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3. Acts 14: Paul and Barnabas
Cyprus Antioch in Pisidia To the Jew first, then the Gentile

4. Welcome! www.SunsetChurchofChrist.net
Bibles and copies of sermons are available Please silence your cell phones
Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM 5:30 PM Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM

5. Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.
Psalm 100:2
Serve the LORD with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
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6. Blessed are the Peacemakers

7. Called For Peace
Scriptures reveal Christians are peacemakers

8. Called For Peace Scriptures reveal Christians are peacemakers
James 3:18
And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

9. Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which
Called For Peace
Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with all men,
and the sanctification without which
no one will see the Lord.
Scriptures reveal Christians are peacemakers

10. Now flee from youthful lusts and
Called For Peace
2 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.
Scriptures reveal Christians are peacemakers

11. Live in peace with one another.
Called For Peace
Scriptures reveal Christians are peacemakers
1 Thessalonians 5:13b
Live in peace with one another.

12. and peace shall be with you.
Called For Peace
2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love
and peace shall be with you.
Scriptures reveal Christians are peacemakers

13. Called For Peace Scriptures reveal Christians are peacemakers
Romans 12:18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
Scriptures reveal Christians are peacemakers

14. “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called
Called For Peace
Matthew 5:9
“Blessed are the peacemakers:
for they shall be called
the children of God”
Scriptures reveal Christians are peacemakers

15. Being a Peacemaker Means:
Romans 14:19 Being a peacemaker is not: Compromising on doctrine Permitting error It is pursuing that which makes peace
Romans 14:19 So then let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.

16. Being a Peacemaker Means:
Pursuing peace with men: 1. Bringing the terms of peace Romans 5: By preaching the Gospel of peace Ephesians 6:15
Ro 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…….. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Eph 6:15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

17. Being a Peacemaker Means:
Abstaining from the antithesis of peace
Ro 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…….. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Eph 6:15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

18. Being a Peacemaker Means:
Abstaining from the antithesis of peace
Romans 12:19
Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY," says the Lord.

19. Being a Peacemaker Means:
Abstaining from the antithesis of peace
Ephesians 4:31
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

20. Being a Peacemaker Means:
Abstaining from the antithesis of peace
Colossians 3:8
But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

21. Being a Peacemaker Means:
Abstaining from the antithesis of peace
1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.

22. It is HARD Being a Peacemaker
Jude 1:3 …. I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints) …….
(Jude 1:16 These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.)

23. It is HARD Being a Peacemaker
Contending for the Faith Jude 3
Contentious for the Faith Jude 16
Jude 1:3 …. I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints) …….
(Jude 1:16 These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.)

24. Learning to Be a Peacemaker
1. Accept we may NOT be living in peace - We may be sinning: 1 John 1: Worldly responses lack peaceful outcomes
1Jo 1:8 ¶ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

25. Learning to Be a Peacemaker
1. Accept we may NOT be living in peace 2. Learn to do what it takes - When someone sins – Matthew 18: When we have offended – Matthew 5:23
Mt 18:15 ¶ "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. 16 "But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.' 17 "And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.

26. Learning to Be a Peacemaker
1. Accept we may NOT be living in peace 2. Learn to do what it takes 3. Learn the necessary sacrifices - Euodia and Syntyche – Philippians 4:2 - Esteem above ourselves – Phil. 2:3-4 - Be spiritually mature – Phil. 3:15
Mt 18:15 ¶ "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. 16 "But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.' 17 "And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.

27. Peacemakers are Children of God
Peacemaking is not a natural wisdom - Animals fight - Brute beast men (Jude 10) We have the wisdom of above in peace
Jude 1:10 But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.

28. Peacemakers are Children of God
Peacemaking is not a natural wisdom - Animals fight - Brute beast men (Jude 10) We have the wisdom of above in peace
James 3:17-18
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Jude 1:10 But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.

30. Preaching Peace With God
When we sin, we become enemies of God Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Romans 5:9-10

31. Preaching Peace With God
How does Christ death save us from God’s wrath? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Romans 6:3

32. The Conditions of the Gift
Hear – Acts 13:48 Believe – Acts 16:31 Confess – Acts 8:37 Repent - Acts 2:38 Be Baptized – Acts 22:16 Abide in Christ – II John 9