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Any

idea
what
this
is?

It used to look
like this before
September 11,
2001

Will
peace
ever
come to
this
earth?

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Hebrew and Greek word for peace

Hebrew word for


Peace

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Greek word for

Peace

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2 meanings of Shalom

Firstly it describes perfect welfare, serenity, prosperity


and happiness. A man is not just free from trouble but
has everything which makes for his contentment and
good.

Secondly it describes right personal relationships intimacy, fellowship, uninterrupted goodwill between man
and man

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Greek word for Peace

This word occurs 88


times in the New
Testament.

Paul begins every one of


his letter with the prayer
that grace and peace
may be on the reader.

When Jesus was leaving


his disciples, He said to
them, Peace I leave with
you, my peace I give unto
you. (John 14:27)

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Who the blessing is for

The Beatitude does not hold out a blessing to the


peaceful or peace-lovers, nor to those who yearn for
peace.
It is for the peacemakers - people who make peace a
reality on earth

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Why people dare not get involved

A man may know there is


something wrong and that
something ought to be done
to rectify it.
But he also knows that any
step taken to mend the
situation may well involve
trouble and problems which
are not pleasant to face.
Therefore he may decide to
do or say nothing for his own
peace sake. Such a person is
a peaceable man and a peacelover but not a

peacemaker.

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Who are the peacemakers?

The man who is


blessed is the man
who is prepared to
face difficulty,
unpleasantness,
unpopularity, trouble
in order to make
peace.

The peace he brings about is one which comes not from


evading the issue but from confronting it.

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Jesus - the prince of peace

The greatest peacemaker


is Jesus - the Prince of

Peace.

He makes peace between


God and man by removing
sin which was the ground
of alienation and bringing
men into a right
relationship with God.

The peace He brought


cost Him something - his
life.

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The Christians dual role as a peacemaker

The Christians role as a


peacemaker involves
spreading the Gospel
reconciling man with God.
The second role is that of
lessening tensions around
him, pouring oil over
troubled water, helping to
seek solutions and ensuring
that communication is
understood.

He will not be guilty of generating more heat than light


but provides a calming effect in a tension filled
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atmosphere.
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Peacemakers are called Sons of God

The term Sons of God


means to be a partaker of
the character of God.
He reflects Gods
wonderful peacemaking
character.
No man is more close to
God than the man whose
life is spent bringing peace
among men and no mans
happiness greater than he
who brings reconciliation.

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Making peace with oneself

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Blessed indeed is the man who has


succeeded in coming to a right
relationship with himself.
Most people know that they are a
mixture and there is a continuous
tension in their heart.
Romans 7:19 - The good that I
would, I do not, but the evil which
I would not, I do.
There is a need of integration and
blessed are those whose inner
battle has been stilled in the
control of Christ and have found
peace.

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Mans relationship with his fellowmen

Blessed is the man who produces


right relationship between man
and man for we live in a divided
world of politics, race, religion
and nation.
There is an ineradicable suspicion
of the stranger and such a world
is neither happy or safe.
The ideal of God for society is a
spiritual condition in which
jealously, rivalry and suspicion
have disappeared and a universal
harmony prevails.

In no other power can this unity be found other than


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in Jesus.

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Making peace with God

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Man has a third


relationship and that is
with God
His relationship with God
unfortunately is one of
fear and alienation due to
sin (Genesis 3:8).
However through Jesus
Christ, God and sinners are
reconciled.
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