Pt.8 Making Peace in the Midst of Harassment

God tells us about both the blessings and the blastings that will be in store for us

          if we follow His way.

- He tells us about both the gifts and the demands of His kind of lifestyle.

- He tells us about both the rewards and the responsibilities of being His children.

- He tells us about the sweet and the bitter side of life in Christ.

God wants us to become Christ followers with our eyes wide open

          to all the possible consequences.

- He fully intends for us to count the cost of discipleship as well as the dividends.

- In fact, as we’ve studied the Beatitudes we’ve found that the Blessing only

comes to those who are willing to pay the price.

- And the last 2 Beatitudes that we’ll look at today is no exception:

And yet, despite all that, the idea of peace dominates the Bible.

- In fact, God the Father is referred to over and over as the “God of Peace”.

- Jesus is referred to as the “Prince of Peace”.

- And today, we find in our Beatitude that we are expected to be Peacemakers.