I seek no keys, I quote the Scriptures . The separation and the conflict comes because of those who will not believe and accept Jesus.
""Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." (Mat 10:34 NIV)
"For I have come to turn "'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law--" (Mat 10:35 NIV)
"a man's enemies will be the members of his own household[1].'" (Mat 10:36 NIV)
David
1 "household": Micah 7:6
""Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;" (Mat 10:37 NIV)
"and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me." (Mat 10:38 NIV)
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." (John 12:46 NIV)
My note- notice, 'stay in darkness' implies they are presently in that darkness.'
""As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it." (John 12:47 NIV)
"There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day." (John 12:48 NIV)
"For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it." (John 12:49 NIV) |
