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 I do sit down and turn with me to Matthew chapter 5 and verse 9.

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! Matthew chapter 5 and verse 9.

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 We're going through the Beatitudes and really trying to look at the Beatitudes as a lens for how we view the Christian life.

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 And so, it seems to me, over church history, many people took the Beatitudes and kind of learnt them, meditated on them,

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 dwelt in them in many ways, and it was such a great blessing to the church.

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 Often today, we just kind of do the Sermon on the Mount in about five sermons, and there's good things about that.

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 But there's real value, I think, in taking the Beatitudes and chewing on them week by week.

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 And so, that's where we are.

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 Matthew 5, verse 9.

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 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they should be called sons of God.

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 Everyone loves peace, don't they?

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 And here's the first really popular word in the Beatitudes.

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 All the other ones we've looked at, can you see them?

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 They've been strange and unpopular.

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 They've been quite unusual.

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 And so, we've seen, as we've gone through the Sermon on the Mount, these Beatitudes,

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 how radical and how disturbing this statement of Jesus is.

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 And so, there's not many people out there that want to be pure.

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 There's not many people out there who are just dying to mourn, verse 4.

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 There's not a crowd of folk in Ealing, desperate to be meek.

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 It's not very popular.

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 People don't think that hunger and thirst are good things.

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 And even the last two are not valued very highly in our city, are they?

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 Merciful and pure.

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 But everyone, every person loves peace.

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 Every single one of them.

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 It's universally popular.

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 And a peacemaker, in theory, would be valued very, very highly, wouldn't they, in our culture?

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 So, there's a prize, isn't there?

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 An annual prize that's given each year for peace.

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 The Nobel Peace Prize.

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 It's a big thing when people win it.

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 It's in the news.

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 It's given from the proceeds of a manufacturer of gunpowder, Nobel.

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 Universities have peace studies.

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 Peace.

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 There are peace processes.

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 There are peace initiatives.

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 Peace is a good thing.

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 And yet, we live in a world that's pretty bereft of peace.

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 Out of the last 4,000 years, there have been about 320 years of peace.

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 I don't really know how they work that out.

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 But on a personal level, there's not much peace around our society.

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 Our society is not notably peaceful.

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 Family breakup.

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 Lockdown and domestic abuse.

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 Well-being.

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 Stress.

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 Mental health.

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 Those things are so popular, aren't they, to talk about?

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 It's decided as a good thing.

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 Good mental health, people think is elusive and hard to obtain.

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 And so, I think it sharpens our interest when we come to verse 9.

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 What is Jesus talking about?

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 And so, I want to kind of look at it from three directions.

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 First of all, who we are.

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 Who are we as the people of God?

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 Well, it says, blessed are the peacemakers.

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 And so, it's really important that the context tells you and I that this doesn't stand on its own.

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 We see that this Beatitudes comes after other Beatitudes.

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 And so, what you've got in the Beatitudes is a picture, isn't it, of every believer.

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 And they're not a set of unrelated qualities.

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 It's not, well, I'm a decent mourner, and I'm pretty good at purity, or I'm more strong in peacemaking.

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 No, Jesus is not saying there are eight sorts of people in the church with different sorts of strengths.

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 There are some merciful, some poor in spirit, some who mourn.

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 No, he's saying, here is the picture of Christian character.

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 This is what it is to be a true believer in Jesus.

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 This is what it is to be in the kingdom.

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 It's to be true of every single one of us who's a believer.

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 They are the birthmarks, if you like, of what it means to be born again.

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 They are the signs of the Holy Spirit working in your life and in my life.

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 All of us who claim to be Christians should be characterized by all of these things.

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 And so when Jesus says, blessed are the peacemakers, he's not speaking of some activity out there,

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 which we may or we may not choose to take on as Christian service.

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 It's a kind of optional extra.

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 He's not foremost, he's not kind of primarily talking about what we do.

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 He's saying this is who we are.

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 What are we like?

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 What's our character, our personality?

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 And so what we've seen, haven't we, that the Christian is somebody who's a changed person.

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 Somebody who has been transformed by the Holy Spirit.

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 And so that there is a part of us which works itself out in being a peacemaker.

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 Because this man or woman or boy or girl has been changed by God so we make peace.

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 And of course that is one of the weaknesses, isn't it, with human peacemaking.

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 When you try to have a peace process between two communities, it can be too superficial.

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 Because mere human peacekeeping never deals with the real issue.

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 And the real issue is with what people are like inside.

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 And so you and I can cobble together a peace process.

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 And while it's made between people who are not peaceable, it'll never be permanent.

