The Beatitudes
The 7th Beatitude
Matt. 5:9
Poor in spirit
Mourn
Meek
Hunger / Thirst
Right
With
God
Mercy
Pure in Heart
Peacemakers
Persecuted
Right
With
Man
Review of the Beatitudes
1st ~ Poor in spirit = Humble
2nd ~ Mourn = can repent
3rd ~ Meek = yielding to God’s will
4th ~ Hunger and Thirst for righteousness =
desire to know
5th ~ Merciful = compassion, forgiveness
6th ~ Pure in heart = see God
“Blessed are the
peacemakers: for they
shall be called the
children of God.”
Matthew 5:9
World = Contentment - compromise
“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give
to you; not as the world gives do I give
to you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.” Jn. 14:27
• Farewell
• Completeness
• Man’s highest good
Reconcile those separated
 God and man
“But your iniquities have separated
between you and your God, and your
sins have hid his face from you, that he
will not hear.”
Isa. 59:2
Reconcile those separated
 God and man
 Group to Group
 Nation to Nation
“Seek peace, and pursue it.” Ps. 34:14
“For God is not the author of confusion,
but of peace, as in all churches of the
saints.”
1 Cor. 14:33
Eph. 4:3
“Endeavoring to keep the unity of the
Spirit, in the bond of peace.”
NKJV
“Strive to maintain the unity of the Spirit
in the bond of peace.”
McCord’s
“Giving diligence to keep the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of peace.” ASV
 Cannot have peace at the price of giving
up truth
“But the wisdom that is from above is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to
be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality, and without hypocrisy.”
Jas. 3:17
 First - reconciled to God
“Therefore being justified by faith, we
have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ”
Rom. 5:1
“And not only so, but we also joy in God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
we have now received the atonement.”
Rom. 5:11
In the Church
1 Thess. 5:13 Be at peace among yourselves
Prov. 6:16-19 Hates “sows discord”
Prov. 26:20-21 strife ceases
Jas. 4:1 your desires for pleasure
Matt. 5:23-24 Repair breaches
In the Church
One Lord, one faith, one
baptism, and 2 coal piles
In the Home
Prov. 15:17 “Better is a dinner of herbs where
love is than a fatted calf with hatred
Ps. 133:1 “How good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity.”
With all men
Rom. 12:18 “If it be possible, as much as
depends on you, live peaceably
with all men.”
1 Pet. 3:10-11 “seek peace and pursue it”
Prov. 16:7 “…be at peace with him.”
“Sons of God”
God is a God of peace - Rom.15:33
Sends peace through His Son -Lk.2:13,14
Savior is Prince of Peace - Isa.9:6
Gospel is Gospel of Peace - Rom. 10:15
Troublemakers are the devil’s kinfolks
“Blessed are the
peacemakers: for they
shall be called the
children of God.”
Matthew 5:9
Specific - Harmonious relations
Results - Children of God
Principle - Love
Application - Peace with others
Story of Telemaus
“In the name of Christ, refrain!”
Salvation
Hear the gospel
Believe In Jesus
REPENT of your sins
Confess your faith
Baptized Into Christ
(Rom. 10:17)
(Jn. 8:24)
(Lk. 13:3)
(Matt. 10:32-33)
(Acts 2:38)
REMISSION OF SINS
Faithful until death
(Rev. 2:10)