{"id":2385,"date":"2024-01-15T14:51:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T14:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2385"},"modified":"2024-01-15T14:51:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T14:51:55","slug":"true-peacemaking-is-costly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2385","title":{"rendered":"True peacemaking is costly"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Star from the Lizard Constellation Credit: ESA\/Hubble & NASA<\/a><\/p>\n

“For\u00a0in him all the\u00a0fullness of God was pleased to dwell,<\/span> \u00a0<\/sup>and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.” Col. 1: 19-20\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.\u00a0 Matt. 5:9<\/p>\n

To make peace and bring about reconciliation, sin had to be confronted at the cost of the blood of Christ.\u00a0 If we seek to be peacemakers and to\u00a0 bring reconciliation among our brothers and sisters,\u00a0 we cannot whitewash either our own sin, nor the sin of others. It must be exposed and brought to the cross. True peacemaking is not “being nice;” it can be a costly calling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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