Matthew 10: 34: "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword." This devotion is linked to yesterday's verse. The Lord Jesus Christ's mission was to reconcile and bring peace between the believing soul and the Father. However, before there is ultimate peace, there will be confrontation and discord. 1 Peter 2: 7-8 calls the Gospel a rock of offense and a stone of stumbling. 1 Corinthians 1: 18 states that the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. There is nothing soft about the Gospel. Many today, as soon as you preach against sin, they will say you are unkind and mean-spirited. He says He is bringing a sword. The sword is the Word of God. It cuts asunder. It divides truth from error, righteous from unrighteous and heaven from hell. This does not mean we go looking for a fight, but it does mean we don't compromise the Gospel to keep peace with the lost. I would rather offend them into heaven than comfort them into hell.
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