The Original Transforming Relationships: Part 7
Part 7: The True Sons of God
Jesus in Matthew 5:9 said the peacemakers will be called the sons of God. Sons in the ancient world inherited from their fathers; daughters didn’t. So Jesus wasn’t excluding female peacemakers; He was promising that everyone who does the work of making peace will receive the blessing of sons. There’s a wonderful, little-known story in the New Testament of peacemaking. Paul gets involved in a dispute between Onesimus and Philemon when he didn’t have to. The impact of this action is bigger than anyone then could have foreseen.
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When our bond with God was severed by our sin, He didn’t give up on us. He made a second Eden, a place for us to meet with Him and be redeemed. That place was the Temple, and the events that happened there teach us about a God who is mighty to save, the cost of our sin, and His plans for us.