*DAILY DEW 12/MAY/2023* *CALLED UNTO PEACE* (III) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword."* (Matthew 10:34 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ One of the statements Jesus made about peace when taken on the surface would almost look like He was not the same Prince of Peace. What did Jesus mean when he said "I have not come to send peace but a sword"? _Pls take note that reading and studying the bible holistically helps one correctly divide and construe the word of God._ Jesus gave further instructions that shows the meaning of his statement: *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.* (Matthew 10:35 (KJV)) This is simply an exception to the general rule of keeping peace. And this is because there are instances when peace may be difficult to keep. And we may even say, there are situations when we must care more about pleasing God than pleasing men in the name of peace. When Peter and John where faced with the option of either obeying God and preaching Jesus, or stop preaching because of the rebuke of the religious leaders, they openly declared in Acts 4:19 (KJV), *"But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye."* So this is an example of what Jesus meant. So when in Matthew 10:36, Jesus said, *"And a man's foes shall be they of his own household"* it is because of the same Gospel of Peace. Many have given their lives to Christ, only for their families to deny them and persecute them. In such cases, we must stand with peace with God, rather than peace with men! _MEDITATION:_ *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. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.* (Matthew 10:37-39 (KJV)) *#David_Joshua_Egbochuo* *#Daily_Wisdom_for_living* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#The_Rise_of_An_Army* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Hello_MAY,2023* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you.