Part 5 - The Sermon on the Mount Part 5
This scripture indicates that a peacemaker is a person who has reached a certain level of maturity in God.
This term "Son of God" is used in scripture to describe a person who has become a fully mature son of God.
The Greek word for Son here is 5207. huios, and means a fully matured son.
When God said of Jesus, "this is my son" everyone who heard this, new what it meant. It referred to the Jewish custom of "Placing a Son".
In
a Jewish household the father never called any of his male children
sons until they had reached a certain age and had been "Placed as a
Son".
When his male child reached the age of 30 family and friends were called to a ceremony in which the fathers male child would be recognizes as a Son. This ceremony was often called the placing of a son.
When the Son had been placed his status in the family changed, he was given authority to transact business in his father's name.
When God said of Jesus "This is my Son" He was placing his son and giving Him great authority to transact business in His Fathers Name.
This is the kind of person Jesus is talking about in Matthew 5:9. The peacemaker has become a mature Son.
If you want to attain this status one of the requirements is to become a peacemaker.
What is a Peacemaker?
We live in a very troubled world. People are troubled or fearful about so many things. The society in which we live is everything but, conducive to peace and tranquility. Countless millions of tranquilizers are swallowed annually as people try to escape the stress of modern living.
If you are to bring peace into troubled lives, it is going to cost you.
The Peace Offering
In the book of Leviticus, Ch 3:1-5. We have a description of what is called the peace offering. This describes what an Israelite had to do in order to have peace.
An offering had to be brought to the Lord, this involved sacrifice on the part of the person bringing this offering. It cost him something.
Two main ingredients were used in this offering.
The Fat of the animal and The Kidneys: The picture we have here is interesting. The details which often are given in the scriptures are not just fill, they often have profound meaning.
Fat in symbolic terms in the word speaks of Strength
The Kidneys is another story.
The Kidneys are an unusual symbolic picture depicting the controlling element of our lives.
This word the Kidneys goes back to the Hebrew concept of the heart. The Kidneys from their inaccessible place in the body, were regarded by the early Hebrews as the seat of the emotions, the hidden inner part of man.
The bible translators had real trouble translating this into a meaningful English word; they finally came up with the English word "reins".
Substituting the word Kidneys for Reins, this they felt made the meaning much clearer.
The word reins in this verse is the Hebrew word for Kidneys
They translators could not bring themselves to translate it as ?the Lord trieth the Kidneys? as it would not convey the real meaning or concept of this word.
This word is carried on over into the New Testament.
Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
This word kidneys used in the Peace Offering represent the human desires, mans will, the controlling factor in ones life.
Just as a horse is controlled by the reigns, so that part of our lives has to be offered to the Lord.
To have peace we have to hand over the reins of our lives to the Lord.
The second ingredient of this peace offering was Fat
As I have said fat represents strength.
So the Israelite had to bring a sacrifice, and offer the Kidneys (Reins) and the fat (strength). It takes a lot of (fat) Strength to hand over the ( kidneys) the Reins of our lives.
One of the main aspects of the Kingdom of God is peace.
We are told to pursue peace, to work at it to make it who we are.
We can only bring or minister to other what we are.
We must become peace before we can bring peace; this becoming peace makes us peacemakers and "Sons of God".
As we die to ourselves handing over the reins of our lives God we begin to enter into peace. When we are no longer our own we are in the hands of God, and it doesn't matter what happens to us. Coming to this place in God brings tremendous freedom and peace.
Once you enter this place in God, everything changes. Your whole outlook on life is transformed; it's no longer you that liveth. The enemy does not know how to handle a person who has entered into this because nothing can affect them, they are no longer their own and it matters not what happens to them.
This brings fantastic release and qualifies the person as a truly matured "Son of God".
Everywhere these people go they bring peace, it emanates from them as a power.
So much of the so called conflict management in the church today is based in humanism and psychology. Resolving conflicts requires that at least one of the involved parties has to die.
When two parties are in contention, one party had to submit (die) if the situation is to be resolved.
That does not mean we have to submit to evil, submission is primarily an attitude.
Those who have walked this road and have handed over the reins of their lives know how to bring peace; they know what it takes and have the power to impart the understanding of what is required, ( but with the well advised is wisdom) namely absolute surrender of our rights to the Lord.
The Gospel of the Kingdom is not one of receiving what is rightfully mine, it is giving up your rights that you may receive His life passing through death and awakening through resurrection into a new and living way, this then brings peace into every situation.
If you want to enter the realm of heaven in your daily walk with the Lord, a realm of peace that passes understanding where nothing can disturb your poise and Godly stature, you must bring the peace offering to the Lord, accepting His yoke or control of your lives, only then will Matthew 11:29 be realized in your life.
In acceptance of His will there lieth rest.
