDEMPTION, RESTITUTION, RECONCILLIATION

  30. Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

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