The Peacemaker’s Prerequisite: How Peace with God Precedes Peace with Man
The sermon provides a sound, monergistic presentation of salvation, correctly rooting Zacchaeus's transformation in the sovereign initiative of Christ. The application connecting justification (peace with God) to sanctification (peacemaking with others) is biblically faithful. However, a significant concern arises in the church's sacramentology. The invitation to Communion is open to all professing believers without the necessary biblical fencing or the explicit warning from 1 Corinthians 11 regarding participation in an unworthy manner.