God is a peacemaker. Jesus Christ is a peacemaker. So, if we want to be God's children and Christ's disciples, we must be peacemakers too.
—John R. W. Stott, quoted in "Reflections," Christianity Today, Vol. 45, no. 5. Today's Best Illustrations - Volume 5.
Matthew 5:9 (NIV) Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 (NIV) 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.
James 3:18 (NIV) Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
