Making peace does not mean neglecting to challenge people to greater holiness.
It is challenging one another that brings obedience to Christ and great peace to those who love Him.
Peace is in the heart not necessarily outward peace. We are peaceful with others as much as we can be but the world brings war by rejecting Christ.
Rejecting Christ causes people to follow their sinful nature which brings chaos and hatred.
Romans 8:4-6 "…4 so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,…"
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