”Our Residency in the Kingdom of Peace” - Pastor Erin Arruda

Peace is not just my inheritance. Peace is my residence. As natives of the Kingdom of Peace, we are called Peacemakers. As peacemakers, we can not be freaked out or shocked by conflict. Jesus warned us about conflict while on this earth.

 

John 16:33 says, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

 

Jesus tells us we will have trouble, conflict, trial, sorrow, disagreements, and fights in this world. Then he says, take heart, be of good cheer, rejoice!  Why? Because he has overcome it already. That doesn’t give us cause to ignore conflict or to prove how right we are because we are believers. This would be to take his grace for granted, when we are meant to use it to offer grace to someone else. Conflict is an opportunity to make more peace.