Perfect Peace
“ For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect .” Matthew 5 : 46 - 48 KJV “ Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God ” as one of the beatitudes in the earlier verses reveals that perfect peace is the combination of the peace of God and peace from God. A peacemaker must first be a recipient of the peace of God before becoming an embodiment of peace himself. You cannot make what you are not. So, those who are readily influenced into evil, envy, hatred, and retaliation should not pass blame on the doses of wickedness from their acclaimed evil makers. When we receive enough of peace from God, we are bound to become the peace of God; little wonder why peace making is the heritage and identity of sons of God. Therefore, the respon...