Peacemakers

The Beatitudes, Pt. 6 | March 30, 2025
Pastor Wes Morris

Matthew 5:9 (NIV) Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Poor in Spirit
Mourn
Meek
Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
Merciful
Pure in Heart

Shalom: wholeness, completeness, fulfillment, inner rest. Living without deficiency or lack.

Romans 5:1-2 (NLT) Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.

 

√ He entered into our brokenness.

Isaiah 53:3 (NLT) He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.

John 11:35 (NIV) Jesus wept.


√ He laid down His rights.

Philippians 2:6-7 (CEV) Christ was truly God. But he did not try to remain equal with God. Instead he gave up everything and became a slave, when he became like one of us.


√ He took the cost.

Colossians 1:19-20 (TLB) It was through what his Son did that God cleared a path for everything to come to him—all things in heaven and on earth—for Christ’s death on the cross has made peace with God for all by his blood.

PEACEMAKERS

I. WALK IN THE POWER OF GOD’S PRESENCE. 

Exodus 33:12-14 (NLT) One day Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Take these people up to the Promised Land.’ But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, ‘I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.’ If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people.”

14 The Lord replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest.”

Psalm 46:10 (NIV) Be still, and know that I am God!

John 14:27 (NLT) I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.

 

II. SHARE THE PEACE OF GOD WITH OTHERS.

I John 4:20-21 (MSG) If anyone boasts, “I love God,” and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won’t love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can’t see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You’ve got to love both.

John 17:23 (NLT)  I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me
 

III. SPEAK PEACE OVER MY SITUATION.
Philippians 4:6-7 (TLB) Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank him for his answers. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand.

9 Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and saw me doing, and the God of peace will be with you.