THIS WEEK AT FUEL: 6.17.06
We are continuing our series through the Beatitudes. This week we're tackling Matthew 5:9 - "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God."The recent Christian tradition has all but completely ingored this beatitude. Perhaps one of the strangest and most bizarre commands, it was virtually unheard of before being introduced by Jesus to his followers. The idea to love those who wrong you and not retaliate was novel at best.
However, in this beatitude we learn that God blesses the peacemaker, not the peacelover. Christans are to work for peace, no matter the cost. We are to choose to accept loss, instead to causing loss to others. We are to work for peace. We are not to use violence. We are to be imitators of Christ.
Join us tonight as we break this down further. We meet at 5:30pm in room 208.
Time Out will be hosted by Ann Sadler; we'll be back at the church at 9:00pm.
Awesome Cruz! I love the way you distinguished between peacemakers and peacelovers... Jesus didn't just call us to love peace, but to seek it out even if it hurts us in the process. It just amazes me how all of the beattitudes, when looked at this way, seem to link up and overlap. we seek peace by acting meek and showing mercy and by hungering and thirsting after a way to put Jesus as the only target of our mind. Its just so beautiful how they all seem to come together to create this picture of a radical discipleship. Keep up the good work Cruz, I can't wait for "Blessed are those who are persecuted..."
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