Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Saturday March 17, 2018 |
Evening Time: 10:27 PM PST
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
--Matthew 5:9
This is the seventh of the beatitudes: and seven was the number of perfection
among the Hebrews. It may be that the Saviour placed the peacemaker the seventh
upon the list because he most nearly approaches the perfect man in Christ Jesus.
He who would have perfect blessedness, so far as it can be enjoyed on earth,
must attain to this seventh benediction, and become a peacemaker. There is a
significance also in the position of the text. The verse which precedes it
speaks of the blessedness of "the pure in heart: for they shall see God." It is
well to understand that we are to be "first pure, then peaceable." Our
peaceableness is never to be a compact with sin, or toleration of evil. We must
set our faces like flints against everything which is contrary to God and His
holiness: purity being in our souls a settled matter, we can go on to
peaceableness. Not less does the verse that follows seem to have been put there
on purpose. However peaceable we may be in this world, yet we shall be
misrepresented and misunderstood: and no marvel, for even the Prince of Peace,
by His very peacefulness, brought fire upon the earth. He Himself, though He
loved mankind, and did no ill, was "despised and rejected of men, a man of
sorrows and acquainted with grief." Lest, therefore, the peaceable in heart
should be surprised when they meet with enemies, it is added in the following
verse, "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Thus, the peacemakers are not only pronounced
to be blessed, but they are compassed about with blessings. Lord, give us grace
to climb to this seventh beatitude! Purify our minds that we may be "first pure,
then peaceable," and fortify our souls, that our peaceableness may not lead us
into cowardice and despair, when for Thy sake we are persecuted.
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