Christianity And Islam : Sacred Texts Are Vital Sources Of Information On All Aspects Of Peace

Lastly Jesus teaches us about chapter 5 verses 43-48, which explains that you should love your neighbor, and love your enemies. Pray for the people that mistreat you, by doing that you will be acting as a child of God. If you love only that loves you, what 's really the point? How does that make you different from anybody else? Jesus explains you are to be perfect like God is perfect.

by one spirit of peace for everyone is a worthy servant of Christ. On the other

• Romans 5:8- teaches that God extended an invitation for you to enter into a peaceful

“As Christians, we do not merely admire loyalty in others; we ourselves are loyal to family members, friends, and fellow worshippers (1Thess. 2:10, 11)”. “But what loyalty should take first place in our heart? Why, it is loyalty to the One who gave us life!” (Rev. 4:11). Without the faith of God, the Land family would not have had the loyalty to each other, nor made the sacrifices they did for one another. Letting God be the guide and savior in their lives, the family would have never found the missing links that complete their family. The sacrifices the loyal family has made have brought them closer together in their faith and love of family. Peace Like a River is a strong story that elaborates and engages characters, artistic aspect, and its suggestions and belief on faith.

Most commonly heard catholic teaching is about the peace, concept that is action orientated and about loving others (Catholic Charities, 2016). Promotion of peace involves peace and mutual respects between people and the nations across the world (Catholic Charities, 2016). Therefore, catholic teachings have a close relationship between peace and justice. When individuals and nations keep the peace, society will flourish.

Analyse using sacred scripture and a variety of sources the principle teachings about peace in Judaism and Christianity and how these teachings impact on the life of each adherent’s tradition, as a means of achieving inner peace.

— It is Christianity To Do Good always — even to those who do evil to us. It is Christianity to love our neighbour as ourself, and to do to all men as we would have them Do to us. It is Christianity to be gentle, merciful, and forgiving, and to keep those qualities quiet in our own hearts, and never make a boast of them, or of our prayers or of our love of God, but always to shew that we love Him by humbly trying to do right in everything. If we do this, and remember the life and lessons of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and try to act up to them, we may confidently hope that God will forgive us our sins and mistakes, and enable us to live and die in Peace. [The Life of Our Lord, Ch. 11, p. 474 of The Everyman

Some Christians believe achieving peace means rejecting the use of violence. Christians who hold this reject this view focus on Jesus teaching on ’love thy neighbor’, even when Jesus faced his own enemies (the Romans) Jesus gave himself up to death. Also, when Jesus own follower slices off an ear of a servants, Jesus heals the ear of a servant and criticizes his follower for using violence to interfere with God’s plan. This shows that Jesus used pacifism instead of violence and that means all Christians should be

The bible, Quran and Hadith are respected texts and are regarded as the books of truth. Believers take these sacred texts as the revealed message from God – the truth. As such, they are used as a guide to life in the pursuit of peace between people and also between people and God. Jesus and Muhammad had a role in spreading the teaching of peace. To understand how the Muslims and Christians view peace it is imperative to first understand what peace means. Most people would refer to peace as freedom of war, disagreements, conflict and calmness of mind. To understand the roles of Christianity and Islam in the teaching of peace the concepts of inner peace, world and society peace has to be addressed, for both Christians and Muslims, inner peace refers to the state of calmness and tranquility experienced by the individual. It is often understood to be associated with the spiritual peace with God/Jesus for Christians and spiritual peace with Allah who desires peace for Muslims. Muslims believe that it is through complete submission to Allah also called the Greater Jihad that an individual may achieve inner peace. The Quran states clearly that in order to achieve world peace, all people must submit to Allah as they believe all people of the Muslim community around the world are one community. They believe that there can be no world/universal peace or the lesser Jihad without the greater Jihad which is misunderstood by many Islamic and non-Islamic people.

being good with each other will lead to peace. Legalism was also a major religion that said strict

Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves;

The message of peace is a fundamental universal concern which is relevant throughout our world today. Peace is not merely the ‘absence of war’, but a state of mind in which a sense of tranquillity comes from actively working towards right relationships with individuals and God. To understand the way in which Muslims and Christians view peace it is imperative to understand the source of the teachings for each religion. The principles teachings of peace for Both Christianity and Islam are primarily found in the sacred texts of both religious traditions. Christianity looks to the bible and specifically the New Testament for teachings about peace, whereas Islam focuses’ on the Qur’an and Hadith to guide their beliefs of peace. These sacred

The article that I have chose, “Peace in the Pauline Letters: A Perspective on Biblical Spirituality”, talks about the numerous conceptions of peace, and what it is usually associated with over the years. The author, Pieter G. R. De Villiers, talks about peace and how it is laid out differently each time for his audience, he walks us through the multiple instances in which peace is meant to be different It is mentions how peace usually comes about when bad situations occur; since these situations provoke such violence, the spirituality of peace happens in response. De Villiers speaks of Paul’s letters to others, but to be able to interpret what he means by peace De Villiers suggests we explore Paul’s history. The article also talks about spirituality

In every point of human history, we observe, a common scenario of religious activities is to establish peace. The way of religion to establish peace may be

In today’s world, it is almost the same as the days of Moses. God wants everyone to live together in peace. As back in the Moses days, we still today have a possibility of the way of life God wants us to live. Jesus showed us this way of life by living it himself on Earth. When Jesus dies on the cross he ensured us that if we live the life God wants to the best of our abilities that God will forgive us of our since because his son has already paid the price for them.