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Jul 27, 2014

Protecting the Unity of the People of God

Passage: Matthew 5:21-26

Speaker: Rick Carpenter

Series: This is How We Live - VI

Category: Sunday Sermons

The positive side of the sixth commandment has some pretty far-reaching aspects. While many will be covered in the following commands, two that are specifically tied to killing and violence are reconciliation and forgiveness. The New Testament writers speak often about the responsibility of disciples to seek reconciliation when they have wronged or been wronged by another. In doing so, one squashes the possibility of violence, gives testimony to God’s forgiveness in his or her own life, and becomes one of the “peacemakers” that is called “blessed” in the beginning of Jesus’s great Sermon on the Mount.