Recently, I had a wonderful time with brothers and sisters in Christ who came to join me in the Kitchen's Fellowship. We have been going through a wonderful verse from the Beatitudes.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God. (Matthew 5:9)
We are able to experience true peace because God had accomplished the work at the cross that we are powerless to do, that is, to save our own soul from eternal damnation. Therefore, as we confront our sins, that is, to have a broken and contrite spirit in the presence of a holy God, His peace will rest in us. Jesus had provided the way for us to be justified and set right with God.
One of the characteristics of the citizen of the kingdom of heaven is to be a peacemaker. However, it comes with a heavy price as true peace is about telling the truth, confronting our sins and seeking repentance so that we will be right with God. Therefore, some will oppose us but some will accept the free gift of grace. Jesus never compromised truth. Wherever He goes, He would speak out the truth as it is. As a result, He got mocked, beaten, betrayed and crucified on the cross. The scene at the crucifixion wasn't peaceful; it was dark, full of tears and sorrow, soldiers mocking the King of the Jews and bloody. However, Jesus knew it was the Father's will for Him to be offered as the perfect sacrifice that we might have salvation.
Therefore, true peace is not about keeping silent. It is confronting sins and conquering it with the blood of Christ. Then and only then, we would be in peace with God.
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- Matthew Wong
- Believing that dining on the table is a sacrament as people come together to enjoy a simple meal; not differentiating culture and nation.
Half-Hearted Creatures
We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased.
- C.S Lewis
All gracious affections that are a sweet odor to Christ, and that fill the soul of a Christian with a heavenly sweetness and fragrancy, are broken hearted affections. A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable, and full of glory, is a humble broken hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit; and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behavior.
- Jonathan Edwards
- C.S Lewis
All gracious affections that are a sweet odor to Christ, and that fill the soul of a Christian with a heavenly sweetness and fragrancy, are broken hearted affections. A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are humble desires. Their hope is a humble hope; and their joy, even when it is unspeakable, and full of glory, is a humble broken hearted joy, and leaves the Christian more poor in spirit; and more like a little child, and more disposed to a universal lowliness of behavior.
- Jonathan Edwards
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