Matthew 10:34. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace but a sword.
The ultimate result of Christ’s mission will be peace. Swords shall be broken into ploughshares, and the spears into pruning hooks; but on the way to peace there will be war. On the way to universal peace there will be a general confusion. When true religion comes into a man’s heart, it makes him a warrior at once. He begins to contend against evil - to contend against contention. He fights for peace, though it may seem strange that it should be so.
Matthew 10:34. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace but a sword.
The ultimate result of Christ’s mission will be peace. Swords shall be broken into ploughshares, and the spears into pruning hooks; but on the way to peace there will be war. On the way to universal peace there will be a general confusion. When true religion comes into a man’s heart, it makes him a warrior at once. He begins to contend against evil - to contend against contention. He fights for peace, though it may seem strange that it should be so.