MARCH 19, Galatians 5:22, Matthew 5:9

If you are not a Christian, you are not at peace with God. Your unbelief says that you are God’s enemy. Your sin has built a wall of hostility between you and God. You are at war with God. But Jesus is the greatest peacemaker. He came and died on the cross to make peace between sinful people and God. When you become a Christian, you become God’s friend. Jesus has smashed the wall of hostility between you and God, for He has bridged the gap between sinful man and a righteous God by being the sacrifice needed. So if you have accepted Jesus, you are now a child of God, your heavenly Father. There is peace. You are made right with God.

Are you at peace with God? As a Christian, you are to have this peace as a result of trusting in God. After we have this peace with God, then we can be peacemakers to live peaceably with people. As Jesus is a peacemaker, He exhorted his disciples to be peacemakers and encouraged them that peacemakers will receive the blessings of God.

Write down Matthew 5:9.
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A peacemaker is peace-loving. Recently, how many arguments have you had? ink of your last argument. What was it about? Who was it with? Who started it? Who ended it? When children have arguments, it is often because one of them does not get his way. Are you a quarrelsome child? Do you get unhappy easily and want things your way?

Put the phrases in order and write in the blank:

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(Hebrews 12:14)

Thought: Am I a quarrelsome child?

Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You that Jesus had made peace possible between sinners and God by dying on the cross. I pray I’d learn from Him to be a peacemaker, and to learn to be a better person so others can see the Christ in me. In His precious name I pray, Amen.