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 And so the world, when it talks about peace, it deals with external factors.

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 And it never deals with the real problem.

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 So in James chapter 4, verse 1, if you turn there if you want to, you'll find that there's a really profound analysis.

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 James says, what causes fights?

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 What causes quarrels among you?

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 Think about that.

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 There's a quarrel in a church.

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 Or there's an argument in a church.

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 And there's hostility in a family, maybe.

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 Or in the workplace.

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 What causes that?

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 What is behind that?

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 Well, you could look, couldn't you, at all sorts of external factors.

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 And say, it's because of this.

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 It's because of lack of sleep.

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 It's because of lockdown.

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 It's because of the pressure people are under.

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 But James goes way deeper than that.

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 He says, don't they come from your desires that battle within you?

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 You see, the reason that there are conflicts and arguments,

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 and quarrels,

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 and fights,

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 is because of the people we are.

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 It is the sin within us.

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 And so most human effort at peacekeeping

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 is rather like, isn't it,

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 trying to clean up a river downstream

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 from where the pollution is coming into the river.

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 And you and I need to remember that

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 blessed are the peacemakers

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 is the seventh beatitude.

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 It doesn't stress,

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 it doesn't stand alone.

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 So,

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 blessed are the peacemakers

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 is addressed to people who are,

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 look at verse three,

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 poor in spirit.

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 So it's saying that you and I,

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 as Christians,

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 we are not to be proud.

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 We're not to be arrogant.

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 We're not to be people that know it all.

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 We're not to try and dominate.

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 We're to recognize

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 our own personal guilt

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 and our own personal weakness

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 and our own wrongdoing

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 that actually you and I

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 are like beggars before God.

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 And we are to be people,

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 verse four,

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 who mourn.

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 That is,

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 we're really sorry

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 and we're ashamed

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 for our own sin

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 and for our own weaknesses.

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 And that leads,

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 doesn't it,

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 verse five,

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 to make us meek.

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 So we're not always trying

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 to get our own way all the time.

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 We're not trying to manipulate

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 the situation

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 so we get our way.

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 We don't try to get everyone

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 to follow us.

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 We don't think

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 we always know best.

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 We remember our own weakness

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 and our own frailty

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 and our own guilt.

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 And we're meek.

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 And because we recognize that,

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 we long above everything else

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 for holiness,

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 verse six,

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 for righteousness.

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 We long for God's will to be done.

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 And so we are merciful

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 because we find it easy

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 to forgive and forget.

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 And we find it easy

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 to pardon our fellow human beings.

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 We're not judgmental.

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 We're not harsh.

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 And we don't have long memories.

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 Why?

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 Because the Christian recognizes

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 that God has forgotten

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 our sins.

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 And because God

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 has forgotten our sins,

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 so we have to be willing

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 to forget the sins of others.

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 And so the person

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 who was described here

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 doesn't bring things up

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 from years ago

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 and use them as clubs

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 to beat people over the head with.

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 Because God would never

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 do that with us.

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 God never says,

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 you're always doing this.

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 Remember you did that

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 five years ago?

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 And so we're merciful people.

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 And we're pure in heart

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 with a single eye for God

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 and for his glory.

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 And then having said

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 all of that,

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 Jesus then says,

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 he says,

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 and blessed are the peacemakers.

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 because we see ourselves

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 in a new way

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 as a result of the Beatitudes.

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 We're not nearly as important

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 as we once thought we were.

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 We're not nearly as clever

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 as we once thought we were.

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 We're not nearly as good

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 as we thought we were.

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 We're a lot humbler.

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 And we're a lot more realistic

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 about ourselves

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 and about others.

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 And we see other people

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 in a new way.

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 And we love them.

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 And when we see their faults,

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 we know that we have faults.

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 And because we've experienced mercy,

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 we are merciful towards them

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 and meek towards them.

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 Because love covers over

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 a multitude of sins.

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 So blessed are the peacemakers.

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 And we take on

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 the essential character

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 of peacemakers.

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 It's not a mask that we wear.

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 It's not a duty

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 that we give ourselves to.

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 It's not a course

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 that we go on.

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 What is being a peacemaker?

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 It is the overflow

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 of real spirituality.

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 And so please don't take

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 verse 9

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 out of its context

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 and

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 kind of

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 out of its place

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 in the sermon.

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 What I'm saying

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 or what I'm trying to say

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 is that

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 for all the benefits

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 of peace to come,

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 you and I

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 need to be changed people.

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 We need to be

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 pure in spirit

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 and mourning

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 and meek

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 and merciful.

