What the Bible says about Jesus Christ as Peacemaker
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Matthew 5:9 Jesus Christ made peace by reconciling us to God through His sacrifice. He is our peace because He did all this for us. We had very little input into making this happen. In addition, all this reconciliation occurs within Him. There is no peace outside of Christ, outside of the Body, outside of the New Man. He is the One actively making and maintaining peace within the church. And each member's loyalty and devotion to Him—their unity with Him—causes or should cause unity and peace between the others who also are united to Him. Since we are all united to Christ, we should all be united with each other because we are one; we are in one Body. And there is peace within the Body because Christ has made it. He is the focus and means of every called member's relationship with God, and with each other. He is what unites us. So peace with God produces peace with those who are also at peace with God. That is how it should work. Because of the great blessing of being part of Christ, being in His Body, being in union with Him, we must put on His character to maintain harmony and peace with Him and with each other. This means that we must follow and grow in His trait of being a peacemaker. As the beatitude says, when we express this facet of divine character, when we make peace, it identifies us as His children. Christ is a peacemaker. God is a peacemaker. When we make peace, we show ourselves to be on the way to being fully part of that Family because the divine Family is a peacemaking Family. Richard T. Ritenbaugh The Peacemakers Related Topics: Called to be Peacemakers | Jesus Christ as Peacemaker | Reconciliation through Christ's Sacrifice | Reconciliation with God

James 3:13-18 Peace is so very important in our relationships with one another in the church. James 3:13-18 and Ephesians 4:1-3 instruct us in our relationships in general and specifically within the church. James clearly tells us that the world's wisdom comes from the Devil, and the Devil has been self-seeking from the beginning. He is only trying to do what he considers good for himself. So, a person who follows this way, the way of worldly wisdom, is self-seeking and cares nothing about anybody else. This is not the way God has called us to live because it creates division and confusion. James goes on to say that the wisdom we must follow is one of peace. It is without ulterior motives, sacrificial, and outgoing. When we act toward others in this way, it produces harmony and ultimately, mutual love, which binds us together. Love is the great bond, and peace has a lot to do with it because it is hard to love when people are in conflict. But if peace is present, that love can then grow and strengthen. Richard T. Ritenbaugh The Peacemakers Related Topics: Blessed are the Peacemakers | Called to be Peacemakers | Jesus Christ as Peacemaker | Love as the Way of Outgoing Concern | Love is Outgoing Concern | Peacemaker | Peacemakers as the Children of God | Self Seeking | Trusting in Worldly Wisdom | Worldly Wisdom

 

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