LIVE PEACEABLY

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Text :  Romans  12:18  

If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.

Often,  you hear people say things like, "in as much as my relationship with God is intact, I don't care what people think or say about me." Well, as a true child of God, you should care.

Hebrews  12:14 says *Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:* 

To follow peace with all men is to pursue the peace. Note that God didn't say you should pursue peace with few folks, but rather with all men.

Our text says, as much as it lies within your power, live at peace with all men.  Note that the "all men" is repeated again in this verse.

It is true that some individuals are very difficult to tag along with but God didn't say you should be friends with all men, but that should should live at peace with all men.

You should never get to a point where you and your neighbours are not on greeting terms. There should never be a time that you as a child of God will hold grudges with anyone without looking for ways of resolving it.

1Peter 2:12 says, "Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Living peaceably with all men is a commandment given to every child of God.  This is one way of showing to people especially unbelievers that the gene of God is in you.

Bible  Reading: 2 Peter 2:11-15.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father God, I receive the Grace to live at peace with all men.

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