A second peacemaking edition of Quote of the Week, which will henceforth be refered to as apples of Gold. Proverbs 25:11. Everyone wants peace, but few there be that find it. Here on this last day of the year, know there is no peace without Christ. You cannot make peace with God. You can HAVE peace with God through Christ. May the Lord bless.
“These easy-going, peace at any price people are often lacking in a sense of justice and righteousness; they do not stand where they should stand; they are flabby. They appear to be nice; but if the whole world were run on such principles and by such people it would be even worse than it is today. So I would add that your true peacemaker is not an “appeaser”, as we say today. You can postpone war by appeasement; but it generally means that you are doing something that is unjust and unrighteous in order to avoid war. The mere avoidance of war does not make peace; it does not solve the problem.” (Lloyd-Jones)
“The person who is not willing to disrupt and disturb in God’s name cannot be a peacemaker. To come to terms on anything less than God’s truth and righteousness is to settle for a true—which confirms sinners in their sin and may leave them even further from the kingdom. Those who in the name of Love or kindness of compassion try to witness by appeasement and compromise of God’s Word will find that their witness leads away from Him, not to Him. God’s peacemakers will not let a sleeping dog lie if it is opposed to God’s truth; they will not protect the status quo if it is ungodly and unrighteous. They are not willing to make peace at any price. God’; peace comes only in God’ way. Being a peace maker is essentially the result of a holy life and the call to others to embrace the gospel of holiness.” (MacArthur)
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Douglas Newell IV
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