10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. (10:34-36)
I came not to send peace, but a sword. ... A man's foes shall be they of his own household."
10:35 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.
10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
10:37 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.
2007-01-13 03:19:44 · 16 answers · asked by kyubikitsune888 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christians hide behind a viel of deciet and lies, pretending to be the ultimant good when they are in fact the ultimant evil. Very few people realize this, and those that do miss the point that not all religions are evil, just christianity and Islam for causing so much hatred and ignorance throughout the world.
For the record christianity holds no spirituality, once someone pulls away from that dark religion they realize christians hide in darkness and pretend to be bringers of light.
2007-01-13 03:26:59 · answer #1 · answered by Gazriel The God 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
If you read more of the Bible, you see that Jesus called the religious leaders of that time "generation of Vipers!". In another scripture, he sat down, made a scourge(whip) and then got up and overturned tables and drove the merchandisers out of the temple. I grew up in a religious household that went to church just about every time the doors where open. I don't agree with a great deal of the things I was taught. I am a christian but I believe differently than my siblings and my folks. That has put us at odds with one another. Does that help explain the foes being of the same household? I believe the church needs to get back to the teachings of Jesus and the apostles. That the church today can do the same things as it did in the New Testament. I don't go along with most religious tradition. Jesus even scolded the Pharisees for being to big on traditions of man rather than on what God wanted.
2007-01-13 03:35:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The next time you quote the bible be sure to include the entire chapter.
Just don't take parts of the Bible to justify your true beliefs.
Also you quote the Bible you might want to reference that it was from the book of MATTHEW.
Anyway, Peace is spoken of in Scripture in three ways:
1. 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)
2. The Peace of God (Phil 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 (Lk 7:50, Phil 4:6)
3. Peace "on earth" (Lk 2:14, Psa 72:7, 85:10; Isa 9:6-7; 11:1-12) the universal prevalency of peace in the earth under the kingdom.
What you quoted was Matthew 10:34 which was Christ's warning that the truth which He was proclaiming would not bring in the kingdom-age of peace but rather conflict (Cf. John 14 & 17)
2007-01-13 03:40:50 · answer #3 · answered by John H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus (PBUH) was loving and tolerant, but the corrupted Bible is full of errors (around 50,000 errors according to the calculations of ex-pastor Farrel Till). This is why God chose Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with the last message; Islam. The Koran has not been altered nor shall ever be.
2007-01-13 22:16:52 · answer #4 · answered by Mehmet Azk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible was written long after Jesus had passed and a lot of his so called Quotes were someone Else's words ...Sometimes they were figures of speech or metaphors or fiction to begin with. then the Bible was changed over and over. Then it was translated over and over. Then King James had a printing press and gave out tons of copies of his version of it to the Masses. The poor people that he wanted to con troll....Check out the book:The Five Gospels (The Search for The Authentic Words Of Jesus) It is the best source of info on this subject .They color code each quote according to how probable it is that he actually said it and historically go through each Gospel in the bible to explain the who what where when and why of it.This is a thick book and has answers to many biblical questions...more than I can offer in a little paragraph! Good Luck in figuring it out!!
2007-01-13 03:44:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would help if you put the book along with chapter and verse. That is Matthew. Religion does divide. Some people who are really zealous in their beliefs have lost whole families because they will not believe the way their family does.
2007-01-13 03:35:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop confusing what is spiritual with what is physical. Stop taking a few verses out of their context and using them to try to discredit the entire Bible.
Try reading the gospels as if you really wanted to get to know Jesus. You know, you might like Him. He really is a very cool Guy...
2007-01-13 03:40:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is loving, but He's not tolerant. (At least not "tolerance" as defined in PC speak.)
Jesus loved us enough to willingly take all of mankind's sin upon His sinless shoulders, and then be a sacrifice to pay the penalty for them.
He is not at all tolerant of sin, because of its devastating effects on mankind. Sin is like a poison or cancer in our lives. It starts small, and then grows. After a time, there is a point of no return, and the person is doomed.
Jesus hates that. He hates everything that causes sin. No, Jesus was never tolerant.
2007-01-13 03:32:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are misapplying this scripture and for that reason you are much mistaken.
Manifestly, Jesus showed that there would be great difficulties within families who accepted Christ and followed in the right way.
It is not Jesus who is causing the dissension; it is the response of those who accepted his teachings as opposed to the response of those who rejected them.
Hannah J Paul
2007-01-13 03:31:02 · answer #9 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is loving. As for tolerant, he is long suffering because he waits and gives opportunity for sinners to accept the free gift of salvation. His tolerance does not "accept" any ones belief regardless of what they are, they must line up with his tenets.
2007-01-13 03:42:05 · answer #10 · answered by G-Man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