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 And you can't have peace

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 without that.

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 And so I'm saying

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 as we consider this text,

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 it's vital to consider

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 the other text.

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 It's vital

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 for you and I

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 to work out

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 our own spiritual growth.

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 That is our reading

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 of scripture,

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 our prayer,

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 our putting sin

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 to death,

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 our dealing

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 with ourselves,

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 our growing

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 in faith

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 and love.

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 because that's all

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 part of the picture.

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 There are no shortcuts

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 into becoming

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 a peacemaker.

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 You can't take it up

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 as a hobby

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 or a little extra

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 Christian activity.

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 And so the truth

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 is this, isn't it?

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 It is probably

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 too late

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 in church,

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 in a church,

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 when trouble comes

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 to be thinking

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 then

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 and only

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 then

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 of being

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 peacemakers.

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 Because when

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 trouble comes

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 in a church

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 or a family,

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 it doesn't just

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 come like that.

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 People always say

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 that to me.

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 They always say,

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 we didn't see it coming.

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 It just came

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 out of nowhere.

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 It never comes

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 out of nowhere.

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 Never, ever.

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 In a church context,

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 the rot sets in

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 normally years

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 after earlier.

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 There's been a failure

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 in vital

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 godliness.

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 And then you see

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 the fruit of it.

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 And the problem

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 didn't arise

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 in a week,

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 one meeting,

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 or a month.

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 It had been something

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 that had been going on

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 for a long time.

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 And so you've got

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 to keep the verse

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 in its context.

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 Who we are,

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 changed people,

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 people in whom

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 God's spirit is working,

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 people who are growing

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 in Christ.

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 And so it points

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 to who we are.

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 Secondly,

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 it points to what we do.

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 What we do.

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 So in verse 9,

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 blessed are the peacemakers.

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 And so we need to begin

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 with a couple of negatives,

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 don't we?

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 Peacemakers are not

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 people who are easygoing,

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 who avoid confrontation.

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 They're not wimps.

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 Peacemakers are not weak,

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 and they're not ineffectual,

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 and they're not cowards,

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 and they're not compromising.

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 And that's not what

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 Jesus is talking about,

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 isn't he?

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 Peace has to be based

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 on truth and righteousness.

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 And in reality,

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 sweeping things

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 under the carpet,

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 it doesn't make peace.

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 Ignoring wickedness

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 doesn't make peace.

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 God speaks,

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 doesn't he,

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 in Jeremiah 6,

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 verse 14,

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 they're famous verses.

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 And he speaks

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 to the preachers of the day,

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 the leaders of the day,

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 and he says,

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 you dress the wound

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 of my people

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 as if it wasn't serious.

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 You say,

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 peace, peace.

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 But there is no peace.

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 And so in your own marriage,

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 and in your own family,

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 and in your own home,

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 to sweep things

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 under the carpet

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 is not making peace.

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 To bury things

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 in the sand

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 is not making peace.

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 To ignore something

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 is not what our Lord

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 is talking about here.

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 And he's not just speaking

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 about peace keepers,

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 if I can put it like that.

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 They're vital, aren't they?

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 We are to be people

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 who are peaceable.

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 We're to control

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 our tempers.

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 Proverbs 15,

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 18 says,

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 a hot-tempered man

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 stirs up dissension.

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 We'll control our speech.

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 Proverbs 15, verse 1,

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 a gentle answer

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 turns away wrath.

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 But a harsh word

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 stirs up anger.

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 We've got to avoid gossip.

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 It's a plague, isn't it?

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 And it's a curse

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 in church life.

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 So Proverbs 26, 20 says,

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 without a wood,

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 the fire goes out.

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 Without gossip,

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 a quarrel dies down.

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 And we have to be

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 peaceable people.

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 We'll see later on

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 in Romans,

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 the Apostle Paul says,

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 as far as it's possible,

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 live at peace with everyone.

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 And so we've got to be

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 peaceable,

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 men and women

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 and boys and girls,

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 not always looking

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 for a fight.

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 But I think there's

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 more than that here

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 that Jesus is saying.

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 He is saying,

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 blessed are the

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 peacemakers,

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 not just those

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 who keep the peace,

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 as important as that is.

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 It's going further

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 than that, isn't it?

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 It's making peace.

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 It is bringing peace.

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 It is creating peace.

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 It is establishing peace.

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 It's a very

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 positive,

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 dynamic quality.

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 And so,

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 when we think of peace,

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 how do we think of it

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 in our culture?

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 We think of peace

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 as the absence of war.

