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GOD'S CHILDREN MAKE PEACE

by Frank Pollard

Scripture: MATTHEW 5:9


GOD'S CHILDREN MAKE PEACE
MATTHEW 5:9
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED, WHO PERFORMS THE MOST NEEDED
TASKS IN THIS WORLD? WHO ARE THE WORLD'S MOST NECESSARY PEOPLE?
WHENEVER CEASAR COMPLEXES OR DRUM MAJOR,INSTINCTS INVADE
THIS PROUD SOUL, I QUICKLY ASK MYSELF: "IF ALL THE PREACHERS
AND ALL THE GARBAGE COLLECTORS WENT ON STRIKE SIMULTANEOUSLY,
WHIICHH ONtE WO-U-LD BE MISSED FIRST?
IN THE SEVENTH BEAUTITUDE OF THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
OUR LORD JUST MAY BE SAYING THAT THE WORID'S MOST NEEDED AND
REWARDING WORK IS IN THE FIELD OF ENDEAVOR NOT AT ALL OVER-
CROWDED WITH LABORERS.
IT WAS NEVER THE CUSTOM OF JESUS CHRIST TO TALK WITHOUT
SAYING SOMETHING. VERBAL EMBROIDERING WAS NOT HIS HOBBY.
FOR THIS REASON, I HOPE YOU WILL ALLOW YOUR HEART TO HANG ON
TO EACH WORD AS HE ASSERTS: "BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS,
FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE CHIInRFN OF &a."
YOUR LIFETIME AND MINE HAS DEMONSTRATED THIS DRAMATIC
FACT: PEACE IS NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF WAR AND STRIFE.
THE NEW TESTAMENT IS A BOOK ABOUT PFACF. THE WORD
"PEACE" APPEARS 86 TIMES AND IN ALL 27 BOOKS. 'HE OLD TESTAMENT
PROPHETS CALLED OUR LORD CHRIST THE "PRINCE a-A 'AE.' AT
HIS BIRTH ANGELS SANG OF "PEACE ON EARTH GOOD ,LL TO MEN."
JOHN 14:27 IS A SCRIPTURE PORTION BIBLE SCHOLARS HAVE CALLED
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"THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD." HE HAD ALREADY
INFORMED THEM OF His COMING DEATH ON THE CROSS. NoW HE
ASSERTS THAT HE IS LEAVING THEM A LEGACY1. PEACE I LEAVE
WITH YOU1 MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU. NOT AS THE WORLD
GIVETH GIVE I UNTO YOU. LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED,
NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID. NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS BEGIN AND
END WITH A PRAYER FOR PEACE FOR THE READERS AND LISTENERS
OF THE LETTER.
WHAT DOES PEACE MEAN? WHAT IS THIS PEACE THAT
JESUS CHRIST GIVES WHICH IS UNLIKE ANYTHING THE WORLD CAN
OFFER? THE SCRIPTURE DESCRIBES IT AS AN INNER CONFIDENCE
WHICH PRODUCES JOY. IT COMES FROM BEING IN A RIGHT
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF, AND OTHERS, AND GOD.
IT MEANS BEING AT PEACE WITH YOURS ...

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