God Bless you
James N Johnson © 2005
| Matthew 5:9 | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God. |
This term "Son of God" is used in scripture to describe a person who has become a fully mature son of God.
The Greek word for Son here is 5207. huios, and means a fully matured son.
When God said of Jesus, "this is my son" everyone who heard this, new what it meant. It referred to the Jewish custom of "Placing a Son".
| Matthew 3:17 | And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. |
When his male child reached the age of 30 family and friends were called to a ceremony in which the fathers male child would be recognizes as a Son. This ceremony was often called the placing of a son.
When the Son had been placed his status in the family changed, he was given authority to transact business in his father's name.
When God said of Jesus "This is my Son" He was placing his son and giving Him great authority to transact business in His Fathers Name.
This is the kind of person Jesus is talking about in Matthew 5:9. The peacemaker has become a mature Son.
If you want to attain this status one of the requirements is to become a peacemaker.
What is a Peacemaker?
We live in a very troubled world. People are troubled or fearful about so many things. The society in which we live is everything but, conducive to peace and tranquility. Countless millions of tranquilizers are swallowed annually as people try to escape the stress of modern living.
If you are to bring peace into troubled lives, it is going to cost you.
The Peace Offering
In the book of Leviticus, Ch 3:1-5. We have a description of what is called the peace offering. This describes what an Israelite had to do in order to have peace.
An offering had to be brought to the Lord, this involved sacrifice on the part of the person bringing this offering. It cost him something.
| Leviticus 2:16 | And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. |
| Leviticus 3:1 | And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. |
| 2 | And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. |
| 3 | And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, |
| 4 | And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. |
| 5 | And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering. |
The Fat of the animal and The Kidneys: The picture we have here is interesting. The details which often are given in the scriptures are not just fill, they often have profound meaning.
Fat in symbolic terms in the word speaks of Strength
The Kidneys is another story.
The Kidneys are an unusual symbolic picture depicting the controlling element of our lives.
This word the Kidneys goes back to the Hebrew concept of the heart. The Kidneys from their inaccessible place in the body, were regarded by the early Hebrews as the seat of the emotions, the hidden inner part of man.
The bible translators had real trouble translating this into a meaningful English word; they finally came up with the English word "reins".
Substituting the word Kidneys for Reins, this they felt made the meaning much clearer.
| Psalms 7:9 | Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. |
They translators could not bring themselves to translate it as ?the Lord trieth the Kidneys? as it would not convey the real meaning or concept of this word.
| Psalms 139:13 | For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. |
Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
This word kidneys used in the Peace Offering represent the human desires, mans will, the controlling factor in ones life.
Just as a horse is controlled by the reigns, so that part of our lives has to be offered to the Lord.
To have peace we have to hand over the reins of our lives to the Lord.
The second ingredient of this peace offering was Fat
As I have said fat represents strength.
So the Israelite had to bring a sacrifice, and offer the Kidneys (Reins) and the fat (strength). It takes a lot of (fat) Strength to hand over the ( kidneys) the Reins of our lives.
One of the main aspects of the Kingdom of God is peace.
| Romans 14:17 | For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. |
| 19 | Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. |
| Psalms 34:14 | Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. |
We can only bring or minister to other what we are.
We must become peace before we can bring peace; this becoming peace makes us peacemakers and "Sons of God".
As we die to ourselves handing over the reins of our lives God we begin to enter into peace. When we are no longer our own we are in the hands of God, and it doesn't matter what happens to us. Coming to this place in God brings tremendous freedom and peace.
Once you enter this place in God, everything changes. Your whole outlook on life is transformed; it's no longer you that liveth. The enemy does not know how to handle a person who has entered into this because nothing can affect them, they are no longer their own and it matters not what happens to them.
This brings fantastic release and qualifies the person as a truly matured "Son of God".
Everywhere these people go they bring peace, it emanates from them as a power.
So much of the so called conflict management in the church today is based in humanism and psychology. Resolving conflicts requires that at least one of the involved parties has to die.
| Proverbs 13:10 | Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. |
That does not mean we have to submit to evil, submission is primarily an attitude.
Those who have walked this road and have handed over the reins of their lives know how to bring peace; they know what it takes and have the power to impart the understanding of what is required, ( but with the well advised is wisdom) namely absolute surrender of our rights to the Lord.
The Gospel of the Kingdom is not one of receiving what is rightfully mine, it is giving up your rights that you may receive His life passing through death and awakening through resurrection into a new and living way, this then brings peace into every situation.
If you want to enter the realm of heaven in your daily walk with the Lord, a realm of peace that passes understanding where nothing can disturb your poise and Godly stature, you must bring the peace offering to the Lord, accepting His yoke or control of your lives, only then will Matthew 11:29 be realized in your life.
| Matthew 11:29 | Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. |
God Bless you
James N Johnson © 2005
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