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 But in the Bible,

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 the word peace

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 is far richer,

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 far more beautiful.

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 It's a far more

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 beautiful concept.

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 peace in the Bible

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 is a state of

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 well-being

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 and wholeness

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 and prosperity

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 and safety

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 and blessing.

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 So with us,

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 the way we think of peace,

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 we think of peace

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 as the absence of something.

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 The absence of war

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 or the absence of fighting.

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 But in the Bible,

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 peace is the presence

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 of something.

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 It is the presence

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 of wholeness

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 and prosperity

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 and soundness

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 and blessing.

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 It's a positive thing.

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 So being a peacemaker

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 is much richer.

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 It is much

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 more wonderful

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 than stopping fights.

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 Being a peacemaker

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 is creating wholeness

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 and wellness

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 and prosperity.

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 peacemakers

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 and so peacemakers

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 repair gaps.

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 Peacemakers

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 heal preaches.

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 Peacemakers

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 bring people

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 together.

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 Peacemakers

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 want to create

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 unity

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 and soundness

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 to create

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 God's

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 shalom.

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 God's peace.

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 for you and I to be peacemakers

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 that will mean we've got to listen

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 listen to people

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 to take time to understand

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 what they're saying and where they're coming from

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 and very often to differentiate

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 between what they say and what they mean

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 because

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 people often

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 don't always say what they mean

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 or mean what they say

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 and so

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 as we listen we are asking

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 what is this person trying to communicate to me

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 peacemakers want to reduce

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 tension and look for solutions

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 not to describe

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 problems or make them worse

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 peacemaking is positive and constructive

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 and healing

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 so Paul says in Romans 14 verse 19

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 let us make every effort

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 to do what leads to peace

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 and mutual edification

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 and so above all isn't it

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 above everything else

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 what peacemaking surely means

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 is telling the gospel to people

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 because that is isn't it

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 the finest and the most ultimate

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 and the most permanent

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 and the most constructive way of making peace

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 telling people of a God in heaven

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 who has sent his son

00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.980
 the Lord Jesus Christ

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.879
 the saviour

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 so that

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 you and I can have peace with God

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 and as we've seen in Romans

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 peace with God

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 is not just

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:27.319
 absence of hostility

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 it's not just that the war is over

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 but there's wholeness

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 and blessing

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 fullness

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 the fruit of the spirit

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 Galatians 5.22

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 the fruit of the spirit

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 is love

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 joy

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 peace

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 patience

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 kindness

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 goodness

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 faithfulness

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 gentleness

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 and self-control

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 and so when you have people

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 filled with the Holy Spirit

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 you will have peace

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 and so what we do is

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 we're to be healers

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 builders

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 facilitators

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 bringing people together

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 to bring God's

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 shalom

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 to the earth

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 that's part of our family calling

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 isn't it

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 that is part of

00:20:06.060 --> 00:20:07.480
 the creation mandate

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 of Genesis 1.27

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 to rule and subdue the earth

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 it is to bring order

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 and beauty

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 out of the chaos

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 in God's world

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 subduing the earth

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 who we are

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 and what we do

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 and then lastly

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 who we resemble

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 who do we resemble

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 blessed are the peacemakers

