[CYM] 42.0Be at Peace with Each Other

Yeshua consistently taught His disciples to live in peace and harmony with one another, making peace a central value of life in the kingdom of God. This theme is rooted in His call to love, forgive, and reconcile.

In Mark 9:50, Yeshua commands:

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

This follows a discussion on humility, avoiding sin, and how disciples should treat one another. “Salt” here symbolizes purity, preservation, and covenant loyalty—qualities that support peaceful relationships within the community of believers.

In Matthew 5:9, from the Sermon on the Mount, Yeshua says: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Peacemakers reflect the very character of God, who brings reconciliation between Himself and humanity. They actively pursue peace, not just avoid conflict.

In Matthew 5:23–24, Yeshua also commands reconciliation before worship:

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

This emphasizes the priority of peace and forgiveness in relationships over ritual or religious performance.

Luke 10:5–6 recounts Yeshua’s instructions to the seventy-two sent out to preach:

And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.

In John 14:27, Yeshua offers a personal promise: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
He calls His disciples to live in that peace, both with God and with one another.