Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Matthew 5:9
It is interesting that the same basic Greek word for “peacemaker” from Matthew 5 is also used there in Ephesians 2:14. So it is saying
that Jesus is the great Example of what it is to be the “peacemaker” that He wants us to be in Matthew 5:9. What do these verses
teach us about what peacemaking really is

THIRD CHARACTERISTIC OF A CHRISTIAN

I. WHAT IS PEACE?
A. It is not a truce or agreement not to fight.
B. It is not a national or international condition.
1. "The world is at peace" (no world wars).
C. It is a condition that prevails in an individual's life when He surrenders to God.
II. MAN'S BASIC CONFLICT IS WITH GOD.
A. All wars, fightings result from this conflict.
B. Immediately points up folly of U.N.
1. Treating symptoms not cause.
a. A cure is never found by treating symptoms.
b. You might relieve but never cure.
2. Men of war seeking to effect peace.

1 Chronicles 17:1, David’s thoughts turn to building a temple for the Lord. The king sent for the prophet Nathan and said, “Here I
am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.” The discrepancy bothered David. Why
should the king’s house be a palace, while the house of God was just a tent?

At first, Nathan encouraged David to follow through on his desire to build a temple for the Lord (1 Chronicles 17:2). Yet that
night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, changing their plans: “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You
are not the one to build me a house to dwell in’” (verse 4). God then points out that, in all the long history of the tabernacle, He
never once rebuked Israel’s leaders for not building a permanent temple (verses 5–6). Rather than David building a temple, God
decided to allow David’s son to oversee this work (verses 11–12).

3. Scripture declares of false prophets who cry "peace, peace, when there is no peace."
C. The folly of man's conflict with God.
1. What does he hope to gain?
2. Impossible to win.
a. Should you successfully resist all your life then what have you.
b. You are fighting to go to hell, God is fighting to keep you from it, so you win?
D. A man cannot know peace when he is at war with God, peace only is known by those who have surrendered to God.

Philippians 4:7 English Standard Version (ESV)

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And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

IV. WHAT IS THE WORK OF THE PEACEMAKER?

A. Not the educating of the illiterate.
B. Not standing between the battlers.
C. Not the feeding of the hungry.
D. Bringing men and women to Jesus Christ.
"God has given to us the word of reconciliation, be ye reconciled to God."
E. The peacemaker is one who points men to God, that they might surrender to God and have peace.
"Am I a peacemaker?"