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 for they shall be called

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 sons of God

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 it's sometimes

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 mistranslated

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 children of God

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 but it's

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 sons of God

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 our children

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 refers to our

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 status

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 sons

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 refers to our

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 nature

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 we're all

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 aren't we

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 part of the

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 bride of Christ

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 I hope

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 you men

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 rejoice in that

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 we are part of

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 the bride of Christ

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 there's no kind of

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 sexist

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 in this

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 when the New Testament

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 speaks about the

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 sons of God

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 we are all

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 sons in the

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 son

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 there's nothing

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 sexist

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 for you women

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 in being

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 sons of God

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 our identity

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 our character

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 Jesus is saying

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 we are the

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 offspring of God

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 we bear the

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 likeness of our

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 father

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 and he says

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 if we are

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 peacemakers

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 we will be

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 recognized by

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 other people

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 and they will

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 say

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 ah

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 they are

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 sons of God

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 they will be

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 known and

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 acknowledged as

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 sons of God

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 like the

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 son of God

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 and we can really

00:21:39.939 --> 00:21:40.479
 understand that

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 can't we

00:21:40.739 --> 00:21:41.439
 easily understand

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:41.899
 that because

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 God

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.879
 as we saw

00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.299
 this morning

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 God is the

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 great peacemaker

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 isn't that the

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.980
 whole history

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.659
 of redemption

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 from the

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 moment that

00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:52.619
 Adam and Eve

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.259
 fall

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 to the second

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 coming of

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 the Lord Jesus

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.740
 Christ

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 what is it

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.899
 the story of

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 the whole of

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:58.700
 the Bible

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.879
 is the story

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 of God

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 bringing peace

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 to his

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 disturbed

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 and disordered

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.259
 world

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:06.879
 and the

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.319
 gospel

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:09.200
 is the

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.659
 gospel of

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 peace

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 the good news

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:10.799
 of peace

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:14.000
 Satan

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.480
 came

00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.079
 into the

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.319
 garden

00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:15.599
 of Eden

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 and he

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 disrupts

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 the space

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.500
 he came

00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:18.740
 into

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 and he

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.180
 breaks

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 the unity

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.279
 he breaks

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 what is it

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.279
 in Eden

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.619
 is it

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 just in the

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 absence of

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 war

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.400
 no there's

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.779
 shalom

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.119
 in Eden

00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.559
 isn't there

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 there's

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.140
 fullness

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 there's

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 wholeness

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.720
 there's

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 beauty

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 and Satan

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.700
 comes and

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.579
 he disturbs

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.019
 that

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:35.500
 and yet

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.099
 God

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.579
 in his

00:22:36.579 --> 00:22:36.980
 plan of

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.259
 redemption

00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:37.900
 has sent

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.559
 his son

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 into this

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:39.960
 world

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.480
 to heal

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.079
 the world

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:43.359
 he is the

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.640
 prince of

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 peace

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 and God

00:22:48.820 --> 00:22:49.259
 promised

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.740
 this

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 doesn't he

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.560
 I will

00:22:50.560 --> 00:22:50.840
 make a

00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:51.039
 covenant

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.460
 of

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.019
 peace

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.420
 with

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:52.660
 them

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:55.180
 and the

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.340
 Lord

00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:55.620
 Jesus

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.080
 when he

00:22:56.080 --> 00:22:56.380
 left

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:56.560
 his

00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:57.019
 disciples

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.240
 do you

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.360
 remember

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:57.660
 what he

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:57.960
 said

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.539
 he said

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 he breathed

00:22:59.340 --> 00:22:59.700
 on them

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.680
 and said

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 peace

00:23:01.060 --> 00:23:01.560
 be unto

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 you

00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:04.060
 and the

00:23:04.060 --> 00:23:04.680
 apostle Paul

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.420
 as he

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:06.500
 calls

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.180
 God's

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.620
 blessing

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:07.860
 unto

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.080
 people

00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:08.440
 what does

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.759
 he say

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.160
 he says

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.700
 grace

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.380
 mercy

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:11.340
 and peace

00:23:11.340 --> 00:23:12.039
 to you

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:14.680
 and so

00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.139
 when Jesus

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.759
 returns

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.259
 he will

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:16.899
 bring with

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.319
 him the

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.799
 complete

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.619
 and everlasting

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.180
 peace

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.079
 of God

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:23.940
 and in that

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.680
 promise in Isaiah

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.519
 Jesus is who

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.180
 he is the

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.599
 prince of

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:26.980
 peace

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:29.299
 and so

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.740
 God is the

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.059
 God of

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.279
 peace

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.680
 and his

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.440
 work is

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.460
 in that of

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.180
 bringing peace

