Bible Questions Answered:
“...I thought Jesus was the prince of
peace and now he is saying he is not come for peace but sword and
fighting....”
Bobbey/ London, England United Kingdom
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Matthew 10:32-39 KJV
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess
Me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in
heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny Me
before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
34 Think not that I am come to
send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at
variance* against his father, and the daughter against her
mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of
his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother
more than Me is not worthy of Me: and he that loveth son or daughter
more than Me is not worthy of Me.
38 And he that taketh not his cross,
and followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me.
39 He that findeth his life shall
lose it: and he that loseth his life for My sake shall find it.
*Variance: Greek
Dichazo (Dee-khad-zo): To make apart, i.e. sunder (alienate)set
at variance.
Isaiah 9:6 KJV
For unto us a Child is born, unto us
a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and
His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The
Everlasting* Father,
The Prince Of Peace.
*Everlasting: Hebrew Ad (Ad):
Perpetuity; eternity, ever lasting, perpetually without end.
John 14:27 KJV
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.
It would seem as
though these verses have a real incongruity, yet they do not!
The follower of
Jesus Christ is promised peace in his heart and life.
Psalm 29:11 KJV
The Lord will give strength unto His
people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.
Psalm 119:165
KJV
Great peace have they which love thy
law: and nothing shall offend them.
Isaiah 26:3 KJV
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Isaiah 48:18 NLT
Oh, that you had listened to My
commands! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle rive
and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.
John 16:33 KJV
These things I have spoken unto you,
that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have
tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
The Word Of God,
and Christian faith, are as a sword, dividing between
men!
Our God has called
His people to holiness and separation from the things of the
world.
Isaiah 52:11 KJV
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from
thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye
clean, that bear The Vessels Of The Lord.
John 15:19 KJV
If ye were of the world, the world
would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have
chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
II Corinthians
6:14-18 KJV
14 Be ye not unequally yoked
together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness
with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with
Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath The
Temple Of God with idols? for ye are The Temple Of The Living God; as
God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be
their God, and they shall be My people.
17 Wherefore come out from among
them, and be ye separate, saith The Lord, and touch not the unclean
thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a Father unto you,
and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith The Lord Almighty.
II Thessalonians
3:6 KJV
Now we command you, brethren, in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every
brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he
received of us.
Time and time again our Bible warns us
to separate ourselves from those who refuse to serve the
Living God.
The Word of God that instructs in
righteousness, calls us to separation.
Ephesians
6:10-18 KJV
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong
in The Lord, and in the power of His might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the
whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil
day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your
loins girt about with Truth, and having on
the breastplate of
righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the
preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the
shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the
fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of
salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God:
18 Praying always with
all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto
with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Hebrews 4:12 KJV
For The Word Of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even
to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Revelation 2:12,16 KJV
12 And to the angel of the church in
Pergamos write; These things saith He which hath the sharp sword with
two edges;
16 Repent; or else I will come unto
thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.
(God's Word)
Promised blessing in the midst of
spiritual battle!
Psalm 1:1-6 KJV
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not
in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in The Law Of The
Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted
by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like
the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand
in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For The Lord knoweth the way of the
righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
