B lessed are the Peacemakers Matthew 5:9 : Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Peacemaking is an attitude and an action; an inner state and an outer-state. It is not passive. The message of peace is the message of the gospel; people find peace with God, peace within themselves, peace with others around them. Thus they are called children of God. ( Myron S. Augsburger ) Peace in three directions. Peace With God: All of us need to make peace with God. Sometimes people will speak of making peace with God jsut before they die. But peace with God is more than that. It is being in relationship with Him, now. And this peace we do not have the ability to make. God has made His peace possible to us through Jesus. John 3:16-17: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to s...
Morning Church. I hope you are enjoying the teaching on the Beatitudes. I call these the Be-Attiudes. Our life values. The Beatitudes are the spiritual charter of the kingdom. (W.F Albright and C.S. Mann) Much of the New Testament teaching is around working these values out. So far we have discovered: Pastor Jess Cave: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is in the kingdom of God. Jess reminded us that we have t acknowledge our poverty of spirit - we have nothing to offer God - so that we can be saved through Jesus. Theologians call this ‘moral bankruptcy. We are bad, Jesus is all good, therefore there is hope. Rev Keith Warrington: Blessed are those who mourn - where he looked at how Jesus intervenes and sees, calls touches and restores us. Layla and Risnam: Youth takeover: Blessed are the meek - the role of humility and strength under control. Matthew 5:3-12: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they...