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.920
 and wholeness

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.500
 and unity

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.399
 and soundness

00:23:35.399 --> 00:23:36.059
 and blessing

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.960
 that's what we

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.619
 look forward to

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.019
 when we come to

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.379
 the Lord's

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:38.559
 table

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:42.000
 when there

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.179
 will be

00:23:42.179 --> 00:23:42.619
 wholeness

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.139
 and unity

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.779
 and soundness

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.419
 and blessing

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.220
 and we will

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.879
 partake of the

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.299
 wedding supper

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.740
 of the Lamb

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:50.899
 and so what I

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:51.419
 think Jesus is

00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:51.859
 saying to us

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.440
 is that when we

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.079
 make peace

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.619
 we are

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.299
 God like

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:56.500
 we are

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.000
 God like

00:23:57.000 --> 00:24:00.220
 and truly

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:00.519
 that's

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.079
 tremendously

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.599
 encouraging

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.019
 isn't it

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.519
 to us

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:05.339
 we make

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.559
 peace

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.740
 with a

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:05.879
 friend

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:06.220
 we've

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.440
 had an

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:06.700
 argument

00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.619
 with someone

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:07.960
 there's

00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.480
 been a

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.019
 coldness

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.340
 between

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:09.539
 us

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:09.840
 or a

00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:10.360
 quarrel

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:12.259
 so I

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.500
 need to

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.779
 say to

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.000
 you this

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.240
 it is

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.380
 a

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:13.660
 God

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:13.860
 like

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.120
 thing

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:15.700
 and it

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:15.980
 is a

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.380
 Christ

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.680
 like

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.100
 thing

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:18.559
 to

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:18.779
 make

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.160
 peace

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.180
 to go

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.380
 to that

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.660
 person

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:20.940
 and make

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.259
 peace

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:24.640
 when our

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.000
 children have

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.420
 been angry

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:25.759
 with us

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.360
 and they're

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.840
 irate

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:27.319
 with us

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:29.620
 we put

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.019
 our hand

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.559
 on their

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:30.860
 shoulder

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.360
 and we

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:31.740
 tell them

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:31.980
 that we

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.299
 love them

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.539
 and we

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:32.799
 speak

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.200
 gently

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.600
 to them

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.240
 and wisely

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.039
 and we

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.480
 make

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.079
 peace

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:37.120
 that is

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.339
 a

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.559
 God

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:37.739
 like

00:24:37.739 --> 00:24:37.959
 thing

00:24:37.959 --> 00:24:38.219
 that is

00:24:38.219 --> 00:24:38.339
 a

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:38.599
 Christ

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:38.799
 like

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.019
 thing

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:42.579
 and when

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:42.839
 you go to

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.379
 two friends

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:43.659
 who've

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.079
 fallen out

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.399
 with each

00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:44.659
 other

00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:47.219
 and you

00:24:47.219 --> 00:24:47.599
 pray

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.819
 and you

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.359
 talk with

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:49.579
 them

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.259
 and you

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.779
 seek to

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.099
 help them

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.639
 understand

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:51.959
 and to

00:24:51.959 --> 00:24:52.519
 help each

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.719
 other

00:24:52.719 --> 00:24:53.039
 and to

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.539
 forgive each

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:53.679
 other

00:24:53.679 --> 00:24:54.199
 and you

00:24:54.199 --> 00:24:54.839
 try to

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.259
 bring them

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.659
 together

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.079
 as best

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.679
 you can

00:24:56.679 --> 00:24:57.299
 that is

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.439
 a

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:57.659
 God

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:57.859
 like

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.139
 thing

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.399
 and a

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:58.619
 Christ

00:24:58.619 --> 00:24:58.799
 like

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.099
 thing

00:24:59.099 --> 00:25:02.879
 to

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.179
 go into

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.639
 a church

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.019
 when it's

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.500
 divided

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.939
 and to

00:25:04.939 --> 00:25:05.599
 try and

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.000
 bring

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.619
 people

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.139
 together

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.619
 and not

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:07.879
 make the

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.259
 situation

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.799
 worse

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:11.199
 that is

00:25:11.199 --> 00:25:11.500
 a God

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:11.819
 like thing

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.159
 to do

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:14.139
 and a

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.559
 Christ like

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:14.879
 thing to

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.119
 do

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.699
 and God

00:25:15.699 --> 00:25:15.939
 says

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:16.480
 blessed are

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.159
 the peacemakers

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:19.319
 for they will be

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.819
 called the sons

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.119
 of God

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.799
 we resemble

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:21.240
 God

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.539
 when we

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:21.740
 make

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.119
 peace

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:26.559
 in some ways

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:26.980
 I could finish

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.299
 there but

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.859
 I think

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.619
 we need

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.000
 to see

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.219
 the

00:25:29.219 --> 00:25:29.839
 challenge

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.199
 of

00:25:30.199 --> 00:25:30.399
 these

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:30.699
 verses

00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:31.239
 because

00:25:31.239 --> 00:25:34.099
 it's

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.479
 all very

00:25:34.479 --> 00:25:34.879
 well and

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.199
 good for

00:25:35.199 --> 00:25:35.439
 me to

00:25:35.439 --> 00:25:35.739
 say to

00:25:35.739 --> 00:25:35.839
 you

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.619
 it is

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:36.979
 God

00:25:36.979 --> 00:25:37.179
 like

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:37.419
 when you

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.619
 make

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.079
 peace

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.739
 and that's

00:25:39.739 --> 00:25:40.119
 a great

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.559
 encouragement

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.299
 but we

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.500
 need to

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.759
 understand

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.339
 how did

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.579
 God

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:42.779
 make

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.159
 peace

00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:46.779
 so

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.159
 let me

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.439
 read you

00:25:47.439 --> 00:25:47.599
 from

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.000
 Colossians

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.259
 chapter

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.599
 1

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:50.239
 it was

00:25:50.239 --> 00:25:50.459
 our

00:25:50.459 --> 00:25:51.019
 assurance

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.219
