"Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite."
In today's quote, Jesus warned of the division that would come among the people. He warned that His new law would separate friends, families and whole communities. It would serve us well to remember that when Jesus made thar prediction, He was talking strictly to a Jewish audience. He knew there would be many of His own people who would reject His new law of grace, through faith, and would hold on the old traditional laws and ways of the Pharisees, and Sadducees et al. The foreknowledge of Jesus, as we know, has proven to be very true. As a matter of fact, and just as Jesus promised, there are hundreds of different religions today that are mixtures of the true doctrine of Jesus Christ, Paganism and Judaism. Catholicism is a classic example of just such a religion.
Therefore, being made aware of the danger we should continually refer to the entire bible, that divine word that God has left for us, to determine what parts of a groups tenets are truly based on the divine ministry of Jesus Christ, and what parts merely stem from the old Law that governed the Jews before the sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ.~
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