DAY EIGHT: The Lord here gives eight characters of blessings, verses 3-12.
Verse 9. Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
The Lord gives EIGHT characters of blessed people, which represent to us the true character of a Christian.
7th Description and Blessing: Verse Nine.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”
Numbers 6:24-26
“The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.”
2 Corinthians 13:14
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.”
First called Christians – Christ-I-am. The Disciples of Christ where so much like Christ in their walk and talk, that people said, You are like Christ, Christians.
The peace-makers are happy.
They love, and desire, and delight in peace; and study to be quiet. They keep the peace that it be not broken, and recover it when it is broken.
“Blessed are the peacemakers.”
Not between God and man, for no man can make his own peace with God; nor can any mere creature, angels, or men, make it for him; Christ, in this sense, is the only peace maker.
“Peace, peace, but there is no peace.” But between men and men. To live peaceably with all men, and with one another. Making peace between their fellow creatures and fellow Christians. This is a true gift and calling, to be a peace maker. Now of such persons it is said, that;
“For they shall be called sons of God.”
That is, they are the children of God by adopting grace, which is made manifest in their regeneration; and that is evidenced by the fruits of it, which is wrought in them by the Spirit of God; and so are truly sons of peace.
Man again in the image of God, once lost by sin, yet renewed by grace.
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