 of

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 pardon

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 this

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 morning

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 Colossians

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 chapter

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 1

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 and

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 verse

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 19

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 for

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 in him

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 that's the

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 Lord Jesus

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 Christ

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 all the

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 fullness

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 of God

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 was pleased

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 to dwell

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 and through

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 him to

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 reconcile

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 that's to

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 make peace

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 to bring

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 back

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 together

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 to himself

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 all things

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 whether on

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 earth or

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 in heaven

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 making peace

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 by the

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 blood

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 of his

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 cross

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 peace

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 and so

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 if there's

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 anything

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 that's

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 clear

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 in the

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 New

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 Testament

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 it's

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 this

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 it is

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 this

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 that it

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 costs

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 God

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 to make

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 peace

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 and making

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 peace

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 is costly

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 one of the

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.960
 Puritans

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 said

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 the God

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 who said

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 let there

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 be light

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 could not

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 say

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 let there

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 be peace

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:46.079
 the God

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.379
 who said

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 let there

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 be light

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 could not

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.440
 say

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 let there

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 be peace

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 because God

00:26:52.179 --> 00:26:52.500
 had to

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.819
 make

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.319
 peace

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 and God

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 made peace

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 through the

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 blood of

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 his son

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 shed on

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 the cross

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.440
 and peace

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 making in

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 the Bible

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.659
 the gospel

00:27:01.659 --> 00:27:02.119
 tells us

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.460
 is very

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.079
 very costly

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 and so

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.659
 tonight

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.319
 as we come

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.599
 to this

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:07.819
 table

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.940
 we rejoice

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:11.440
 in God

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:14.360
 because we

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.799
 have come

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.380
 to peace

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.940
 with God

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 through the

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.180
 life and

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.539
 death

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.000
 of the

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 blessed

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.519
 son

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:18.900
 of God

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 and as

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.400
 you eat

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.580
 of the

00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:22.779
 bread

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 and as

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 you drink

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.440
 of the

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:23.620
 wine

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:23.759
 it

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 reminds

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.259
 you

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.460
 of the

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 cost

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 of peace

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 this

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 is my

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.640
 body

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.000
 given

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.559
 for you

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 this

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.680
 is my

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.100
 blood

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.600
 shed

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:31.160
 for you

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 and so

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.460
 it is

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.440
 with us

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 chapter 5

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.160
 verse 1

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.820
 seeing the

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.259
 crowds

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.539
 he ran

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:41.720
 up on

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 the

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.079
 mountain

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 and when

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:42.839
 he sat

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.079
 down

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.240
 his

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.599
 disciples

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.039
 came to

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.200
 him

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.779
 and so

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.420
 what you've

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.839
 got in

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.480
 the

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.640
 sermon

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:46.839
 on the

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:46.980
 mountain

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.279
 is you've

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.619
 got him

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.099
 speaking to

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.259
 the

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.819
 disciples

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.319
 with the

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.579
 crowd

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:49.920
 listening

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 in

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:53.400
 and amongst

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:53.819
 that crowd

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.099
 there would

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.299
 have been

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.079
 hardline

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:56.059
 right wing

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:57.000
 conservative

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.420
 Jewish

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.039
 nationalists

00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:01.160
 and as

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.799
 Jesus preached

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.079
 to them

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.660
 that day

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.539
 they hated

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.039
 the Romans

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:06.599
 they were

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.079
 desperate

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.559
 that the

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:07.839
 Romans

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.099
 would be

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.460
 got rid

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.720
 of out

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:08.920
 of their

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.339
 land

00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:11.559
 and their

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:11.959
 eyebrows

00:28:11.959 --> 00:28:12.259
 would have

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.099
 been raised

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.339
 and they

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.559
 would have

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:13.919
 sneered

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:15.000
 when Jesus

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.299
 said

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.819
 blessed are

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.659
 the peacemakers

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:20.419
 it was a

00:28:20.419 --> 00:28:20.819
 hard thing

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.199
 for Jesus

00:28:21.199 --> 00:28:21.759
 to say

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.059
 in a

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.279
 kind of

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.679
 politically

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:23.359
 charged

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:23.939
 atmosphere

00:28:23.939 --> 00:28:28.019
 but think

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.259
 for a

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.379
 moment

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.720
 what did

