The Sword-Our God.

Mat 10:34  Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 

We don't like to think about this verse too much, do we? When we think of our Lord we think of peace being one of the priorities.

Joh_14:27  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.

Jesus leaves us with HIS peace. It won't be the kind of peace the world offers though.

Php 4:6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 

Php 4:7  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 

The peace of God PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.

Eph 3:19  And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 

The love of Christ also PASSES UNDERSTANDING. It passes knowledge, it is NOT knowable. We can know the love of Christ only to a point and then it goes beyond our ability to comprehend.

If we imagine peace as a life without upset we are imagining it all wrong.

What do you need a sword for? To fight, right? To protect, defend, defeat.

Mat 10:34  Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 

Jesus came to send a sword- not peace.

Eph_6:17  And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God

The sword of the Spirit - which IS the word of God.

Jesus came to send us a sword.

The WORD of GOD is the sword.

Joh 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

Joh 1:2  The same was in the beginning with God. 

Joh 1:3  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 

Joh 1:4  In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 

Joh 1:5  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 

Joh 1:6  There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 

Joh 1:7  The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 

Joh 1:8  He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 

Joh 1:9  That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 

Joh 1:10  He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 

Joh 1:11  He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 

Joh 1:12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 

Joh 1:13  Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 

Joh 1:14  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 

The sword of the Spirit - which IS the word of God.

Jesus came to send us a sword.

The WORD of GOD is the sword.

Jesus is the WORD of GOD.

Jesus is the SWORD.

Jesus didn't come to send peace on earth, He came to bring salvation and all that means. To many people having salvation through Christ is far from what the world considers peaceful. In fact in one way or another once we align ourselves with Christ we have set ourselves up to be under constant spiritual attack.  The peace of God which passes understand is the knowledge of salvation, we are given salvation as a gift from God that we can never deserve. We truly cannot comprehend in full why God chose to take on flesh and become the declared Son of God so we could be saved. His love for us, that He doesn't want an existence without us in that existence with Him, is truly unfathomable.

More on all of this tomorrow by the GRACE of our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST!