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PART EIGHT OF

THE BEATITUDES:

“BLESSED ARE

"DO NOT THINK , “DO YOU SUPPOSE
THAT I CAME TO THAT I CAME TO GIVE
BRING PEACE ON FOR THEY
EARTH. SHALL BE CALLED PEACE ON EARTH?
I DID NOT COME TO SONS OF GOD.” I TELL YOU, NOT AT ALL,
BRING PEACE
BUT A SWORD. Matt. 5:9 BUT RATHER DIVISION.
FOR I HAVE COME TO FOR FROM NOW ON
'SET A MAN
AGAINST HIS FATHER, FIVE IN ONE HOUSE WILL BE
A DAUGHTER AGAINST DIVIDED: THREE AGAINST
HER MOTHER, TWO, AND TWO AGAINST
AND A DAUGHTER-IN- THREE. FATHER WILL BE
LAW AGAINST HER
MOTHER-IN-LAW'; DIVIDED AGAINST SON AND
AND SON AGAINST FATHER,
'A MAN'S ENEMIES MOTHER AGAINST
WILL BE THOSE OF
HIS OWN DAUGHTER AND DAUGHTER
HOUSEHOLD.’' AGAINST MOTHER,

Matt 10:34-37 MOTHER-IN-LAW AGAINST
HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
AGAINST HER
MOTHER-IN-LAW.“
Luke 12:51-53

Take a long, hard look at what is contrasted above from among the sayings of Jesus. The same Jesus
who pronounces a divine blessing upon the peacemakers, elsewhere clearly warns that to become a
true follower of His will potentially makes peaceful family relationships very difficult and very costly to
achieve. Peace has always been costly. Peace usually follows as the aftermath of war. Jesus is
describing a state of warfare even among family blood-relationships that is a potential result of making
a stand for truth as defined by Jesus who is called “The Truth” (Jn. 14:6).

To understand the call to be a peacemaker, we must first understand what is, and what is not true
peace. Consider these thoughts from an editorial published in 1986 by Dr. Harold S. Martin:

““FFOORR SSOOMMEE,, BBEEIINNGG AATT PPEEAACCEE IISS TTHHEE SSAAMMEE AASS HHAAVVIINNGG AA TTRRUUCCEE.. HHOOWWEEVVEERR AA TTRRUUCCEE IISS MMEERREELLYY AA
SSUUSSPPEENNSSIIOONN OOFF FFIIGGHHTTIINNGG EESSPPEECCIIAALLLLYY FFOORR AA CCOONNSSIIDDEERRAABBLLEE DDUURRAATTIIOONN……

FFOORR OOTTHHEERRSS,, PPUURRSSUUIINNGG PPEEAACCEE MMEEAANNSS EEVVAADDIINNGG TTHHEE IISSSSUUEESS.. SSOOMMEE SSEEEE PPEEAACCEE AASS SSIIMMPPLLYY IIGGNNOORRIINNGG
TTHHAATT WWHHIICCHH CCAAUUSSEESS TTHHEE HHOOSSTTIILLIITTIIEESS AAMMOONNGG UUSS —— AA SSOORRTT OOFF SSWWEEEEPP--TTHHEEMM--UUNNDDEERR--TTHHEE--RRUUGG--AANNDD--

HHOOPPEE--TTHHEEYY--GGOO--AAWWAAYY AAPPPPRROOAACCHH TTOO PPRROOBBLLEEMM SSOOLLVVIINNGG....
FFOORR SSTTIILLLL OOTTHHEERRSS,, PPEEAACCEE IISS SSOOUUGGHHTT AATT TTHHEE EEXXPPEENNSSEE OOFF TTRRUUTTHH.. TTOO SSUUCCHH,, PPEEAACCEE IISS PPAARRAAMMOOUUNNTT

AANNDD BBEECCOOMMEESS ““PPEEAACCEE AATT AANNYY PPRRIICCEE..”” ……MMOOSSTT PPEERRSSOONNSS WWAANNTT TTOO AAVVOOIIDD NNEEEEDDLLEESSSS SSTTRRIIFFEE,,
BBUUTT TTHHEERREE AARREE TTIIMMEESS WWHHEENN SSTTAANNDDIINNGG FFOORR TTHHEE TTRRUUTTHH WWIILLLL AACCTTUUAALLLLYY SSTTIIRR UUPP SSTTRRIIFFEE……””

In this newsletter, we want to look at the difficult task of the pursuit of being a peacemaker
without compromising one’s need to stand for truth:

“…THAT YOUR WORDS MAY BE TESTED

TO SEE WHETHER THERE IS ANY TRUTH IN YOU…”

Gen. 42:16