Matthew 10:34 KJV
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Scofield's Notes say,
"Peace is spoken of in Scripture in three ways:
"Peace with God"; (Rom_5:1); this is the work of Christ into which the individual enters by faith; (Eph_2:14-17); (Rom_5:1).
"The peace of God"; (Phi_4:7); inward peace, the state of soul of that believer who, having entered into peace with God through faith in Christ, has also committed to God through prayer and supplication with thanksgiving all his anxieties; (Luk_7:50); (Phi_4:6).
Peace "on earth"; (Luk_2:14); (Psa_72:7); (Psa_85:10); (Isa_9:6-7); (Isa_11:1-12); the universal prevalency of peace in the earth under the kingdom. (Mat_10:34) was Christ's warning that the truth which He was proclaiming would not bring in the kingdom age of peace, but conflict rather. (Joh_14:27). "
The message Christ's disciples were called to preach was not one that would bring in the kingdom of Christ on this earth. Jesus prepared those apostles so they would know the message He called them to deliver would not give Israel their promised kingdom and the peace that will accompany it.
There is a peace that comes from the Gospel but it is a peace having to do with man's relationship with God. It is a peace in the heart, not on the earth.
• When we focus on the world we see conflict.
• When we focus on the heart we see God bringing about peace.
• May God help me to preach for the heart and not for the earth.
• May God bring me to seek Christ's working in the soul of people instead of what Christ might do in this earth.
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Scofield's Notes say,
"Peace is spoken of in Scripture in three ways:
"Peace with God"; (Rom_5:1); this is the work of Christ into which the individual enters by faith; (Eph_2:14-17); (Rom_5:1).
"The peace of God"; (Phi_4:7); inward peace, the state of soul of that believer who, having entered into peace with God through faith in Christ, has also committed to God through prayer and supplication with thanksgiving all his anxieties; (Luk_7:50); (Phi_4:6).
Peace "on earth"; (Luk_2:14); (Psa_72:7); (Psa_85:10); (Isa_9:6-7); (Isa_11:1-12); the universal prevalency of peace in the earth under the kingdom. (Mat_10:34) was Christ's warning that the truth which He was proclaiming would not bring in the kingdom age of peace, but conflict rather. (Joh_14:27). "
The message Christ's disciples were called to preach was not one that would bring in the kingdom of Christ on this earth. Jesus prepared those apostles so they would know the message He called them to deliver would not give Israel their promised kingdom and the peace that will accompany it.
There is a peace that comes from the Gospel but it is a peace having to do with man's relationship with God. It is a peace in the heart, not on the earth.
• When we focus on the world we see conflict.
• When we focus on the heart we see God bringing about peace.
• May God help me to preach for the heart and not for the earth.
• May God bring me to seek Christ's working in the soul of people instead of what Christ might do in this earth.
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