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.099
 it mean

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.579
 for Jesus

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.019
 when he

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.419
 says

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:30.799
 this

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:34.000
 that

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.319
 when he

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.519
 says

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:34.819
 blessed

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.159
 are the

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.700
 peacemakers

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.059
 for they

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.319
 should be

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.559
 called

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.899
 sons

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.139
 of

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.559
 God

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.220
 he

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.599
 knows

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:38.879
 what it

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.419
 will cost

00:28:39.419 --> 00:28:39.659
 him

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.139
 to make

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.599
 peace

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:43.500
 that he

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.759
 was going

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.059
 to die

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.279
 on a

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.480
 cross

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.779
 to make

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.000
 peace

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.299
 it's not

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.819
 sentimental

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.200
 is it

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:48.980
 he would

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.579
 lay his

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:49.940
 body

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.460
 on the

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:50.740
 line

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.180
 to make

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.539
 peace

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:53.919
 the peace

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:54.159
 that we

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:54.500
 enjoy

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:57.539
 blessed

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.819
 are the

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.339
 peacemakers

00:28:58.339 --> 00:29:01.199
 and I

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.419
 need to

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:01.679
 say to

00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:01.779
 you

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.639
 it is

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.059
 costly

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.559
 if we're

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:03.740
 going to

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:03.879
 do

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.220
 this

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:08.679
 and so

00:29:08.679 --> 00:29:09.039
 this week

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.659
 who is

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:09.839
 there

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.500
 that you

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.119
 can make

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.459
 peace

00:29:11.459 --> 00:29:11.699
 with

00:29:11.699 --> 00:29:16.079
 and there

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.439
 will be

00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:17.000
 situations

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.579
 I expect

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.019
 for the

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.319
 people in

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.879
 this room

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:20.039
 in your

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.539
 family

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:22.139
 in your

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.679
 circle

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.099
 in your

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.980
 friendships

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.480
 in this

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:24.799
 church

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.139
 even

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:28.259
 where

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.579
 the Holy

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:28.779
 Spirit

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:28.940
 is

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.200
 speaking

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.460
 to you

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.599
 through

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:29.839
 this

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.119
 verse

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.579
 and saying

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:30.799
 to you

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.059
 you need

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.319
 to make

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.660
 peace

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:34.619
 and making

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.319
 peace

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.900
 pleases

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.559
 God

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:40.079
 and I

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.420
 don't say

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.420
 that sentimentally

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.119
 I know

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.420
 that is

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.819
 costly

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:45.339
 and for

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.680
 peace

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.059
 to be

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.720
 made

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:48.019
 it may

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.599
 well be

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.299
 absorbing

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.000
 an awful

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.440
 lot of

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.759
 pain

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:53.099
 and an

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.720
 awful lot

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.220
 of hurt

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:57.620
 and coming

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:57.920
 to the

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.100
 Lord

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.339
 Jesus

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.740
 and saying

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.019
 I can

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.500
 only do

00:29:59.500 --> 00:29:59.700
 this

00:29:59.700 --> 00:29:59.960
 in your

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.339
 strength

00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:05.440
 sometimes

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.120
 being accused

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.960
 being a

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.319
 peacemaker

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.759
 is accused

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:07.980
 of being

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.640
 a compromiser

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:09.000
 it's often

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.299
 that in

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.819
 church life

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:12.640
 sometimes

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.180
 when you

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.420
 try to

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:13.759
 make peace

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.180
 people will

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.480
 say why

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.700
 don't you

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.019
 just mind

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.240
 your own

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.620
 business

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.519
 nothing to

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:16.759
 do with

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.000
 you

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:19.960
 people

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.160
 won't

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.740
 understand

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.720
 but what

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:21.880
 a way

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.220
 to spend

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.420
 our

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.720
 lives

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:25.740
 blessed

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.039
 are the

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.600
 peacemakers

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.059
 for they

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.360
 will be

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:27.579
 called

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:27.940
 sons

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.120
 of

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.460
 God

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:30.700
 and we

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.299
 follow a

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.720
 saviour

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 who made

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 peace

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 and he

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 made peace

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 at the

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 cost of

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 his life

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 as it

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 seems to

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 me that

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 we are

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 never more

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 Christ-like

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 and we

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 are never

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 more

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 God-like

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 than when

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 we're seeking

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 to make

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 peace

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 and it

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 may be

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 for you

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 that it's

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 a very

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 small

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 and limited

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 way

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 that whatever

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 way this

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 week you

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 can make

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 peace

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 but when

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 you do

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 that

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 blessed

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 are you

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 that you

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 should be

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 called

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 sons of

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 God

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 let's

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 pray