slides for sermon

1. Matthew 5:9
Blessed Are The
PEACEMAKERS

2. Joseph
• Peacemaking starts in the family
• Genesis 37:4, 45:12-15
• Sometimes peacemaking requires
great mercy
• It also requires a conversation

3. Deborah
• Eventually, the problems will find you
• Judges 4:4-8
• Perhaps we can attack gossip to make peace
• Phil. 4:5 – “Let your gentleness be known to
all men. The Lord is at hand”
• Do all know us by our gentleness?

4. David
• A peacemaker sometimes gets insulted
• 1st Samuel 16:5-14
• But a peacemaker shows mercy, looking
to God for repayment

5. Jesus Christ
• Isaiah 9:6
– For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• We can only achieve peace within the limits of
our control
– Matthew 10:34-36

6. Jesus Christ
• Romans 5:1 - Therefore, having been justified
by faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have
access by faith into this grace in which we
stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
• 2nd Cor. 5:18-21
– The Father can use you too for His reconciliation
with others