Beatitudes
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The pure in heart live as in the visible presence of God during the
time He apportions them in this world. And they will also see Him
face to face in the future, immortal state, as did Adam when he walked
and talked with God in Eden. “Now we see through a glass, darkly;
but then face to face.”
1 Corinthians 13:12
.
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the
children of God.”—Matthew 5:9.
Christ is “the Prince of Peace” (
Isaiah 9:6
), and it is His mission
to restore to earth and heaven the peace that sin has broken. “Being
justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
Romans 5:1
. Whoever consents to renounce sin and open his
heart to the love of Christ, becomes a partaker of this heavenly peace.
There is no other ground of peace than this. The grace of Christ
received into the heart, subdues enmity; it allays strife and fills the soul
with love. He who is at peace with God and his fellow men cannot be
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made miserable. Envy will not be in his heart; evil surmisings will find
no room there; hatred cannot exist. The heart that is in harmony with
God is a partaker of the peace of heaven and will diffuse its blessed
influence on all around. The spirit of peace will rest like dew upon
hearts weary and troubled with worldly strife.
Christ’s followers are sent to the world with the message of peace.
Whoever, by the quiet, unconscious influence of a holy life, shall reveal
the love of Christ; whoever, by word or deed, shall lead another to
renounce sin and yield his heart to God, is a peacemaker.
And “blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the
children of God.” The spirit of peace is evidence of their connection
with heaven. The sweet savor of Christ surrounds them. The fragrance
of the life, the loveliness of the character, reveal to the world the fact
that they are children of God. Men take knowledge of them that they
have been with Jesus. “Everyone that loveth is born of God.” “If any
man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His;” but “as many
as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
1 John 4:7
;
Romans 8:9, 14
.
“And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as
a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not
for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.”
Micah 5:7
.
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